Automated mechanism design with co-evolutionary hierarchical genetic programming techniques

  • Authors:
  • John A. Doucette;Darren Abramson

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada;Dalhousie University & University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 14th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We present a novel form of automated game theoretic mechanism design in which mechanisms and players co-evolve. We also model the memetic propagation of strategies through a population of players, and argue that this process represents a more accurate depiction of human behavior than conventional economic models. The resulting model is evaluated by evolving mechanisms for the ultimatum game, and replicates the results of empirical studies of human economic behaviors, as well as demonstrating the ability to evaluate competing hypothesizes for the creation of economic incentives.