Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Organizations and Work Practice
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  1. What is a model? (Chapter 1), Aris, R. (1994) Mathematical Modeling Techniques, Dover Publications, Inc, New York, NY , ISBN: 0-486-68131-9 [READER]

  2. Knowledge Engineering Basics (Chapter 2) in Schreiber, G., H. Akkermans , et al (1999), Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology, The MIT Press, Cambridge , MA , ISBN: 0-262-19300-0 [READER]

  3. The Task and Its Organizational Context (Chapter 3) in Schreiber, G., H. Akkermans, et al (1999), Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, ISBN: 0-262-19300-0 [READER]

  4. UML Notations Used in CommonKADS (Chapter 14) in Schreiber, G., H. Akkermans, et al (1999), Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, ISBN: 0-262-19300-0 [READER]

  5. A Language of Work (Chaper 5) in Beyer, H., K. Holtzblatt (1998), Contectual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, San Francisco, CA, ISBN: 1-55860-411-1 [READER]

  6. Work Models (Chaper 6) in Beyer, H., K. Holtzblatt (1998), Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, San Francisco, CA, ISBN: 1-55860-411-1 [READER]

  7. Approaches for Modeling Human Behavior (Chapter 2) in Sierhuis, M. (2001). Modeling and Simulating Work Practice; Brahms: A multiagent modeling and simulation language for work system analysis and design. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, University of Amsterdam, SIKS Dissertation Series No. 2001-10, ISBN 90-6464-849-2 [LOCAL]

  8. Sierhuis, M. (1999). APOLLO 12 ALSEP Deployment: A Collection of Mission Specific Data for the Purpose of Modeling and Simulating the ALSEP Deployment Work Practice. Moffett Field, CA, RIACS: 36 [LOCAL]

  9. Case Study 1: Apollo 12 ALSEP Offload (Chapter 6) in Sierhuis, M. (2001). Modeling and Simulating Work Practice; Brahms: A multiagent modeling and simulation language for work system analysis and design. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, University of Amsterdam, SIKS Dissertation Series No. 2001-10, ISBN 90-6464-849-2 [LOCAL]

  10. Interlocked behaviors and organizing (Chapter 4) in Weick, K. E. (1979). The Social Psychology of Organizing. New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, Inc. [READER]

  11. Henry, M. F., Rene Bal, et al. (2000). "Architectural design support for business process and business network engineering." International Journal of Services Technology and Management 1(1): 1-44. [LOCAL]

  12. Knowledge Model Components (Chapter 5) in Schreiber, G., H. Akkermans, et al (1999), Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, ISBN: 0-262-19300-0 [READER]

  13. From Technical Rationality to Reflection-in-Action (Chapter 2) in Schön, D. A. (1982). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Basic Books. [READER]

  14. Sierhuis, M. and W. J. Clancey (1997). Knowledge, Practice, Activities, and People. B. Gaines. Stanford University, CA., Proceedings of AAAI Spring Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management: 142-148. [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  15. Understanding and Being (Chapter 3) in Winograd, T. and F. Flores (1986). Understanding Computers and Cognition. Menlo Park, CA, Addison-Wesley Publsihing Corporation. [READER]

  16. Towards a new orientation (Chapter 6) in Winograd, T. and F. Flores (1986). Understanding Computers and Cognition. Menlo Park, CA, Addison-Wesley Publishing Corporation. [READER]

  17. Situated Action (Chapter 4) in Suchman, L. A. (1987). Plans and Situated Action: The Problem of Human Machine Communication. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press. [READER]

  18. Hutchins, E. (1995). "How a Cockpit Remembers Its Speeds." Cognitive Science 19: 265-288. [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  19. Tool and Symbol in Child Development (Chapter 1) in Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. [READER]

  20. Theory of Modeling Work Practice (Chapter 3) in Sierhuis, M. (2001). Modeling and Simulating Work Practice; Brahms: A multiagent modeling and simulation language for work system analysis and design. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, University of Amsterdam, SIKS Dissertation Series No. 2001-10, ISBN 90-6464-849-2 [LOCAL]

  21. Sierhuis, M. and W. J. Clancey (2002). "Modeling and Simulating Work Practice: A human-centered method for work systems design." IEEE Intelligent Systems Volume 17(5)(Special Issue on Human-Centered Computing). [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  22. Activity Theory as a Potential Framework for Human-Computer Interaction Research (Chapter 2), Kuutti, K. (1996). Activity theory as a potential framework for human-computer interaction research. Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction. B. A. Nardi. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press: 17-44. [READER]

  23. Clancey, W. J. (2002). "Simulating Activities: Relating Motives, Deliberation, and Attentive Coordination." Cognitive Systems Research 3(3): 471-499. [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  24. Engestörm, Y. (2000). "Activity theory as a framework for analyzing and redesigning work." Ergonomics 43(7): 960-974. [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  25. Sierhuis, M., W. J. Clancey, et al. (Submitted). "Brahms: A multiagent modeling environment for simulating work practice in organizations." Journal for Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Elsevier, The Netherlands Special issue on Simulating Organisational Processes. [LOCAL]

  26. Introduction to System Modeling Concepts (Chapter 1), Zeigler, B. P., H. Praehofer, et al. (2000). Theory of Modeling and Simulation. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. [READER]

  27. Framework for Modeling and Simulation (Chapter 2), Zeigler, B. P., H. Praehofer, et al. (2000). Theory of Modeling and Simulation. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. [READER]

  28. Modeling Formalisms and Their Simulators (Chapter 3), Zeigler, B. P., H. Praehofer, et al. (2000). Theory of Modeling and Simulation. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. [READER]

  29. Clancey, W. J. (2001). "Field Science Ethnography: Methods for Systematic Observation on an Expedition." Field Methods 13(3): p. 223-243. [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  30. Clancey, W. J. (In Revision). Observation of Work Practices in Natural Settings. To Appear in Cambridge Handbook on Expertise and Expert Performance. N. C. A. Ericsson, P. Veltovich, R. Hoffman. [LOCAL]

  31. Welcome Aboard (Chapter 1) in Hutchins, E. (1995). Cognition in the Wild. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press [READER]

  32. Principles of Contextual Inquiry (Chapter 3) in Beyer, H. and K. Holtzblatt (1998). Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems. San Francisco, CA, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. [READER]

  33. Sierhuis, M., W. J. Clancey, et al. (2003). "Modeling and Simulation for Mission Operations Work System Design." Journal of Management Information Systems Vol. 19(No. 4): 85-129. [LOCAL][ONLINE]

  34. Chin Seah, M.Sierhuis, et al. (2005). Multi-agent Modeling and Simulation Approach for Design and Analysis of MER Mission Operations. 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interface Advances for Modeling and Simulation (SIMCHI'05), New Orleans, Louisiana. [LOCAL]

  35. Sierhuis, M. 2001. Modeling and simulating work practice; Brahms: A multiagent modeling and simulation language for work system analysis and design. Social science informatics (SWI). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: University of Amsterdam, SIKS Dissertation Series No. 2001-10. [LOCAL] (46MB)