Modeling organizational adaptation: A replication of Levinthal's model of emergent order

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1241-1246

  Tivnan, Brian F ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VERIFICATION; ORGANIZATION SCIENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATIONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 49749100765     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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