2008/05/31 by Edgardo Brigatti · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Artificial intelligence #Cognition #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Computer science #Control (management) #Convergence (economics) #Epistemology #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Linguistics #Mechanism (biology) #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Population #Psychology #Reputation #Sociology #Vocabulary #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.78.046108
published as Physical Review E 78, 046108 (2008) · 6 pages, 6 figures
openalex publication_date 2008/10/17 · arxiv created 2008/10/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study a modified version of the naming game, a recently introduced model which describes how shared vocabulary can emerge spontaneously in a population without any central control. In particular, we introduce a mechanism that allows a continuous interchange with the external inventory of words. A playing strategy, influenced by the hierarchical structure that individuals' reputation defines in the community, is implemented. We analyze how these features influence the convergence times, the cognitive efforts of the agents, and the scaling behavior in memory and time.