An agent-based model of social dynamics using swarm intelligence approaches

Belotelov N.V., Sushko D.A.
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The paper considers the application of swarm intelligence technology to build agent-based simulation models. As an example, a minimal model is constructed illustrating the influence of information influences on the rules of behavior of agents in the simplest model of competition between two populations, whose agents perform the simplest task of transferring a resource from a mobile source to their territory. The algorithm for the movement of agents in the model space is implemented on the basis of the classical particle swarm algorithm. Agents have a life cycle, that is, the processes of birth and death are taken into account. The model takes into account information processes that determine the target functions of the behavior of newly appeared agents. These processes (training and poaching) are determined by information influences from populations. Under certain conditions, a third population arises in the agent system. Agents of such a population informatively influence agents of other populations in a certain radius around themselves, changing.

As a result of the conducted simulation experiments, it was shown that the following final states are realized in the system: displacement of a new population by others, coexistence of a new population and other populations and the absence of such a population. It has been shown that with an increase in the radius of influence of agents, the population with changed rules of behavior displaces all others. It is also shown that in the case of a hard-to-access resource, the strategy of luring agents of a competing population is more profitable.

Keywords: agent modeling, swarm intelligence, information impact, competition
Citation in English: Belotelov N.V., Sushko D.A. An agent-based model of social dynamics using swarm intelligence approaches // Computer Research and Modeling, 2024, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1513-1527
Citation in English: Belotelov N.V., Sushko D.A. An agent-based model of social dynamics using swarm intelligence approaches // Computer Research and Modeling, 2024, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1513-1527
DOI: 10.20537/2076-7633-2024-16-6-1513-1527
URL: http://crm-en.ics.org.ru/journal/article/3550/
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