Computer Science – Artificial Intelligence
Scientific paper
2010-03-19
Proceedings of INFORMS Simulation Society Workshop,Warwick, UK, June 25-27, 2009, 44-47
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
33 pages, INFORMS Simulation Society Workshop,
Scientific paper
Multi-agent systems offer a new and exciting way of understanding the world of work. We apply agent-based modeling and simulation to investigate a set of problems in a retail context. Specifically, we are working to understand the relationship between people management practices on the shop-floor and retail performance. Despite the fact we are working within a relatively novel and complex domain, it is clear that using an agent-based approach offers great potential for improving organizational capabilities in the future. Our multi-disciplinary research team has worked closely with one of the UK's top ten retailers to collect data and build an understanding of shop-floor operations and the key actors in a department (customers, staff, and managers). Based on this case study we have built and tested our first version of a retail branch agent-based simulation model where we have focused on how we can simulate the effects of people management practices on customer satisfaction and sales. In our experiments we have looked at employee development and cashier empowerment as two examples of shop floor management practices. In this paper we describe the underlying conceptual ideas and the features of our simulation model. We present a selection of experiments we have conducted in order to validate our simulation model and to show its potential for answering "what-if" questions in a retail context. We also introduce a novel performance measure which we have created to quantify customers' satisfaction with service, based on their individual shopping experiences.
Aickelin Uwe
Celia Helen
Clegg Chris
Siebers Peer-Olaf
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