Efficient promotion strategies in hierarchical organizations

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3496-3511

  Pluchino, Alessandro ^a   Rapisarda, Andrea ^a   Garofalo, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Game theory; Organization efficiency; Peter principle; Promotion strategies

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; EFFICIENCY; GAME THEORY;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODEL; EFFICIENT PROMOTIONS; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; MODULAR ORGANIZATIONS; PETER PRINCIPLE; PROMOTION STRATEGIES; RANDOM SELECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 79961028719     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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