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Lying in Group-Communication in El-Farol-Games Patterns of Successful Manipulation

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The 9th International Conference on Computing and InformationTechnology (IC2IT2013)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 209))

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Abstract

The El-Farol-Bar-Problem is a well-established tool for behavior analysis. Recent studies focused on group communication in minority games of this kind. We introduce the possibility of lying to the behavior of agents in communicating groups. We found a successful strategy for lying, if the group is composed by specific characters.

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  1. Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Fernuniversität in Hagen, Universitätsstraße 27, PRG, D-58084, Hagen, Germany

    Frank Großgasteiger & Coskun Akinalp

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  1. Frank Großgasteiger
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Correspondence to Frank Großgasteiger .

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  1. Technology North Bangkok, Faculty of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of, 1518 Pracharat 1 Wongsawang, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

    Phayung Meesad

  2. , Lehrgebiet Kommunikationsnetze, FernUniversität in Hagen, Universitätsstr. 27, Hagen, 58084, Germany

    Herwig Unger

  3. Technology North Bangkok, Faculty of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of, 1518 Pracharat 1 Wongsawang, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

    Sirapat Boonkrong

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Großgasteiger, F., Akinalp, C. (2013). Lying in Group-Communication in El-Farol-Games Patterns of Successful Manipulation. In: Meesad, P., Unger, H., Boonkrong, S. (eds) The 9th International Conference on Computing and InformationTechnology (IC2IT2013). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 209. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37371-8_5

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