Petra Ahrweiler, Andreas Pyka, Nigel Gilbert
Simulating knowledge dynamics in innovation networks (SKIN)
Abstract:
An agent-based simulation model representing a theory of the dynamic
processes involved in innovation in modern knowledge-based industries
is described. The agent-based approach allows the representation of
heterogeneous agents that have individual and varying stocks of
knowledge. The simulation is able to model uncertainty, historical
change, effect of failure on the agent population, and agent learning
from experience, from individual research and from partners and
collaborators. The interactions between the agents occur on two levels:
through a market with firms supplying and consuming goods for a price,
and through the exchange of knowledge. A brief description of the
implementation of the model and its user interface is given.
JEL: O31, O32, L22
Paper:
Paper available as pdf-file.
Beitrag Nr. 267, Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsreihe, Institut
für
Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Augsburg
Contact:
Petra
Ahrweiler, Research Center Media and Politics, Institute for
Political Science, University of Hamburg, Germany
Andreas
Pyka, University of Augsburg, Department of Economics,
Universitätsstr. 16, D-86159 Augsburg, Phone +49-821-598-4179, Fax
+49-821-598-4229
Nigel Gilbert,
School of Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2
7XH, United Kingdom
v.
K., 14.12.2004