The role of oblivion, memory size and spatial separation in dynamic language games

In this paper we present some multiagent simulations in which the individuals try to reach a uniform vocabulary to name spatial movements. Each agent has initially a random vocabulary that can be modified by means of interactions with the other agents. As the objective is to name movements, the topi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lara Jaramillo, Juan de, Alfonseca Moreno, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/662663
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/662663
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agent-based simulation
Communication
Language games
Self-organisation
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Sumario:In this paper we present some multiagent simulations in which the individuals try to reach a uniform vocabulary to name spatial movements. Each agent has initially a random vocabulary that can be modified by means of interactions with the other agents. As the objective is to name movements, the topic of conversation is chosen by moving. Each agent can remember a finite number of words per movement, with certain strength. We show the importance of the forgetting process and memory size in these simulations, discuss the effect of the number of agents on the time to agree and present a few experiments where the evolution of vocabularies takes place in a divided range.