The Role of Knowledge Keepers in an Artificial Primitive Human Society: An Agent-Based Approach

Abstract

This paper discusses knowledge accumulation and diffusion mechanisms and their effect on social and institutional change in an artificial society. The focus of this paper is to model the role of knowledge keepers in the context of social control in the CKSW institutional meta-role framework. In literature this role has been associated with helping to maintain social order by spreading social awareness and resolving disputes. In addition to outlining the model of a complex, adaptive, and self-sustaining artificial society, we examine in this context the societal mechanism of violence control.