A Computer Model of Elementary Social Behavior,

Abstract

Complex social behavior is reduced to symbolmanipulating processes on a digital computer by means of the IPL-V (Information Processing Language-Version V). Unlike the cognitive models of Feigenbaum and Feldman, Homoculus, as this model is called, focuses on individual decisionmaking in social interactions using rewards and punishments. It is like the Feigenbaum and Feldman models in that Homonculus emphasizes non-numerical processes and is essentially deterministic rather than probabilistic. The theory used as a model for this program is from George Homans' Social Behavior. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276379

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  • System Development Corporation

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Processing

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  • Psychology

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