Expectation-Driven Interaction: a Model Based on Luhmann's Contingency Approach
Authored by Michael Barber, Philippe Blanchard, Eva Buchinger, Bruno Cessac, Ludwig Streit
Date Published: 2006-10
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Plurianual CCM
European Union
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
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Abstract
We introduce an agent-based model of interaction, drawing on the contingency approach from Luhmann's theory of social systems. The agent interactions are defined by the exchange of distinct messages. Message selection is based on the history of the interaction and developed within the confines of the problem of double contingency. We examine interaction strategies in the light of the message-exchange description using analytical and computational methods.
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Asymptotic Analysis
Contingency
Expectation-Expectation
Message Exchange Model
interaction