Title :
Iflows: A novel simulation model for predicting the effectiveness of a research community
Author :
Doboli, Alex ; Doboli, Simona
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a simulation model for observing the dynamics of a research community in engineering. The objective is to study how parameters, like group expertise and resources, influence the effectiveness of the group and community as a whole. The model implements a game-theoretic approach in which every group maximizes the difference between its rewards and costs (e.g., time and resources). Experiments studied the total reward and the number of problems solved over time by a community made of twenty groups for different conditions, i.e. allocated resources and group characteristics.
Keywords :
game theory; research and development; simulation; social sciences; game theoretic approach; group characteristics; group expertise parameter; iflows simulation model; research community dynamics; resource allocation; resource parameter; Circuit synthesis; Communities; Computational modeling; Correlation; Integrated circuit modeling; Predictive models; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence, Cognitive Algorithms, Mind, and Brain (CCMB), 2014 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
DOI :
10.1109/CCMB.2014.7020696