Cooperation and Reputation Dynamics with Reinforcement Learning

no code implementations • 15 Feb 2021 • Nicolas Anastassacos, Julian García, Stephen Hailes, Mirco Musolesi

We use a simple model of reinforcement learning to show that reputation mechanisms generate two coordination problems: agents need to learn how to coordinate on the meaning of existing reputations and collectively agree on a social norm to assign reputations to others based on their behavior.

Q-Learning reinforcement-learning +1