A system dynamics view of stress: Towards human-factor modeling with computer agents

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4369-4374

  Morris, Alexis ^a   Ross, William ^a   Ulieru, Mihaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human Factors; Joint response operations; Multi agent systems; Stress models; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGENT SIMULATION; CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAMS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AGENTS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTOR MODEL; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN FAILURE; HUMAN STUDY; HUMAN-AWARE; HUMAN-FACTORS; JOINT-RESPONSE OPERATIONS; KEY COMPONENT; MENTAL MODEL; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MULTI-AGENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT; ORGANIZATIONAL SIMULATION; STOCKS AND FLOWS; STRESS MODELS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; SYSTEM THEORY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 78751549109     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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