Research Article

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

Table 4

Long-run schism.

Interdependencies Final performancesAverage performances
obj 1/obj 2

Panel A: coordination mode: central
Low/low 0.9795 0.6903 0.8349 0.8262 0.8335 0.8299
Low/medium 0.9831 0.6613 0.8222 0.8527 0.7859 0.8193
Medium/medium 0.9289 0.7968 0.8178 0.7990 0.8039 0.8014
Low/high 0.9841 0.6479 0.8160 0.8777 0.7516 0.8147
Medium/high 0.9358 0.6743 0.8050 0.8182 0.7617 0.7899
High/high 0.8748 0.6926 0.7837 0.7652 0.7668 0.7660

Panel B: coordination mode: decentral
Low/low 0.9826 0.6864 0.8345 0.8270 0.8266 0.8268
Low/medium 0.9812 0.6478 0.8145 0.8279 0.7596 0.7938
Medium/medium 0.9206 0.6666 0.7936 0.7673 0.7686 0.7680
Low/high 0.9841 0.6455 0.8148 0.8345 0.7080 0.7712
Medium/high 0.9231 0.6566 0.7899 0.7726 0.7115 0.7420
High/high 0.8261 0.6711 0.7486 0.7148 0.7184 0.7166

Incentivisation: and . Results are based on 450 landscapes, each with 20 adaptive walks. obj = objective, confidence intervals vary from 0.001 to 0.004 on the 99.9% level.