L.: Developing Agent-based Organizational Models for Crisis Management

Simulations of crisis scenarios have the potential to increase insight in the organizational structures needed as crises es-calate. Real-life simulations involving personnel and figu-rants are expensive and time-consuming. Multi-agent sys-tem models allow for cost-effective simulations of changing organizational structures, enabling analysis of the implica-tions for enactment during crisis escalation with respect to roles and communication structures. This paper presents both an organization-based model for crisis management that supports simulation of the dynamics of crisis manage-ment and a proof of concept implementation. Categories and Subject Descriptor