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Effects of Organizational Dynamics in Adaptive Distributed Search Processes

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 12th International Conference

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In this paper, the effects of alternating the organizational setting of distributed adaptive search processes in the course of search processes are investigated. The organizational properties under change include, for example, the coordination mechanisms among agents. We analyze different temporal change modes using an agent-based simulation. Results suggest that inducing organizational dynamics has the potential to increase the effectiveness of search, but that the mode of change in conjunction with the complexity of the search problem considerably affects the order of magnitude of this beneficial effect.

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  1. Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Friederike Wall

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  1. Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

  2. College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Qutaibah M. Malluhi

  3. Department of Computing Science Faculty of Science, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez Gonzalez

  4. Department of Electronics and Computers Division of Computer Science and Managem, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland

    Grzegorz Bocewicz

  5. Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy

    Edgardo Bucciarelli

  6. Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy

    Gianfranco Giulioni

  7. Zayed University, Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, Utd.Arab.Emir.

    Farkhund Iqba

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Wall, F. (2015). Effects of Organizational Dynamics in Adaptive Distributed Search Processes. In: Omatu, S., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 12th International Conference. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 373. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19638-1_14

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