3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Cooperation, Defection, and the Commons: Reproducing an Agent-Based Model of Aksum with Three Logistic Equations
Riccardo Vasellini, Federico Cecconi, Daniele Vilone
Cooperative behavior can improve environmental quality, whereas selfish defection can degrade shared resources. In a recent agent-based study of the Aksum civilization (Vasellini e…
cs.MA2026
Is Lying an Emergent Behaviour in LLMs? Evidence from Gaslighting AI agents in a Sustainability Game
Subhendu Bhandary, Federico Carucci, Christos Charalambous +6
LLMs agents are increasingly used in multi-agent settings, yet their behaviour in sustainability games remains largely unexplored. This work investigates whether lying can emerge a…
physics.soc-ph2025
Cooperative Behavior in Pre-State Societies: An Agent-Based Approach of the Aksum Civilization
Riccardo Vasellini, Gilda Ferrandino, Luisa Sernicola +2
This study intends to test the hypothesis that, contrary to traditional interpretation, the social structure of the polity of Aksum - especially in its early stages - was not chara…