Getting Contractors to Cooperate: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Optimizing Acquisition Behaviors

Abstract

Misaligned incentives between contractors and the PMO produce ineffective cooperation, causing wasted effort, lost time, and poor results. Using game theory to frame these situations, and agent-based modelling to quantify them, we can design incentive mechanisms to promote cooperation and improve results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1088346

Entities

People

  • William Novak

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contractors
  • Cooperation
  • Copyrights
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Game Theory
  • Governments
  • Guarantees
  • Materials
  • Motivation
  • Procurement
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Universities

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Educational Psychology
  • Game Theory.