Chapter 26 Agent-Based Models of Organizations

Handbook of Computational Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1273-1337

  Chang, Myong Hun ^a   Harrington Jr , Joseph E ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based models; centralization; coevolution; complexity; coordination; decentralization; endogenous hierarchies; exploitation; exploration; hierarchy; information processing; networks; organizational learning; organizational norms; organizational search; organizational structure; organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049113987     PISSN: 15740021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0021(05)02026-5     Document Type: Review

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