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5.4.2 Understanding Enterprise Behaviour: A Feasibility Study
Author(s) -
Clegg Ben,
Turner Mathew
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02540.x
Subject(s) - computer science , software engineering , software , engineering management , process (computing) , systems engineering , knowledge management , engineering , operating system
This paper describes work conducted as a joint collaboration between the Virtual Design Team (VDT) research group at Stanford University (USA) 1 , the Systems Engineering Group (SEG) at De Montfort University (UK) and Elipsis Ltd 2 . We describe a new docking methodology in which we combine the use of two radically different types of organizational simulation tool. The VDT simulation tool operates on a standalone computer, and employs computational agents during simulated execution of a pre‐defined process model (Kunz, 1998). The other software tool, DREAMS 3 , operates over a standard TCP/IP network, and employs human agents (real people) during a simulated execution of a pre‐defined process model (Clegg, 2000). This docking study was conducted to develop a supporting tool‐set for the concept of Enterprise Systemics, an approach designed to address the increasing commercial volatility of enterprises. It has been funded by the PISCES network project 4 , which has drawn together a cross‐disciplinary resource for comprehending the dynamics of the extended enterprise.