(1) Complex Systems Visualization
RedfishGroup's 3D interactive visualizations present the dynamics of complex systems in meaningful ways. Game-like interactivity allows for exploration of the phase-space of a system as agent and environmental parameters are changed on-the-fly. Our visualization toolset can integrate with existing models or with custom Redfish-designed agent-based models. Example applications: Projects Page

(2) Agent-Based Modeling

Simulation of your organization's processes via agent-based modeling can give you a birds-eye view of the workflows of your organization. A common view can drive diverse stakeholders to common understandings which allows them to move toward agreement on future actions. Coupled with our expertise in 3D visualization, solutions found in agent-based modeling exercises can move outside of the modeling group and diffuse throughout your organization and to your collaboration partners.

Typical process flow on projects:

• Clearly specify question(s) to be answered by agent-based modeling exercise. Success is critically coupled to a clear question.
• Collaborative exploration with domain experts to formulate model(s) of organization. This step may be expanded to field work applying ethnographic methods (see Orgviz).
• Develop agents to represent the heterogeneous components of your organization.
• Simulate agents interacting in ranges of external environments
• Animate the dynamics through 3D visualization.
• Applications of validated models
  • Machine Learning and Agent Optimization
  • Adaptive Resource Scheduling
  • Portfolio Management
  • Risk Management
  • Training / "flight simulators"

  Example applications: Projects Page

(3) Self-Organizing Systems Design

RedfishGroup can help you design self-organizing software systems for your organization or technical application. We leverage current complex adaptive systems research conducted at Santa Fe Institute and related institutions.

Self-organizing systems are ideally suited for coordinating people, software systems and/or business processes when it is too costly, undesirable or impossible to centralize the control of the system. Self-organizing systems are often robust to unplanned failures and adaptive to changing operational environments. Contact us for a demonstration of previous implementations.

Example Application: PeerPhoto: a self-organizing peer2peer network for storing digital photos. see research