Agent-based Simulation of Non-linear Interactions in Business Networks

• This paper describes a multi-agent based model (ABM) with the purpose of simulatinginteraction processes in business networks. Such an ABM must be able to capture time andprocess in networks while retaining a level of comprehension and overview. The ABM restson the assumption that business networks can be viewed as complex adaptive systems (CAS)and draws on the opportunities to build and use ABMs to simulate processes in such systems.This paper outlines the conceptual foundations and the methodological challenges andopportunities associated with such an endeavor with special reference to issues concerning themodeling of the complexities of business networks. It contributes with suggestions on howone concretely can handle these issues and challenges when using ABMs to model non-lineardynamic interaction processes in networks.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Social Simulation

Agent-Based Models

Multi-Agent Simulation

Business Networks

Interaction

Complexity

Process

Business Studies

Företagsekonomi

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