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Abstract

In this paper we present some multiagent simulations in which the individuals try to reach a uniform vocabulary to name spatial movements. Each agent has initially a random vocabulary that can be modified by means of interactions with the other agents. As the objective is to name movements, the topic of conversation is chosen by moving. Each agent can remember a finite number of words per movement, with certain strength. We show the importance of the forgetting process and memory size in these simulations, discuss the effect of the number of agents on the time to agree and present a few experiments where the evolution of vocabularies takes place in a divided range.

Keywords: Agent-based Simulation; Communication; Language Games; Self-organisation

@article{lara02theRole,
  author={Juan de Lara and Manuel Alfonseca},
  title={The role of oblivion, memory size and spatial separation in dynamic language games},
  journal={Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation},
  year={2002},
  volume={5},
  number={2},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/lara02theRole.html},
  keywords={Agent-based Simulation; Communication; Language Games; Self-organisation}
}