KABOOM (KAI Agent-Based Organizational Optimization Model) Framework Diagram

This figure outlines the KABOOM framework by Lapp, Jablokow, and McComb: an agent-based model of engineering teamwork that simulates cognitive style with heterogeneous agents. The figure shows how KABOOM is based on a simulated-annealing optimization framework, but adds cognitive style reflecting Kirton's Adaption Innovation spectrum of styles from adaptive to innovative, communication between agents, and specialization through problem decomposition.