Description

This course will cover the fundamentals of modeling societies of agents. The student will be prepared to use this subject matter when it is encountered in advanced or related courses.

Goals

The student will learn how to apply the material, reason with the concepts, and actively participate in team research.

Topics

Theory of multi-agent societies

Negotiations

Auctions

Bargaining

Voting

Competition and games

Power

Conflict

Evolutionary games

Artificial economies

Individual strategies and societal structure

Escalation

Social choice

Teams

Fair division

Artificial life

Reinforcement learning

Genetic algorithms

Grading

10 minute oral presentation - 10%

Supported by a 3 page written report - 40%

Participation in a class research project - 30%