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CONCEPTUAL BLIND SPOTS IN COMPLEX SYSTEM ENGINEERING PROJECTS – A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL
Thomas ,R.C.; Gero ,J.S.
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2014
Editor:
Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
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DESIGN
Section:
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
Page(s):
1361-1370
Abstract:
This paper presents an approach to studying how conceptual blind spots emerge in complex system engineering projects--i.e. when the value systems and conceptual schemas of collaborating teams are incongruous and not seen. It uses methods derived from computational social science founded on agent-based modeling using social agents. The paper describes the agents and their capabilities, and also a NetLogo implementation of an abstracted version of a space launch system. Agents choose how much to invest in discovering unknown dependencies. Results are portrayed in a Design dependency matrix.
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