COMPETITION BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT
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https://doi.org/10.47839/ijc.11.4.577Keywords:
Agent-based modeling, NetLogo, complexity, competition, agents’ heterogeneity.Abstract
The article applies complexity theory to study hete rogeneous organizations in an environment filled with their competitors and complementors. An agent-based simulation model is used to analyze effects of interactions in an environment with different level of complexity. Agents, differing in size a nd adaptability, try to adapt to fitness landscape they are placed in (which is based on Kauffman’ s NK model) in order to increase their fitness level. Results of conducted simulations are presented and analyzed.References
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