Markus, One way would be to program them to recognize the environmental lines of conflict with other independent agents (like when diminishing returns indicate a shared resource is becoming contested perhaps), as some form of primitive consciousness of the things existing outside their self-awareness. Phil > > Ken Lloyd wrote: > > Would it be more interesting to ask - What if in second order ABM's > the > > agents could differentiate meta-rules (as patterns) from rules? Could > they > > then apply them using evolutionary meta-genetics as a means serving > as > > abstraction? Would this work in n^m-order ABM's? > > > An agent notes the prevailing behaviors and/or wisdom in its vicinity, > and then `abstracts' that? > What makes it an abstraction and not just an imperfect copy? Sometimes > (often?) the whole is less than the sum of its parts... Simulations > along these lines could address questions like the impact on a > population from meta rules and communication vs. agents living in > ignorant bliss. > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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