Managing Business Complexity; Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

North, Michael J. & Charles M. MacAl

ISBN 10: 0195172116 / ISBN 13: 9780195172119

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Business Complexity; Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195172116
• ISBN 13: 9780195172119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; Second Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business, Finance & Marketing

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Synopsis

Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is a developing technique for understanding emergent behavior in complex systems. Pioneered by the Santa Fe Institute, it is a flexible managerial tool that offers a way to examine the robustness of particular solutions a manager might be considering. It helps managers simulate a large number of choices by individual actors and determine the consequences of other actors adapting to their decisions. This book is a focused, applicable introduction to business ABMS for senior executives and managers.

About the Author

Michael J. North, MBA, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director of the Center for Complex Adaptive Agent Systems Simulation within the Decision and Information Sciences Division of Argonne and the University of Chicago.

Charles M. Macal, Ph.D., P.E., is the Director of the Center for Complex Adaptive Agent Systems Simulation within the Decision and Information Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory