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    {{Re}} Groups of diverse problem-solvers outperform groups of highest-ability problem-solvers - most of the time

    Wallrich, Lukas (2022) {{Re}} Groups of diverse problem-solvers outperform groups of highest-ability problem-solvers - most of the time. ReScience C 8 (1), ISSN 2430-3658.

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    Abstract

    Problem-solving teams are becoming increasingly diverse, which has been suggested to improve performance. Pioneering computational work by Hong & Page (2004) suggested that diversity indeed trumps ability when it comes to finding the peaks in a random landscape. Recently, Grim and colleagues (2019) extended the model to consider more structured landscapes and suggested that the original claim only holds under limited circumstances. In this paper, I replicate the main findings of the two works, and provide modular, extensible code to facilitate future research into this paradigm. Overall, the replications were successful, even though a closer look at the data suggests that the limitations highlighted by Grim and colleagues are less severe than initially presented, so that diversity on the whole still appears to trump ability within this paradigm. The code for the agent-based models and my analyses is available on https://github.com/LukasWallrich/diversity_abm_replication

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): agent-based modeling, diversity, problem-solving, Python
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
    Depositing User: Lukas Wallrich
    Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2023 16:25
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 18:21
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/51352

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