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The Strategy Hypercube: Exploring Strategy Space Using Agent-Based Models

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Multi-Agent-Based Simulation III (MABS 2003)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 2927))

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We demonstrate a method of representing a firm’s strategy as its position and movement within an n-dimensional strategy space. We explore this space through the use of an agent-based model and provide preliminary results as to the appropriateness of different strategies under differing levels of environmental turbulence.

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  1. Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    Duncan A. Robertson

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  1. Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Building, Aytoun Street, M1 3GH, Manchester, UK

    David Hales

  2. Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Building, Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3GH, UK

    Bruce Edmonds

  3. Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 3010, Victoria, Australia

    Emma Norling

  4. Greqam (CNRS) - Centre de la vieille Charité, 2 Rue de la Charité, 13002, Marseille, France

    Juliette Rouchier

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Robertson, D.A. (2003). The Strategy Hypercube: Exploring Strategy Space Using Agent-Based Models. In: Hales, D., Edmonds, B., Norling, E., Rouchier, J. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation III. MABS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2927. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24613-8_13

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