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This paper present a novel approach to modelling creative societies using curious design agents. The importance of modelling the social aspects of creativity are first presented and a novel agent-based approach is developed. Curious design agents are introduced as an appropriate model of individuals in a creative society. Some of the advantages of using curious design agents to model creative societies are discussed. Results from some initial investigations into self-organisation within creative societies using the model are given. This paper concludes by discussing some related work and exploring possible directions for future work.
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Saunders, R. (2007). Towards a Computational Model of Creative Societies Using Curious Design Agents. In: O’Hare, G.M.P., Ricci, A., O’Grady, M.J., Dikenelli, O. (eds) Engineering Societies in the Agents World VII. ESAW 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4457. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75524-1_19
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