A comparison of artificial and human organizations
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Different formal models of agents predict different levels of organizational performance. They also predict different relative standings for different organizational structures. Moreover, as the complexity of the organizational structure increases, so apparently does the adequacy of organizations composed of simple computational agents for predicting the behavior of organizations composed of humans. These were the findings of an examination of whether certain organizational models and adaptability or general intelligence of the agents are better or worse predictors of the behavior of similar organizations composed of humans.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0167-2681
Year: 1996
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No-fault divorce in Canada: its cause and effect
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The implementation of the no-fault divorce law has resulted in an increase in the number of inefficient marriages during the 1940s up to the 1960s. Such marriages were characterized by changes in the women's work force patterns which were not expected by men. Data also show that the rise in the number of divorces after 1968 can be attributed to the 5-year separation requirement.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0167-2681
Year: 1998
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