Title :
Modeling organizational dynamics
Author :
Miller, William D. ; McCarter, Gay ; Hayenga, Craig O.
Author_Institution :
SDOE Program, Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ
Abstract :
The potential value of software tools for the modeling and simulation of organization dynamics incorporating individual behaviors in the development, deployment and sustainment of complex systems are considered. Such tools need to provide more value compared to traditional systems engineering and systems of systems tools. Value is the capability to model and assess the effects of small-world behavior in organizations exhibiting complexity. An environmental scan of legacy tools to assess how well they meet these needs is provided. From the assessment of dynamic modeling tools and software, recommendations are derived for software tools. These needs become the requirement set for adequate modeling of organizational dynamics susceptible to individual behaviors
Keywords :
business data processing; organisational aspects; software maintenance; software tools; systems analysis; complex adaptive system; legacy tool; organization dynamics modeling; simulation; software tool; Adaptive systems; Couplings; Humans; Modeling; Sliding mode control; Software tools; Systems engineering and theory; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
System of Systems Engineering, 2006 IEEE/SMC International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0188-7
DOI :
10.1109/SYSOSE.2006.1652280
