Thanks Eric. It doesn't sound like your suggestion will do what I want. I want to be able to create new rules dynamically as in rule evolution. As I understand your scheme, the set of rule-agents is fixed in advance.
-- Russ On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM, ERIC P. CHARLES <[email protected]> wrote: > Russ, > I'm probably just saying this out of ignorance, but... If you want to > "really" do that, I'm not sure how to do so.... However, given that you are > simulating anyway... If you want to simulate doing that, it seems > straightforward. Pick any agent-based simulation program, create two classes > of agents, call one class "rules" and the others "agents". Let individuals > in the "rules" class do all sorts of things to individuals in the "agents" > class (including controlling which other "rules" they accept commands from > and how they respond to those commands). > > Not the most elegant solution in the world, but it would likely be able to > answer whatever question you want to answer (assuming it is a question > answering task you wish to engage in), with minimum time spent banging your > head against the wall programming it. My biases (and lack of programming > brilliance) typically lead me to find the simplest way to simulate what I > want, even if that means the computers need to run a little longer. I assume > there is some reason this would not be satisfactory? > > Eric > > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 11:13 PM, *Russ Abbott <[email protected]>*wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm interesting in developing a model that uses rule-driven agents. I would > like the agent rules to be condition-action rules, i.e., similar to the > sorts of rules one finds in forward chaining blackboard systems. In > addition, I would like both the agents and the rules themselves to be first > class objects. In other words, the rules should be able: > > - to refer to agents, > - to create and destroy agents, > - to create new rules for newly created agents, > - to disable rules for existing agents, and > - to modify existing rules for existing agents. > > Does anyone know of a system like that? > > -- Russ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > Eric Charles > > Professional Student and > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Penn State University > Altoona, PA 16601 > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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