<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this work, we introduce a simple multi-agent simulation model with two roles of agents that correspond to moral and immoral attitudes. The model is given explicitly by a set of mathematical equations with continuous variables and is characterized by four parameters: morality, protection, and two efficiency parameters. Agents are free to adjust their roles to maximize individual gains. The model is analyzed theoretically to find conditions for its stability, i.e., the fractions of agents of both roles that lead to an equilibrium in their gains. A multi-agent simulation is also developed to verify the dynamics of the model for all values of morality and protection parameters, and to identify potential discrepancies with the theoretical analysis.</p></abstract>

In this work, we introduce a simple multi-agent simulation model with two roles of agents that correspond to moral and immoral attitudes. The model is given explicitly by a set of mathematical equations with continuous variables and is characterized by four parameters: morality, protection, and two efficiency parameters. Agents are free to adjust their roles to maximize individual gains. The model is analyzed theoretically to find conditions for its stability, i.e., the fractions of agents of both roles that lead to an equilibrium in their gains. A multi-agent simulation is also developed to verify the dynamics of the model for all values of morality and protection parameters, and to identify potential discrepancies with the theoretical analysis.

Morality, protection, security and gain: lessons from a minimalistic, economically inspired multi-agent model

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences

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In this work, we introduce a simple multi-agent simulation model with two roles of agents that correspond to moral and immoral attitudes. The model is given...

Morality, protection, security and gain: lessons from a minimalistic, economically inspired multi-agent model

Published Online: Mar 27, 2020

Page range: 17 - 33

Received: Nov 07, 2018

Accepted: Feb 07, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fcds-2020-0002

Keywords
morality, social norm, equilibrium, mathematical modeling, simulation

© 2020 Maciej Komosinski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Morality, protection, security and gain: lessons from a minimalistic, economically inspired multi-agent model

Published Online: Mar 27, 2020

Page range: 17 - 33

Received: Nov 07, 2018

Accepted: Feb 07, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fcds-2020-0002

Keywordsmorality, social norm, equilibrium, mathematical modeling, simulation

© 2020 Maciej Komosinski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
morality, social norm, equilibrium, mathematical modeling, simulation