Networks of Decision-Making and Communicating Agents: A New Methodology for Design and Evaluation of Organizational Strategies and Heterarchical Structures

Abstract

In this paper, the authors explore the decomposition of organizational processes and decision-making, the coexistence of an organization's command and communication networks, and their effects on team performance. They present a methodology to design mission-based strategies and novel heterarchical organizational structures based on exploring information/command transfer and processing in the organizations. This methodology allows the synthesis of alternative C3I organizational structures that outperform traditional hierarchies in environments with heavy information volume, scarce resources, and strict knowledge and communication constraints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA440348

Entities

People

  • Feili Yu
  • Georgiy M. Levchuk
  • Krishna R. Pattipati
  • Yuri Levchuk

Organizations

  • Aptima (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Communication Networks
  • Computers
  • Decomposition
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Environment
  • Flow Network
  • Flow Rate
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Processing
  • Information Transfer
  • Networks
  • Organizational Structure
  • Topology

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  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Systems Analysis and Design