An application of agent-based simulation to knowledge sharing

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-541

  Wang, Jing ^a   Gwebu, Kholekile ^a   Shanker, Murali ^b   Troutt, Marvin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Complex adaptive systems; Knowledge sharing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE INTERACTIONS; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; AGENT-BASED SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; DECISION STRATEGIES; EMPLOYEE BEHAVIORS; IDENTIFIABILITY; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SIMULATION;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 57749192245     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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