The Social Cognitive ActorMartin / J.M.HelmhoutauthorMulti-Agent Simulation (MAS) of organisations is a methodology that is adopted in this dissertation in order to study and understand human behaviour in organisations.
The aim of the research is to design and implementat a cognitive and social multi-agent simulation model based on a selection of social and cognitive theories to fulfill the need for a complex cognitive and social model. The emphasis of this dissertation is the relationship between behaviour of individuals (micro-level) in an organisation and the behaviour of the organisation as a whole (macro-level).
Cognitive PsychologyArtificial IntelligenceSocial simulation2006-11University of Groningen;Knowledge ManagementThesis