VirtualCompanySim: Explainable personality parameterization for multi-agent career exploration simulation

This paper presents VirtualCompanySim, a reusable research software package for exploratory multi-agent career simulation and role-awareness training. Its core contribution is explainable personality parameterization: MBTI dimensions are converted into inspectable action weights and multipliers rather than opaque prompt attributes. The software models a three-floor virtual company with 16 agents that make personality-conditioned decisions within a simplified organizational setting, incorporating a four-layer decision architecture with deterministic fallback, persistent social memory, adaptive task generation, and a dynamic event engine. Reproducible experiments yield a 98.0% MBTI behavioral consistency rate and a 65.33% loss in type distinctiveness upon removing the mapping. The package includes diagnostic APIs, fixed-seed scripts, and stored results for inspection and reuse.

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SoftwareX
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2026-06-13
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.102804
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Personality Traits and Psychology
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VirtualCompanySim: Explainable personality parameterization for multi-agent career exploration simulation

Tingjin Wang, Xushen LIN, Zhuoyi WANG, Rui Sun
SoftwareX
Personality Traits and Psychology
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VirtualCompanySim: Explainable personality parameterization for multi-agent career exploration simulation

Tingjin Wang, Xushen LIN, Zhuoyi WANG, Rui Sun
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This paper presents VirtualCompanySim, a reusable research software package for exploratory multi-agent career simulation and role-awareness training. Its core contribution is explainable personality parameterization: MBTI dimensions are converted into inspectable action weights and multipliers rather than opaque prompt attributes. The software models a three-floor virtual company with 16 agents that make personality-conditioned decisions within a simplified organizational setting, incorporating a four-layer decision architecture with deterministic fallback, persistent social memory, adaptive task generation, and a dynamic event engine. Reproducible experiments yield a 98.0% MBTI behavioral consistency rate and a 65.33% loss in type distinctiveness upon removing the mapping. The package includes diagnostic APIs, fixed-seed scripts, and stored results for inspection and reuse.

SoftwareXVol. 35
Hohai University (CN)
High Level Innovation and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program in Jiangsu
Openalex Percentile: Top 5%
Personality Traits and Psychology
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