Abstract
We investigate the policies of (1) restricting social influence and (2) imposing curfews upon interacting citizens in a community. We compare their effects on the social order and the emerging levels of civil violence. We develop an agent-based model that is used to simulate a community of citizens and the police force that guards it. We find that restricting social influence pacifies rebellious societies, but has the opposite effect on peaceful ones. Curfews exhibit a pacifying effect across all types of society.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS |
| Publisher | IFAAMAS |
| Pages | 1335-1336 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9817381-7-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 May 2009 |
| Event | 8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2009, AAMAS 2009 - Budapest, United Kingdom Duration: 10 May 2009 → 15 May 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2009, AAMAS 2009 |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Budapest |
| Period | 10/05/09 → 15/05/09 |
Keywords
- Description level: experimental/empirical
- Environment (environment modelling and simulation)
- Focus: comprehensive/cross-cutting (multi-agent based simulation)
- Inspiration source: social sciences
- Simulations
- Social/organisational (groups and teams emergent behaviour)