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Gossip, Sexual Recombination and the El Farol Bar: modelling the emergence of heterogeneity

Edmonds, Bruce (1998) Gossip, Sexual Recombination and the El Farol Bar: modelling the emergence of heterogeneity. [Conference Paper] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Brian Arthur's `El Farol Bar' model is extended so that the agents also learn and communicate. The learning and communication is implemented using an evolutionary process acting upon a population of mental models inside each agent. The evolutionary process is based on a Genetic Programming algorithm. Each gene is composed of two tree-structures: one to control its action and one to determine its communication. A detailed case-study from the simulations show how the agents have differentiated so that by the end of the run they had taken on very different roles. Thus the introduction of a flexible learning process and an expressive internal representation has allowed the emergence of heterogeneity.

Item Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:learning, social, agents, genetic programming, heterogenaity, emergence, representation, expressiveness, naming, simulation, economics, multi-agent systems
Subjects:Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science > Complexity Theory
Computer Science > Machine Learning
Psychology > Social Psychology
ID Code:514
Deposited By: Edmonds, Dr Bruce
Deposited On:07 Aug 1998
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:54

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