A comparison of artificial and human organizations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-191

  Carley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive agents; Computational organization theory; Organizational design; Organizational performance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030295530     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00896-7     Document Type: Article

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