Honesty, trust, and rational communication in multiagent semi-competitive environments.

Lam Ka Man. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-95). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Motivations --- p.3 === Chapter 1.2 --- Aims --- p.4 === Chapter 1.3 --...

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Other Authors: Lam, Ka Man.
Format: Others
Language:English
Chinese
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892043
http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-324997
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Summary:Lam Ka Man. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-95). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Motivations --- p.3 === Chapter 1.2 --- Aims --- p.4 === Chapter 1.3 --- Contributions --- p.4 === Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Outline --- p.5 === Chapter 2 --- Improved Recursive Modeling Method (RMM) --- p.7 === Chapter 2.1 --- An Illustrative Example --- p.7 === Chapter 2.2 --- Recursive Modeling Method (RMM) --- p.10 === Chapter 2.2.1 --- Payoff Matrices --- p.10 === Chapter 2.2.2 --- Infinite Recursive Hierarchy --- p.12 === Chapter 2.2.3 --- Choosing an Action with RMM --- p.13 === Chapter 2.3 --- Improved RMM --- p.15 === Chapter 2.3.1 --- Infinite Recursive Hierarchy --- p.15 === Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Sub-matrix Operator --- p.15 === Chapter 2.3.3 --- Finite Recursive Hierarchy --- p.17 === Chapter 2.3.4 --- Choosing an Action --- p.19 === Chapter 2.3.5 --- Recursive Formulas --- p.21 === Chapter 2.4 --- Original RMM vs. Improved RMM --- p.25 === Chapter 2.4.1 --- Terminating the Infinite Hierarchy --- p.25 === Chapter 2.4.2 --- Resultant Payoff --- p.26 === Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.27 === Chapter 3 --- A Trust/Honesty Model --- p.28 === Chapter 3.1 --- The Need for a Trust Model --- p.28 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Motivation to Tell the Truth: Invitation to Cooperate --- p.29 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Motivation to Tell a Lie: to Prevent Competition --- p.29 === Chapter 3.1.3 --- "To Believe, or Not to Believe, that is the Question" --- p.30 === Chapter 3.2 --- The Trust Model --- p.31 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- Impression --- p.31 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Reputation --- p.34 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Risk Attitude and Trustworthiness --- p.34 === Chapter 3.2.4 --- Persuasiveness of a Message vs. Stubbornness of the Receiver --- p.37 === Chapter 3.3 --- The Need for an Honesty Model --- p.42 === Chapter 3.3.1 --- "To Lie, or Not to Lie, that is the Question" --- p.43 === Chapter 3.3.2 --- Problem of Living a Lie --- p.43 === Chapter 3.4 --- The Honesty Model --- p.44 === Chapter 3.4.1 --- Impression --- p.44 === Chapter 3.4.2 --- Reputation --- p.46 === Chapter 3.4.3 --- Risk Attitude and Deceivability --- p.46 === Chapter 3.4.4 --- Temptation of Lying vs. Sincerity of the Sender --- p.47 === Chapter 3.5 --- Duality of the Trust/Honesty Model --- p.52 === Chapter 3.6 --- Performance of the Trust/Honesty Model --- p.52 === Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.56 === Chapter 4 --- Adaptive Strategies --- p.57 === Chapter 4.1 --- Problem of Non-adaptive Agents --- p.57 === Chapter 4.2 --- The Adaptive Strategies --- p.60 === Chapter 4.3 --- Variations of Parameters --- p.61 === Chapter 4.4 --- Adaptive Agents vs. Non-adaptive Agents --- p.63 === Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.67 === Chapter 5 --- Related Work --- p.68 === Chapter 5.1 --- "Impression, Reputation and Trust" --- p.68 === Chapter 5.2 --- Theory of Honesty --- p.72 === Chapter 5.3 --- Summary --- p.72 === Chapter 6 --- Performance Analysis --- p.73 === Chapter 6.1 --- Simulation Settings --- p.73 === Chapter 6.2 --- Performance in Semi-competitive Environment --- p.75 === Chapter 6.2.1 --- Performance of Receivers --- p.75 === Chapter 6.2.2 --- Performance of Senders --- p.78 === Chapter 6.3 --- Performance when Interact with Strategic Senders --- p.80 === Chapter 6.3.1 --- Senders Telling More Truths than Lies --- p.81 === Chapter 6.3.2 --- Senders Telling More Lies than Truths --- p.83 === Chapter 6.4 --- Summary --- p.84 === Chapter 7 --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.85 === Chapter 7.1 --- Conclusions --- p.85 === Chapter 7.2 --- Future Work --- p.87 === Chapter 7.2.1 --- Agent Manipulation --- p.87 === Chapter 7.2.2 --- Algorithm for Solving Recursive Formulas --- p.88 === Chapter 7.2.3 --- Fuzzy Trust/Honesty Model --- p.88 === Chapter 7.2.4 --- Opinion from the Mass --- p.88 === Chapter 7.2.5 --- Network Application --- p.89 === Bibliography --- p.90