In this paper, we proposed Evolutionary Organizational Search (EOS), an optimization
method for the organizational control of multi-agent systems (MASs) based on genetic …

… We model an evolutionary search process wherein managers engage in boundedly rational
… We implement three search operators that collectively represent second-order adaptation: (1…

… We suggest that researchers begin with the naive evolutionary model as a baseline, then,
like this paper, search for empirical deviations from what that model would predict. This …

… as a form of organizational learning but will be referred to as the evolutionary framework in
this … Managers may fail to see obviously better practices because they do not search beyond …

… search behavior can be somewhat misleading, especially when we consider organizational
… and the process of mutation in an evolutionary system. Within organizations, these two pro…

… organization (eg growth, increased/decreased profitability) or the environment; and (c) search
routines, including the organization'S … may find the processes of evolutionary branching or …

… Strategic search is not directly observed in this study. Rather, search is inferred from an
analysis of each organization's 'growth system', comprising its size, scope, perfonnance, and …

… discuss the nature of technology search options and explain why … of search investment
decision processes found in evolutionary … model of adaptive organizational search developed by …

… [30], [31], we proposed a basic framework for a GA-based heuristic search method for
optimizing organizational structures. In this paper, we propose a key enabling advance – a unique …

… This paper argues that evolutionary processes occur in the … a perspective which allows any
organization, its transactions, … A fairly comprehensive search of the literature has revealed …