Going Beyond the Data: Empirical Validation Leading to Grounded Theory

Craig Schreiber () and Kathleen Carley
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Craig Schreiber: Carnegie Mellon University
Kathleen Carley: Carnegie Mellon University

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 2004, vol. 10, issue 2, No 3, 155-164

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is two-fold. First, a validation study on Construct-TM is conducted to show that modeling the actual and cognitive knowledge networks of a group can produce agent interactions within the model that correlate significantly with the communication network obtained from empirical data. Second, empirically grounded theory is produced by combining empirical data with simulation experiments run on empirically validated models.

Keywords: model validation; agent-based simulation; computational organization theory; communication; knowledge management; knowledge transfer; transactive memory; databases; information technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1023/B:CMOT.0000039168.92625.9d

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