A Genetic and Social Computational Model for the Emergence of Skill-Based Agent Specialization

A Hybrid Model for Emergence of Skilled Agent Specialization with Continuous Demand

“…The higher values of DOL and QOW are indicative of increase in specialization among the agents and that the task was performed by a more skilled agent. Cockburn and Kobti [13] created a weight allocated social inhibition approach whereby more skilled agents inhibit the desire of less skilled agents to perform a task. This approach drives agents toward tasks where they have comparative advantages.…”

“…In their model, agents choose randomly among tasks with surpassed threshold or be inactive if no such task exists. They supposed that each time a task i is performed by an individual, the stimulus The decreased level of specialization in [13] and the identical rate of stimulus regeneration in [8] motivated us for the present work. In this paper, the model [13] is modified assuming the same characteristics of agents; varying skill levels for each task and the ability to divide resources among tasks.…”

“…They supposed that each time a task i is performed by an individual, the stimulus The decreased level of specialization in [13] and the identical rate of stimulus regeneration in [8] motivated us for the present work. In this paper, the model [13] is modified assuming the same characteristics of agents; varying skill levels for each task and the ability to divide resources among tasks. Further, the effect of demand  on division of labor (DOL) and quality of work (QOW) is incorporated; a feature missing in [13] but taken into consideration by [8] while analyzing the emergence of increased DOL as a function of group size by taking  = 0.7, 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1.…”

“…In this paper, the model [13] is modified assuming the same characteristics of agents; varying skill levels for each task and the ability to divide resources among tasks. Further, the effect of demand  on division of labor (DOL) and quality of work (QOW) is incorporated; a feature missing in [13] but taken into consideration by [8] while analyzing the emergence of increased DOL as a function of group size by taking  = 0.7, 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1. Demand represents the total colony effort required to complete all tasks relative to the available total effort from workers.…”

“…The paper analyzes the effect of demand on DOL as well as QOW by (i) taking discrete values of  same as in [8], (ii) chooses it randomly in (0.1, 1.1) and (iii) let  varies continuously through a smooth curve whose profile is given in Figure 2. In the next section, a brief description of the model [13] for continuity and readability of the paper is given.…”