The agent model of intercultural interactions: the emergence of cultural uncertainties

Belotelov N.V., Loginov F.V.
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The article describes a simulation agent-based model of intercultural interactions in a country whose population belongs to different cultures. It is believed that the space of cultures can be represented as a Hilbert space, in which certain subspaces correspond to different cultures. In the model, the concept of culture is understood as a structured subspace of the Hilbert space. This makes it possible to describe the state of agents by a vector in a Hilbert space. It is believed that each agent is described by belonging to a certain «culture». The number of agents belonging to certain cultures is determined by demographic processes that correspond to these cultures, the depth and integrity of the educational process, as well as the intensity of intercultural contacts. Interaction between agents occurs within clusters, into which, according to certain criteria, the entire set of agents is divided. When agents interact according to a certain algorithm, the length and angle that characterize the state of the agent change. In the process of imitation, depending on the number of agents belonging to different cultures, the intensity of demographic and educational processes, as well as the intensity of intercultural contacts, aggregates of agents (clusters) are formed, the agents of which belong to different cultures. Such intercultural clusters do not entirely belong to any of the cultures initially considered in the model. Such intercultural clusters create uncertainties in cultural dynamics. The paper presents the results of simulation experiments that illustrate the influence of demographic and educational processes on the dynamics of intercultural clusters. The issues of the development of the proposed approach to the study (discussion) of the transitional states of the development of cultures are discussed.

Keywords: simulation model, demographic process, assimilation process
Citation in English: Belotelov N.V., Loginov F.V. The agent model of intercultural interactions: the emergence of cultural uncertainties // Computer Research and Modeling, 2022, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1143-1162
Citation in English: Belotelov N.V., Loginov F.V. The agent model of intercultural interactions: the emergence of cultural uncertainties // Computer Research and Modeling, 2022, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1143-1162
DOI: 10.20537/2076-7633-2022-14-5-1143-1162
URL: http://crm-en.ics.org.ru/journal/article/3257/
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