abstract: 'The basic research question was whether hierarchies were useful in changing
  environments, and if so, when, how, and why? In this model, a simple hierarchical
  organization attempts to adapt to a changing environment, and where that organization
  consists of workers and managers that see information at different scales: ground-level
  vs higher-level. The model had both core requirements and constraints. Adaptation
  would require very simple learning on the part of both the workers and the managers.
  The environment should be as simple as possible while still being able to vary by
  worker location. Agents could have no ability to punish one another; no social power
  would be in play in the model. Thus, the organizational structure consisted only
  of communication between workers and managers.'
authors:
- email: stanleyrhodes@gmail.com
  family-names: Rhodes
  given-names: Stan
cff-version: 1.2.0
identifiers:
- type: url
  value: https://www.comses.net/codebases/73a0a8b1-5493-49ad-9e66-de6d8a2295ee/releases/1.2.0/
keywords:
- communication
- environmental changes
- hierarchy
- local information
- managers
- organizational memory
- social organizations
license: GPL-3.0
message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
title: Hierarchical information-sharing organizations in asynchronous environments
type: software
url: https://www.comses.net/codebases/73a0a8b1-5493-49ad-9e66-de6d8a2295ee/releases/1.2.0/
version: 1.2.0
