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An agent-based simulation study of a complex adaptive collaboration network

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Özgür Özmen,

Levent YilmazAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '13: Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference: Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World

Pages 412 - 423

Published: 08 December 2013 Publication History

Abstract

One of the most significant problems in organizational scholarship is to discern how social collectives govern, organize, and coordinate the actions of individuals to achieve collective outcomes. The collectives are usually interpreted as complex adaptive systems (CAS). The understanding of CAS is more likely to arise with the help of computer-based simulations. In this tutorial, using agent-based modeling approach, a complex adaptive social communication network model is introduced. The objective is to present the underlying dynamics of the system in a form of computer simulation that enables analyzing the impacts of various mechanisms on network topologies and emergent behaviors. The ultimate goal is to further our understanding of the dynamics in the system and facilitate developing informed policies for decision-makers.

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Birdsey LLarson KWinikoff MDas SDurfee E(2017)A Framework for Large Scale Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling, Simulation, and AnalysisProceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems10.5555/3091125.3091454(1824-1825)Online publication date: 8-May-2017
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WSC '13: Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference: Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World

December 2013

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ISBN:9781479920778

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Air Force Institute of Technology
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Michael E. Kuhl
Rochester Institute of Technology

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IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers
INFORMS-SIM: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: Simulation Society
ASA: American Statistical Association
SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
SCS: Society for Modeling and Simulation International
ASIM: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Simulation
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Birdsey LLarson KWinikoff MDas SDurfee E(2017)A Framework for Large Scale Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling, Simulation, and AnalysisProceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems10.5555/3091125.3091454(1824-1825)Online publication date: 8-May-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3091125.3091454
Birdsey LSzabo CFalkner KLarson KWinikoff MDas SDurfee E(2017)Large-Scale Complex Adaptive Systems using Multi-Agent Modeling and SimulationProceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems10.5555/3091125.3091335(1478-1480)Online publication date: 8-May-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3091125.3091335
Birdsey LSzabo CFalkner KHuschka TChick S(2016)CASLProceedings of the 2016 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3042094.3042257(1241-1252)Online publication date: 11-Dec-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3042094.3042257

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