Mechanism for Regulating Interactions Between Personality-Based Agents

  • Luciano V. Gonçalves UCPel
  • Graçaliz P. Dimuro UCPel

Abstract


This work describes a simulator of social exchanges based on personality traits, with an associated regulation mechanism conduced by an equilibrium supervisor, where an agent is the manager of the social interactions that occur in the multiagent system. The implementation was done with the Jason Interpreter. We also present some simulation results of social exchanges between pairs of agents with different personality traits and obedience levels to the regulation mechanism.

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Published
2007-04-16
GONÇALVES, Luciano V.; DIMURO, Graçaliz P.. Mechanism for Regulating Interactions Between Personality-Based Agents. In: WORKSHOP-SCHOOL ON AGENTS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND APPLICATIONS (WESAAC), 1. , 2007, Pelotas/RS. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2007 . p. 65-78. ISSN 2326-5434. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wesaac.2007.33035.