TY - GEN
T1 - The association between group size and communicational complexity according to conceptual agreement theory
AU - Canessa, Enrique
AU - Barra, Carlos
AU - Chaigneau, Sergio E.
AU - Quezada, Ariel
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We model the evolution of concepts, i.e. how members of a social group associate properties to concepts. Our Agent Based Model (ABM) is based on Conceptual Agreement Theory (CAT), which states that individuals can only infer the conceptual state of others when communicating. Through communication agents develop a conceptual structure which is influenced by three variables: the size of the group, the number of possible properties that may describe each concept and the rate at which agents learn. In general, the results show that these three variables non-linearly interact and that the larger the group and number of available properties, and the slower the learning process, the richer the conceptual structure that emerges from agents' interactions. Proceedings 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation
AB - We model the evolution of concepts, i.e. how members of a social group associate properties to concepts. Our Agent Based Model (ABM) is based on Conceptual Agreement Theory (CAT), which states that individuals can only infer the conceptual state of others when communicating. Through communication agents develop a conceptual structure which is influenced by three variables: the size of the group, the number of possible properties that may describe each concept and the rate at which agents learn. In general, the results show that these three variables non-linearly interact and that the larger the group and number of available properties, and the slower the learning process, the richer the conceptual structure that emerges from agents' interactions. Proceedings 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation
KW - Agent-based modeling
KW - Conceptual Agreement Theory
KW - Evolution of concepts
KW - Social complexity hypothesis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905717715&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7148/2014-0709
DO - 10.7148/2014-0709
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905717715
SN - 9780956494481
T3 - Proceedings - 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS 2014
SP - 709
EP - 717
BT - Proceedings - 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS 2014
PB - European Council for Modelling and Simulation
T2 - 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS 2014
Y2 - 27 May 2014 through 30 May 2014
ER -