A simple metric for turn-taking in emergent communication

作者：Raffensperger Peter A^*; Webb Russell Y; Bones Philip J; McInnes Allan I

来源：Adaptive Behavior, 2012, 20(2): 104-116.

DOI：10.1177/1059712311421831

• Multi-agent systems
• decentralized systems
• resource allocation
• turn-taking

To facilitate further research in emergent turn-taking, we propose a metric for evaluating the extent to which agents take turns using a shared resource. Our measure reports a turn-taking value for a particular time and a particular timescale, or %26quot;resolution,%26quot; in a way that matches intuition. We describe how to evaluate the results of simulations where turn-taking may or may not be present and analyze the apparent turn-taking that could be observed between random independent agents. We illustrate the use of our turn-taking metric by reinterpreting previous work on turn-taking in emergent communication and by analyzing a recorded human conversation.

• 出版日期2012-4