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Title:
Evolving Infomation Processing Organizations
Author:
John H. Miller
Key Words:
Organization Structure, Information Processing, Evolution, Genetic Algorithm, Organizational Learning
Abstract:
The organization of information processing systems is a central question in economic, organizational, and computational theory. Here we focus on the creation, design, and operation of information processing organizations. Organizations are modeled as collections of simple, information-processing nodes that must solve a series of problems using a limited standard operating procedure. We analyze the generic properties of such collections of nodes, as well as the potential for organizations to adaptively improve their performance.