Research Article

Multiobjective Decision Making Policies and Coordination Mechanisms in Hierarchical Organizations: Results of an Agent-Based Simulation

Table 2

Satisficing approach, aspiration level for objective 1: .

Interdependencies Final performances Average performances
obj 1/obj 2

Panel A: coordination mode: central
Low/low 0.9090 0.8818 0.8954 0.9030 0.8700 0.8865
Low/medium 0.9065 0.8503 0.8784 0.9005 0.8393 0.8699
Medium/medium 0.8857 0.7849 0.8353 0.8794 0.7762 0.8278
Low/high 0.8996 0.8293 0.8645 0.8938 0.8201 0.8570
Medium/high 0.8784 0.7850 0.8317 0.8729 0.7768 0.8248
High/high 0.8568 0.7117 0.7842 0.8526 0.7073 0.7799

Panel B: coordination mode: decentral
Low/low 0.9122 0.8783 0.8952 0.9104 0.8715 0.8910
Low/medium 0.9166 0.8505 0.8836 0.9146 0.8422 0.8784
Medium/medium 0.8907 0.7983 0.8445 0.8851 0.7889 0.8370
Low/high 0.9130 0.8259 0.8695 0.9110 0.8166 0.8638
Medium/high 0.8871 0.7888 0.8379 0.8817 0.7795 0.8306
High/high 0.8573 0.7134 0.7853 0.8482 0.7074 0.7778

Incentivisation: and . Results are based on 450 landscapes, each with 20 adaptive walks. obj = objective, confidence intervals vary from 0.002 to 0.003 on the 99.9% level.