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Supporting the Complexity of Inquiring Organizations: An Agent Approach

Supporting the Complexity of Inquiring Organizations: An Agent Approach

Dianne J. Hall, Yi Guo
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781591403098|ISBN10: 159140309X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781591403104|EISBN13: 9781591403111
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-309-8.ch006
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Hall, Dianne J., and Yi Guo. "Supporting the Complexity of Inquiring Organizations: An Agent Approach." Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to Wisdom, edited by James Courtney, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 109-132. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-309-8.ch006

APA

Hall, D. J. & Guo, Y. (2005). Supporting the Complexity of Inquiring Organizations: An Agent Approach. In J. Courtney, J. Haynes, & D. Paradice (Eds.), Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to Wisdom (pp. 109-132). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-309-8.ch006

Chicago

Hall, Dianne J., and Yi Guo. "Supporting the Complexity of Inquiring Organizations: An Agent Approach." In Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to Wisdom, edited by James Courtney, John D. Haynes, and David Paradice, 109-132. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-309-8.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter examines the issue of technological support for inquiring organizations and suggests that the complexity of these organizations is best supported by a technology of equal complexity—that is, by agent technology. Agents and the complex systems in which they are active are ideal for supporting not only the activity of Churchman’s inquirers but also those components necessary to ensure an effective environment. Accordingly, a multiagent system to support inquiring organizations is introduced. By explaining agent technology in simple terms and by defining inquirers and other components as agents working within a multiagent system, this chapter demystifies agent technology, enables researchers to grasp the complexity of inquiring organization support systems, and provides the foundation for inquiring organization support systems design.

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