A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR EVOLVING MULTIAGENT COMMUNICATION

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2000-09-15
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Reggia, James A.
Schultz, Reiner
Uriagereka, Juan
Wilkinson, Jerry
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A simulation environment has been created to support study of emergent communication. 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)
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