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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].
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Verhagen, H. (1998). ACTS in Action: Sim-ACTS – A Simulation Model Based on ACTS Theory. In: Sichman, J.S., Conte, R., Gilbert, N. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation. MABS 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1534. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10692956_14
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