Handbook of research on agent-based societies social and cultural interactions /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Trajkovski, Goran, 1972-, Collins, Samuel Gerald.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Social systems > Computer simulation.; Social evolution > Computer simulation.; Intelligent agents (Computer software); Human-computer interaction.; Artificial intelligence > Social aspects.; Agent cognitive capabilities; Agent feedback messaging; Agent-based societies; Agents and social interaction; Agents in security; Biological and artificial agents; Cultural information transmission; Distributed message delivery; Emergent reasoning structures in law; Human mirror neuron system; Interaction of agent in e-business; Mapping hybrid agencies; Propositional logic syntax acquisition; Reinforcement learning; Search as a tool for emergence; Social emergence; Social transmission for partner selection; Temporally variant agent interaction; Training coordination proxy agents; Virtual learning environments
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxii, 412 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-399) and index.
• ISBN: 9781605662374 (ebook); 1605662372 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

In a given environment, agents interact with each other, imitating, communicating, exchanging, and competing. Based on these heterogeneous modalities of interaction, a variety of socialities may emerge including language and communication, identities, economies, and cultures. This book addresses the emergence of societal phenomena in the interactions of systems of agents. Comprising chapters by numerous international authors, this reference book goes beyond describing the next generation of multi-agent systems in simulations and system engineering and analyzes existing systems to stimulate the development of new ones.