GAMING AND AGENTS DESIGN: THE PAC (PLAYERS, AGENTS, CAST) TECHNIQUE

摘要

The idea of using computer aided games (gaming) to design agents in social models is presented. Many characteristics of adapting the games to this end are described, particularly the record of the justification of actor decisions. Some possible methods to use game collected data for agent design are considered. A discussion is included about the problems and advantages of a flexible approach, which combines three ways to introduce in a model the decisions of the actors: by human beings (Players), by algorithms (Agents) and by simple assignations of values (Cast), the PAC (Players, Agents, Cast) technique. Finally a game for a national economic system is described and preliminary results are reported.