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Reputation In Artificial Societies discusses the role of reputation in the achievement of social order. The book proposes that reputation is an agent property that results from transmission of beliefs about how the agents are evaluated with regard to a socially desirable conduct. This desirable conduct represents one or another of the solutions to the problem of social order and may consist of cooperation or altruism, reciprocity, or norm obedience. Reputation In Artificial Societies distinguishes between image (direct evaluation of others) and reputation (propagating meta­belief, indirectly acquired) and investigates their effects with regard to both natural and electronic societies. The interplay between image and reputation, the processes leading to them and the set of decisions that agents make on their basis are demonstrated with supporting data from agent­based simulations.

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Author:   Rosaria Conte ,  Mario Paolucci
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.355kg
ISBN:  

9781461354215

ISBN 10:   1461354218
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   30 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Order: Old Problems, New Challenges, and Reusable Solutions.- 1. Old Social Problems.- 2. Infosocial Challenges.- 3. Emergent order Vs. Designed control.- 4. Actuality of Reputation: Spontaneous social Control.- 5. Impact on Infosocieties.- 6. About This Book.- I. The State of the Art.- 1. Why Bother with Reputation?.- 2. Theory and Practice of Cooperation: Focusing on the Reputed Agent.- 3. The Shadow of the Future.- II. Reputation Transmission.- 4. An Alternative Perspective: The Reputing Agent.- 5. Advantages of Reputation Over Repeated Interaction.- 6. Whether, Why, and Whom to Tell.- III. What Reputation is Good for.- 7. Reciprocal Altruism Reconsidered.- 8. Informational Altruism.- 9. False Reputation.- IV. Advantages of the Present Approach.- 10. Social Impact of Reputation.- 11. Reputation in Infosocieties.- Concluding Remarks.

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