Analyzing the Effects of Alternative Decisions in a Multiagent System with Stigmergy-Based Interactions

The goal of this paper is to describe a simple protocol based on passive stigmergy for agent interaction in a multiagent system, which can exhibit complex behavior, and to study the effects of alternative decisions, which can be seen as perturbations that can change the final state of the system. Several ways of visualizing the influence relations that the agents have on one another and the effects of alternative decisions are presented.

[1]  Jonathan D. Cohen,et al.  The physics of optimal decision making: a formal analysis of models of performance in two-alternative forced-choice tasks. , 2006, Psychological review.

[2]  Thomas L. Griffiths,et al.  One and Done? Optimal Decisions From Very Few Samples , 2014, Cogn. Sci..

[3]  Amir Alansary,et al.  MRBrainS Challenge: Online Evaluation Framework for Brain Image Segmentation in 3T MRI Scans , 2015, Comput. Intell. Neurosci..

[4]  Peter Boatwright,et al.  A Satisficing Choice Model , 2012, Mark. Sci..

[5]  Victor R. Lesser,et al.  Communication decisions in multi-agent cooperation: model and experiments , 2001, AGENTS '01.

[6]  S. Fortunato,et al.  Statistical physics of social dynamics , 2007, 0710.3256.

[7]  Florin Leon,et al.  Design and evaluation of a multiagent interaction protocol generating behaviours with different levels of complexity , 2014, Neurocomputing.

[8]  Peter Norvig,et al.  Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach , 1995 .

[9]  Jon Atwell,et al.  Agent-Based Models in Empirical Social Research , 2015, Sociological methods & research.

[10]  Romina Martin,et al.  Describing human decisions in agent-based models - ODD + D, an extension of the ODD protocol , 2013, Environ. Model. Softw..

[11]  Michela Le Pira,et al.  Finding shared decisions in stakeholder networks: An agent-based approach , 2016, 1604.05600.

[12]  Florin Leon.  A Multiagent System Generating Complex Behaviours , 2013, ICCCI.

[13]  Guy Hawkins,et al.  Context Effects in Multi-Alternative Decision Making: Empirical Data and a Bayesian Model , 2012, Cogn. Sci..

[14]  J M Smith,et al.  Evolution and the theory of games , 1976 .

[15]  Florin Leon.  A Novel Interaction Protocol of a Multiagent System for the Study of Alternative Decisions , 2016, ICCCI.

[16]  Sarit Kraus,et al.  A statistical decision-making model for choosing among multiple alternatives , 2007, AAMAS '07.

[17]  Aldo Rustichini,et al.  Dual or unitary system? Two alternative models of decision making , 2008, Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience.

[18]  Florin Leon,et al.  Stabilization Methods for a Multiagent System with Complex Behaviours , 2015, Comput. Intell. Neurosci..

[19]  M. Daily,et al.  A review of time critical decision making models and human cognitive processes , 2006, 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference.

[20]  Uta Berger,et al.  Pattern-Oriented Modeling of Agent-Based Complex Systems: Lessons from Ecology , 2005, Science.

[21]  J. Busemeyer,et al.  Quantum cognition: a new theoretical approach to psychology , 2015, Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

[22]  Li An,et al.  Modeling human decisions in coupled human and natural systems: Review of agent-based models , 2012 .

[23]  Jonathan N. Katz,et al.  The Mathematics and Statistics of Voting Power , 2002 .

[24]  Jerome R. Busemeyer,et al.  What Is Quantum Cognition, and How Is It Applied to Psychology? , 2015 .