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International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation

MABS 2003: Multi-Agent-Based Simulation III pp 106–119Cite as

Social Change: Exploring Design Influence

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This paper explores some aspects of group divergence based on principles relative to design disciplines. Extensions to an elementary model are used to explore the relation between divergence and social influence mechanisms previously employed to explain group convergence. The emergence of change agency is investigated.

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  1. Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition School of Architecture, Design Science and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

    Ricardo Sosa & John S. Gero

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  1. Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Building, Aytoun Street, M1 3GH, Manchester, UK

    David Hales

  2. Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Building, Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3GH, UK

    Bruce Edmonds

  3. Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 3010, Victoria, Australia

    Emma Norling

  4. Greqam (CNRS) - Centre de la vieille Charité, 2 Rue de la Charité, 13002, Marseille, France

    Juliette Rouchier

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Sosa, R., Gero, J.S. (2003). Social Change: Exploring Design Influence. In: Hales, D., Edmonds, B., Norling, E., Rouchier, J. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation III. MABS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2927. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24613-8_8

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