Publication - Social Pathologies of Adaptive Agents

Authors: Jensen, David; Lesser, Victor
Title: Social Pathologies of Adaptive Agents
Abstract: We describe, briefly characterize, and give examples of social pathologies of multiagent systems. Social pathologies are system behaviors in which two or more agents interact such that improvements in local performance do not improve system performance. They are widely observed in both natural and artificial systems.
Keywords: Multi-Agent Systems, Social Pathology
Publication: Safe Learning Agents: Papers from the 2002 AAAI Spring Symposium., Vol: TR SS-02-07
Editor: M. Barley & H. Guesgen
Publisher: AAAI Press
Date: August 2002
Sources: HTML: /Documents/jensen-aaaiss2002.pdf
Reference: Jensen, David; Lesser, Victor. Social Pathologies of Adaptive Agents. Safe Learning Agents: Papers from the 2002 AAAI Spring Symposium., Volume TR SS-02-07, M. Barley & H. Guesgen, ed., AAAI Press. August 2002.
bibtex: 
@inproceedings{Jensen-227,
  author    = "David Jensen and Victor Lesser",
  title     = "{Social Pathologies of Adaptive Agents}",
  booktitle = "Safe Learning Agents: Papers from the 2002 AAAI
               Spring Symposium.",
  volume    = "TR SS-02-07",
  editor    = "M. Barley \& H. Guesgen",
  publisher = "AAAI Press",
  month     = "August",
  year      = "2002",
  url       = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/227",
}