Repage: Reputation and Image among Limited Autonomous Partners

This paper introduces Repage, a computational system that adopts a cognitive theory of reputation. We propose a fundamental difference between image & reputation, which suggests a way out from the paradox of sociality, i.e. the trade-off between agents' autonomy & their need to adapt to...

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Published in:Journal of artificial societies and social simulation 2006-03, Vol.9 (2)
Main Authors: Sabater-Mir, Jordi, Paolucci, Mario, Conte, Rosaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition
Computer Software
Reputation
Social Relations
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Summary:This paper introduces Repage, a computational system that adopts a cognitive theory of reputation. We propose a fundamental difference between image & reputation, which suggests a way out from the paradox of sociality, i.e. the trade-off between agents' autonomy & their need to adapt to social environment. On one hand, agents are autonomous if they select partners based on their social evaluations (images). On the other, they need to update evaluations by taking into account others'. Hence, social evaluations must circulate & be represented as "reported evaluations" (reputation), before & in order for agents to decide whether to accept them or not. To represent this level of cognitive detail in artificial agents' design, there is a need for a specialised subsystem, which we are in the course of developing for the public domain. In the paper, after a short presentation of the cognitive theory of reputation & its motivations, we describe the implementation of Repage. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1460-7425
1460-7425