7 papers
An agent-based model of the formation and evolution of common ground
Mengbin Ye, Wooseok Jung, Tony J. Mathew +2
The existence of a communal common ground is vital for collective action and coordination in a population, but the micro-level cognitive and social processes that lead to the forma…
Awareness in collective decision-making: Modeling and control in a game-theoretic framework
Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino, Ming Cao
For a society to remain healthy and prosperous, people must collectively behave and act to contribute to the common good, even if there is often a tradeoff against their individual…
A Human-Vector Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible Model for Analyzing and Controlling the Spread of Vector-Borne Diseases
Lorenzo Zino, Alessandro Casu, Alessandro Rizzo
We propose an epidemic model for the spread of vector-borne diseases. The model, which is built extending the classical susceptible-infected-susceptible model, accounts for two pop…
Equilibrium Selection in Replicator Equations Using Adaptive-Gain Control
Lorenzo Zino, Mengbin Ye, Giuseppe Carlo Calafiore +1
In this paper, we deal with the equilibrium selection problem, which amounts to steering a population of individuals engaged in strategic game-theoretic interactions to a desired c…
Coevolution of Actions and Opinions in Networks of Coordinating and Anti-Coordinating Agents
Hong Liang, Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino +1
In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of coordinating and anti-coordinating agents in a coevolutionary model for actions and opinions. In the model, the individuals of a popul…
Data-informed modeling of the formation, persistence, and evolution of social norms and conventions
Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino
Social norms and conventions are commonly accepted and adopted behaviors and practices within a social group that guide interactions -- e.g., how to spell a word or how to greet pe…