ABSTRACT

Inspired by the evolutionary dynamics of cancer, an agent-based model for creativity-innovation transition process is proposed. In this analogy, cells are considered as agents (e.g., companies or individual innovators) which are interacting with each other through a competitive interaction network; cancer represents the innovation and the creativity-innovation process is considered to be analogous to the necessary mutations needed within a cell to reach the cancerous state. In this process, agents move from doing business as usual to being creative and then finally innovative. The results show that in an industry with less frequent innovations, innovation emerges faster in structures with local connections. By moving towards more frequent innovations, structures with global and random connections show to be more effective. The outputs provide insights for policy-makers to assess different strategies to facilitate innovativeness for different types of industries. The model also provides a basis to further study the creativity-innovation process.

摘要

受癌症进化动力学的启发，提出了一种基于智能体的创造力-创新过渡过程模型。在这个类比中，细胞被认为是通过竞争性交互网络相互交互的代理（例如，公司或个人创新者）。癌症代表创新，而创造力-创新过程被认为类似于细胞内达到癌变状态所需的必要突变。在这个过程中，代理商从照常营业到创造性，最后是创新。结果表明，在创新频率较低的行业中，创新在具有本地联系的结构中出现得更快。通过转向更频繁的创新，具有全局和随机连接的结构显示出更有效。产出为政策制定者提供了洞察力，以评估不同的战略，以促进不同类型行业的创新。该模型还为进一步研究创造力创新过程提供了基础。