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ACTS in Action: Sim-ACTS – A Simulation Model Based on ACTS Theory

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Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 1998)

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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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  1. Department of Computer and System Sciences, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology, Electrum 230, S-164 40, Kista, Sweden

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  1. Laboratório de Técnicas Inteligentes (LTI) Escola Politécnica (EP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP),  

    Jaime Simão Sichman

  2. Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology, Rome, Italy

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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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