Title :
Emergence of a Sharing Norm in a Simulated Hunter-Gatherer Society
Author :
Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy ; Arulanandam, Rexy ; Savarimuthu, Sharmila
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci., Univ. of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract :
Sharing is a behaviour that is observed in humans and other primates. In this paper, our objective is to demonstrate how the norm of sharing changes based on environmental conditions. Using agent based modeling, we have simulated a hunter-gatherer society where the norms of the society are affected by changing environmental conditions. In particular, we demonstrate how norms might change in a society based on the changes to type of resources available in the society. We present several experiments that have been conducted on the emergence of the sharing norm and discuss the results obtained.
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; behavioural sciences; environmental factors; societies; agent based modeling; environmental condition based changes; human behaviour; simulated hunter-gatherer society; social norms; Availability; Educational institutions; Energy states; Humans; Information science; Multiagent systems; Presses; agents; norms; simulation; societies;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1373-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4513-4
DOI :
10.1109/WI-IAT.2011.141
