Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Ceschi, Andrea; Dorina, Hysenbelli; Sartori, Riccardo; Tacconi, Giuseppe

Titolo:

Cooperate or Defect? How an Agent Based Model Simulation on Helping Behavior Can Be an Educational Tool

Anno:

2014

Tipologia prodotto:

Contributo in atti di convegno

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in Atti di convegno

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

A Stampa

Nome rivista:

ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING

ISSN Rivista:

2194-5357

N° Volume:

292

Titolo del Convegno:

Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning

Luogo:

Trento

Periodo:

Settembre 2013

ISBN:

978-3-319-07697-3

Intervallo pagine:

189-196

Parole chiave:

Agent Based Model; Helping behavior; Educational tool

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

Over the last years, Agent Based Models (ABMs) have become an important in-strument to simulate social complex phenomena. At the same time, they have shown interesting implications for learning activities. To this purpose, we report a simulation on helping behavior carried out by means of an Agent Based Model (ABM) based on four types of different virtual agents: Warm-Glow Cooperators (WG), who give help because it makes them feel better; Gratitude Cooperators (GC), who give help because they previously received help; Cooperators (C), who give help because of both the reasons mentioned above; Defectors (D) who do not give help at all. We explore the pro-social behavior of each type of agents and the system where they live for a certain amount of time in different situations. This specific ABM shows, in the most effective way, why we should increase the level of helping behavior in the population. Furthermore, assuming that giving and receiving help can be both considered positive activities, WG and GC agent strategies should be those who allow to derive the greatest benefit overall. Taking also in account the pedagogical implications of ABMs, the present simulation can be considered as a good instrument to explain dynamics of helping behavior in a virtual society.

Id prodotto:

81861

Handle IRIS:

11562/742564

depositato il:

29 luglio 2014

ultima modifica:

1 novembre 2022

Citazione bibliografica:

Ceschi, Andrea; Dorina, Hysenbelli; Sartori, Riccardo; Tacconi, Giuseppe, Cooperate or Defect? How an Agent Based Model Simulation on Helping Behavior Can Be an Educational Tool in «ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING» vol. 292  in Distributed computing and artificial intelligence , Atti di "Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning" , Trento , Settembre 2013 , 2014 , pp. 189-196

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