Javier Pajares Gutiérrez

Towards a new experimental socio-economics: Complex behaviour in bargaining

Game theory has provided a rigorous conceptual support to analyse strategic decisions and bargaining behaviour. But it shares with competitive equilibrium three basic assumptions. The players are fully rational; they comprehend the faced situation; and they know all the relevant institutional parameters. Thus disregarding the social dimension of bargaining. In this paper we advocate for a consilient focus of economics, psychology and sociology. We argue that it is necessary and possible to experiment within a Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) with bounded rational agents endorsed with explicit social behaviour. The observed behaviour is obtained from a laboratory experiment with human agents and can be captured in a cognitive multi-agent modelling with artificial agents. The approach can accommodate both declarative and procedural rationality; i.e., rationality as a process and as a product of learning.

GESTIÓN EFICIENTE DE CARTERAS DE PROYECTOS. PROPUESTA DE UN SISTEMA INTELIGENTE DE SOPORTE A LA DECISIÓN PARA OFICINAS TÉCNICAS Y EMPRESAS CONSULTORAS

In this paper, we show how an approach inspired on allocation procedures used in financial markets allows an efficient resource assignment in multi-project environments. This novel approach can give support to engineering and consultancy companies, with their project portfolio planning and scheduling in dynamicenvironments. Project portfolio and resources availability change over time because of changes in the firm’s strategy, because of individual project overruns or simply, as a result of environmental changes. Therefore, resources need to be re-allocated dynamically. In our methodology, projects and resources play the role of economic agents. Projects are defined by means of tasks to be performed according to precedence relations. Resources are endowed with some skills and competences (knowledge, labour time, etc.) which are necessary to perform the tasks. Projects ask for resources and resources offer their capabilities depending on their time availability. An “auction” takes place and the price of resources in a particular time-slot reflects the relation between availability and demand of resource capabilities. We describe an example to show how the methodology works. A pilot model can be used in Technical Engineering Offices in order to support portfolio scheduling decisions.

LA EMPRESA COMO CARTERA DE PROYECTOS Y PROGRAMAS.

Firms need to support the undergoing strategic projects and programs. In this paper we show how Project Management can lead the challenge to build up the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). We show preliminary experiences that confirm that this institution allows aligning strategy and the projects in the organization. We describe and analyze how it can be created in an engineering consultancy firm through a strategic project program along four years.