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Characterizing Complex Behavior in (Self-organizing) Multi-agent Systems

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2005 (ICCSA 2005)

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In this paper, we show our work on characterizing complex behavior in self-organizing (SOMAS) and non-self-organizing (NonSOMAS) multi-agent systems. Through experiments and analysis, we investigate how Self-Organized Criticality (SOC) phenomena arise in SOMAS rather than in NonSOMAS. Furthermore, we compare the order of agent performance in the two types of systems and explain its implications.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

    Bingcheng Hu & Jiming Liu

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, via Vanvitelli, 1, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada

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  3. William Norris Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, USA

    Vipin Kumar

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, P.O. Box, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

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  6. School of Computing, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

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  7. Clayton School of IT, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, Australia

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Hu, B., Liu, J. (2005). Characterizing Complex Behavior in (Self-organizing) Multi-agent Systems. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2005. ICCSA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3481. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11424826_135

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