Title :
The complexity of organizational decision with individual adaptation
Author :
Iwanaga, S. ; Namatame, A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Defense Acad., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
This paper is concerned with organizational decision as a whole when each member adapts his rational decision to others´ decisions. We especially formulate the problem of collective decision and investigate its emergent properties. This model is particularly valuable in helping to understand situations where outcomes by simple principle of aggregation of individual decisions do not seem intuitively consistent with the underlying behaviors based on individual preferences. We show how complex collective behaviors can emerge through deliberate interactions among heterogeneous agents with their micromotives. We especially observe phenomena such as how each agent´s action combines with the actions of others to produce the whole behavior, and some unanticipated results
Keywords :
adaptive systems; decision theory; modelling; multi-agent systems; complex collective behaviors; decision theory; emergent properties; heterogeneous agents; individual adaptation; individual decision aggregation; individual preferences; micromotives; organizational decision; rational decision; Automata; Computer science; Decision making; Decision theory; Propulsion;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2000. IECON 2000. 26th Annual Confjerence of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6456-2
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2000.972435