In this paper, we analyze a simple adaptive model of competition called the "Minority Game" that is used in analyzing the competition phenomena in markets. The Minority Game consists of many simple autonomous agents, and self-organization occurs as a result of simple behavioral rules. Up to now, the dynamics of this game has been studied from various angles, but so far the focus has been on the macroscopic behavior of all the agents as a whole. We are interested in the mechanisms involved in collaborative behavior among multi-agents, so we focused our attention on the behavior of individual agents. In this paper, we suggest that core elements responsible for self-organization to occur are: 1. rules of the game that potentially include a mechanism for a form of self-organization, 2. rules that place a good constraint on each agent's behavior, and 3. the existence of some rule that lead to indirect interaction; a process called "stigmergy".
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