Abstract: Process knowledge based qualitative simulation method is designed firstly,with the prototype to realize the method constructed.The qualitative simulation model of research and development(R&D)professional individual incentive and the corresponding knowledge database is established,with the corresponding qualitative causality and the knowledge database designed secondly.Finally,the following situations are analyzed through simulation:when the R&D performance matches to the variation of rewards value;when the rewards values fluctuate;and when the R&D professionals’ self-achievement is considered,and it is regarded that to get better effects of incentive,the R&D professionals’ self-achievement demand should be stimulated at the same time of making rewards value match with R&D performance.

Key words: research and development professional, qualitative simulation, incentive, self-achievement