An investigation into the conditions conducive to the emergence of heterogeneity amoung agents is presented. This is … facilitated the emergence of this heterogeneity. …

group. This simulation differs from other tag-based models in that is does not rely on either the forced donation of … could provide the structure necessary for the true emergence of artificial societies, supporting a division of labour …

There are considerable difficulties in the way of the development of useful and reliable simulation models of social …. Despite these difficulties, many still hope to develop quite general models of social phenomena. This paper argues that such … hopes are ill-founded, in other words that there will be no short-cut to useful and reliable simulation models. However this …

One approach to characterizing the elusive notion of emergence is to define that a property is emergent if and only if …

relevance in social situations where, due to the absence of established authorities or institutions, agents need to rely on … defined and investigated based on the theory of equity. In this paper, we investigate the Fairness Emergence hypothesis in … unstable system states and in the presence of adversaries. Moreover, we investigate the sensitivity of Fairness Emergence and …

successful strategy than reciprocity. We move beyond previous computational models by proposing a method that allows to …

The behavior of cellular automata is a very close representation of the evolution of complex social systems. We … changes over time in the "real world" compared with the emergence of social networks in an artificial society. "Ascape" was …