Title :
Impact of communication on agent-based social simulations using the PAX framework
Author :
Pita, Marcelo ; De Lima Neto, Fernando B. ; Filho, Hugo Serrano B
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Syst., Univ. of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper investigates the impact of agents´ communication on social simulations using the PAX framework. Previous works investigated the impact of structuring elements (e.g. houses, hospitals, roads, etc) on agents´ behaviors. This work extends that, by investigating the combined results of different communication schemes and structural costs. To assess the plausibility of application of these ideas on real world problems, we modeled a small Brazilian town and scenarios of dengue fever spreading over its tiny population. Results show the relevance of communication on the overall population dynamics; combined results also reveal some curious social epiphenomena.
Keywords :
digital simulation; multi-agent systems; social sciences; PAX framework; agent communication; agent-based social simulations; computer simulations; dengue fever; multiagent systems; plausible agents matrix framework; small Brazilian town; social sciences; Analytical models; Cities and towns; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Diseases; Hospitals; Humans; Mathematical model; Roads; Agent-based social simulations; Disease dissemination; Intelligent agents; Multiagent systems; Population dynamics; Social structures;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346285
