Sim-I-Space: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach to Knowledge Management Processes

Max Boisot (), Ian MacMillan (), Kyeong Seok Han (), Casey Tan () and Si Hyung Eun ()
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Max Boisot: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Ian MacMillan: University of Pennsylvania
Kyeong Seok Han: Soongsil University
Casey Tan: Singapore Airlines
Si Hyung Eun: University of Pennsylvania

A chapter in Formal Modelling in Electronic Commerce, 2005, pp 247-294 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the chapter we offer a verbal description of Sim-I-Space, an agentbased model that operationalises key features of a conceptual framework: the Information-Space (I-Space). The I-Space relates the speed and extent of information flows between agents to how far their messages have been structured through acts of codification and abstraction. The more structured a message, the faster and more extensively it diffuses to other agents—intentionally or not. Following a brief introduction, the paper divides into two sections. Section 2 describes the models architecture, the agents, the nature of the knowledge assets that they create, articulate, and trade in, and the types of the interactions—trading, licensing, joint-venturing, merging and acquiring—that agents can engage in. Section 3 presents the main components of Sim-I-Space, namely, agent characteristics, agent knowledge, and agent interaction. Two appendices—A and B—describe the model variables and provide a more detailed model specification.

Keywords: Agent Interaction; Knowledge Asset; Linkage Probability; Presentation Cost; Inspection Cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26989-4_10

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