Evolving agent cognition with Netlogo LevelSpace

Bryan Head; Arthur Hjorth; Corey Brady; Uri Wilensky

doi:10.1109/WSC.2015.7408430

Evolving agent cognition with Netlogo LevelSpace

Bryan Head, Arthur Hjorth, Corey Brady, Uri Wilensky

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

Any agent-based model (ABM) involving agents that think or make decisions must inevitably have some model of agent cognition. Often, this cognitive model is incredibly simple, such as choosing actions at random or based on simple conditionals. In reality, agent cognition can be complex and dynamic, and for some models, this process can be worthy of its own dedicated ABM. The LevelSpace extension (Hjorth, Head and Wilensky, 2015) for NetLogo (Wilensky 1999) allows NetLogo models to open instances of other NetLogo models and interact with them. We demonstrate a method for using LevelSpace to simulate agents with complex, evolving cognitive models. We give the agents in a NetLogo predator-prey model "brains," themselves represented as independent instances of a NetLogo neural network model.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3122-3123
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467397438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408430
State	Published - Feb 16 2016
Event	Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015 - Huntington Beach, United States Duration: Dec 6 2015 → Dec 9 2015

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Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
Volume	2016-February
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

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Other	Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Huntington Beach
Period	12/6/15 → 12/9/15

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Software
Modeling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications

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Head, B, Hjorth, A, Brady, C & Wilensky, U 2016, Evolving agent cognition with Netlogo LevelSpace. in 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015., 7408430, Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, vol. 2016-February, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3122-3123, Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015, Huntington Beach, United States, 12/6/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408430

Evolving agent cognition with Netlogo LevelSpace. / Head, Bryan; Hjorth, Arthur; Brady, Corey et al.

2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 3122-3123 7408430 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2016-February).

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