Mobile agent strategies for the provision of public goods: An experimental study

Authors:
R. Martens;R. Paranjape;L. Benedicenti;S. Sankaran;A. Sadanand
Affiliations:
Research and Development, SaskTel, 2121 Saskatchewan Drive, Regina, Sask., Canada S4P 3Y2;Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Sask., Canada S4S 0A2;Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Sask., Canada S4S 0A2;Faculty of Administration, University of Regina, Regina, Sask., Canada S4S 0A2;Department of Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada N1G 2W1
Venue:
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper experimentally examines the behaviour of mobile software agents (MAs) as they use various contribution strategies towards the provision of a threshold public good. By combining the e-commerce and economics elements of the contribution game together with MA technology, we present an effective tool for analysis of these elements. Through use of this tool we have produced a large set of threshold contribution game experimental results. From analysis of the results, observations are made that highlight the effectiveness of using MAs to represent players in an economic game. These observations consist of player strategy analysis, player strategy evaluation, and system equilibrium analysis.