Simulation of Cooperative Behavioral Trends by Local Interaction Rules

We explore the creation of cooperative behavioral trends in a group of agents, within the framework of an artificial physics simulation. Local interaction rules, that have “selfish” interpretations, were specifically designed to engender cooperative behavior. Although we conclude that it is necessary to further refine our specific set of interaction rules, our results support the view that it is indeed possible to simulate sophisticated cooperative behavior via a set of selfish local interactions.