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'What Did You Say?' Emergent Communication In A Multi-Agent Spatial Configuration

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  • ELIO MARCHIONE

    (CRESS: Centre for Research in Social Simulation, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom)

  • MAURICIO SALGADO

    (CRESS: Centre for Research in Social Simulation, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom)

  • NIGEL GILBERT

    (CRESS: Centre for Research in Social Simulation, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom)

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a multi-agent simulation designed to study the emergence and evolution of symbolic communication. The novelty of this model is that it considers some interactional and spatial constraints to this process that have been disregarded by previous research. The model is used to give an account of the implications of differences in the agents' behavior, which are embodied in a spatial environment. Two communicational dimensions are identified: the frequency with which agents refer to different topics over time and the spatial limitations on reaching recipients. We use the model to point out some interesting emergent communicational properties when the agents' behavior is altered by considering those two dimensions. We show the group of agents able to reach more recipients and less prone to changing the topic have the highest likelihood of driving the emergence and evolution of symbolic communication.

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  • Elio Marchione & Mauricio Salgado & Nigel Gilbert, 2010. "'What Did You Say?' Emergent Communication In A Multi-Agent Spatial Configuration," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(04), pages 469-482.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:13:y:2010:i:04:n:s0219525910002748
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525910002748
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    1. Enrique Canessa & Sergio Chaigneau, 2014. "The dynamics of social agreement according to Conceptual Agreement Theory," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 48(6), pages 3289-3309, November.

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