An Initial Study of Agent Interconnectedness and In-Group Behaviour

F. Jordan Srour; Neil Yorke-Smith

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An Initial Study of Agent Interconnectedness and In-Group Behaviour

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This paper asks whether agent-based simulation can give insight into social factors surrounding corrupt behaviour in a technical process. The specific case study adopted, for studying the effects of social interconnectedness on corrupt behaviours, is the domain of maritime customs. Taking our previously-developed agent-based simulation, we add to the simulation a nuanced model of actor relatedness, consisting of clan, in-group (sect), and town of origin, and encode selected behavioural norms associated with these factors. Using the simulation, we examine the effects of social interconnectedness on domain performance metrics such as container outcomes, time, revenue, coercive demands, and collusion. Initial results confirm that as actor interconnectedness increases, established policies to combat corruption, such as process re-engineering, become less effective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVIII - International Workshop, MABS 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro, Luis Antunes
Publisher	Springer
Pages	105-120
Number of pages	16
Volume	10798 LNAI
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-91587-6
ISBN (Print)	9783319915869
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91587-6_8
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018
Event	18th International Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation, MABS 2017 - Sao Paulo, Brazil Duration: 8 May 2017 → 12 May 2017

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10798 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	18th International Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation, MABS 2017
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Sao Paulo
Period	8/05/17 → 12/05/17

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Srour, F. J., & Yorke-Smith, N. (2018). An Initial Study of Agent Interconnectedness and In-Group Behaviour. In G. Pereira Dimuro, & L. Antunes (Eds.), Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVIII - International Workshop, MABS 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Vol. 10798 LNAI, pp. 105-120). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10798 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91587-6_8

Srour, F. Jordan ; Yorke-Smith, Neil. / An Initial Study of Agent Interconnectedness and In-Group Behaviour. Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVIII - International Workshop, MABS 2017, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro ; Luis Antunes. Vol. 10798 LNAI Springer, 2018. pp. 105-120 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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An Initial Study of Agent Interconnectedness and In-Group Behaviour. / Srour, F. Jordan; Yorke-Smith, Neil.
Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVIII - International Workshop, MABS 2017, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro; Luis Antunes. Vol. 10798 LNAI Springer, 2018. p. 105-120 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10798 LNAI).

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Srour FJ, Yorke-Smith N. An Initial Study of Agent Interconnectedness and In-Group Behaviour. In Pereira Dimuro G, Antunes L, editors, Multi-Agent Based Simulation XVIII - International Workshop, MABS 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 10798 LNAI. Springer. 2018. p. 105-120. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-91587-6_8

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