ACTS in action: sim-ACTS- a simulation model based on ACTS theory

摘要

Sim-ACTS is an agent-based computer simulation model of some aspects of ACTS theory [5]. It is the first of a series of models in which increasingly more aspects of ACTS theory will be encompassed. Sim-ACTS studies the effects of communication and organizational structure on organizational problem solving. it is a follow-up study of the TASSCS research project [15],[16]. The simulation experiments from the TASSCS project are replicated using the Sim-ACTS model. The article compares the results of TASSCS' simulations with those of the Sim-ACTS experiments. Sim-ACTS is implemented in SOAR [8], the implementation of a general cognitive theory [11].