A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR EVOLVING MULTIAGENT COMMUNICATION

TitleA SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR EVOLVING MULTIAGENT COMMUNICATION
Publication TypeReports
Year of Publication2000
AuthorsReggia JA, Schultz R, Uriagereka J, Wilkinson J
Date Published2000/09/15/
InstitutionInstititue for Advanced Computer Studies, Univ of Maryland, College Park
KeywordsTechnical Report
Abstract

A simulation environment has been created to support study of emergentcommunication. Multiple agents exist in a two-dimensional world where they
must find food and avoid predators. While non-communicating agents may
survive, the world is configured so that survival and fitness can be enhanced
through the use of inter-agent communication. The goal with this version of
the simulator is to determine conditions under which simple communication
(signaling) emerges and persists during an evolutionary process.
(Also cross-referenced as UMIACS-TR-2000-64)
URLhttp://drum.lib.umd.edu//handle/1903/1101