The effects of fixed-strategy agents on local convention emergence in multi-agent systems

Tim Borglund, Shuyue Hu, Ho Fung Leung

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Abstract

Achieving coordination in multi-agent systems has previously been found to be possible by utilizing local conventions as opposed to relying on the emergence of global conventions. On another note, fixed-strategy agents have been researched to manipulate the behaviour of networks with global conventions, but not local conventions. This paper studies how fixed-strategy agents impact local convention emergence and if they could be useful for both compact and loose community structures. It is shown that while the existence of a larger number of fixed-strategy agents generally makes local conventions emerge faster, only a few fixed-strategy agents are needed to convince communities to use their fixed action. Finally, fixed-strategy agents are helpful for compact community networks but not for loose community networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Information Processing IX - 10th IFIP TC 12 International Conference, IIP 2018, Proceedings
EditorsZhongzhi Shi, Eunika Mercier-Laurent, Jiuyong Li
PublisherSpringer
Pages99-108
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-00828-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-00827-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event10th IFIP International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, IIP 2018 - Nanning, China
Duration: 2018 Oct 192018 Oct 22

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume538
ISSN (Print)1868-4238

Conference

Conference10th IFIP International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, IIP 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanning
Period2018/10/192018/10/22

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Communication Systems

Free keywords

  • Fixed-strategy agents
  • Intelligent agents
  • Local convention emergence
  • Multi-agent systems

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