Title :
An Agent-Based Model for the Interplay of Information and Emotion in Social Diffusion
Author :
Hoogendoorn, Mark ; Treur, Jan ; Van Der Wal, C. Natalie ; Van Wissen, Arlette
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Artificial Intell., Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 3 2010
Abstract :
The spread of information and emotion within groups is studied in models of social diffusion. Evidence has been found that the emotional states of humans affect their information processing abilities, and hence, may affect the spread of information as well. This paper introduces an agent-based model that simulates the spread of information and emotion among a group of agents. The model takes both the influence of emotions upon the spread of information and the influence of information on emotions into account. The approach is exemplified by means of a case study in the domain of emergency evacuation.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; social sciences computing; agent-based model; emergency evacuation; human emotion; information processing; social diffusion; Conferences; Intelligent agent; agent modeling; computational modeling; emotion contagion; group processes;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8482-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4191-4
DOI :
10.1109/WI-IAT.2010.181
