Understanding organizational congruence: Formal model and simulation framework

Agent Directed Simulation Symposium, ADS 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 Spring Simulation Multiconference, SpringSim 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 178-184

  Dignum, Virginia ^a   Dignum, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASE; EFFECTIVE PLANNING; FORMAL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CONGRUENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 84901566148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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