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We introduce a novel way to model and visualize culture in multi-agent organizations exploring the multi-dimensionality of culture and cultural modelling from a complex systems and multi-agent systems standpoint. The need for performing such modelling and simulation is evident since in-vivo organizational experiments are costly, not easily generalizable, and may not be feasible in critical situations. The proposed model enables one to point to strategies for organizational transformation/evolution by i) developing a unique approach to culture modelling from a holistic and systems-theoretic perspective according to seven dimensions, and ii) simulating cultural interactions as a multi-agent system that achieves an equilibrium of beliefs. Incipient results with a simple model reveal the dynamics of emergent culture of an agent organization having distinct roles and influences that develop as new individuals are added to the system.
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Morris, A., Ross, W., Ulieru, M. (2012). Modelling Culture in Multi-agent Organizations. In: Dechesne, F., Hattori, H., ter Mors, A., Such, J.M., Weyns, D., Dignum, F. (eds) Advanced Agent Technology. AAMAS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7068. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27216-5_6
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