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

In: Formal Modelling in Electronic Commerce

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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)

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Max Boisot & Ian MacMillan & Kyeong Seok Han & Casey Tan & Si Hyung Eun, 2005. "Sim-I-Space: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach to Knowledge Management Processes," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Steven O. Kimbrough & D.J. Wu (ed.), Formal Modelling in Electronic Commerce, pages 247-294, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-26989-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26989-4_10
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