Journal on Policy & Complex Systems Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 2015 | Page 24

Policy and Complex Systems
• Worker agents ( Nwork ), that apply for jobs ;
Table 2 — Worker agent ’ s state variables Name Type Description Updating Initialization worker agent
nationality
N = [ 0 , 1 ]
worker ’ s nationality ( 0 Swiss , 1 foreign )
fixed computed : 20 % of them are foreign
wealth N = { 0 , 100 } agent ’ s wealth volatile user input
subsidized ?
N = [ 0 , 1 ]
subsidized
worker
fixed user input
skills _ level S N = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ]
worker ’ s skills level
volatile
randomly assigned
productivity P
N = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]
worker ’ s productivity
fixed
randomly assigned
worker ?
N = [ 0 , 1 ]
worker ( true or
false )
volatile 0 strategy N = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ] agent ’ s strategy volatile randomly assigned best strategy N = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]
best strategy
volatile
randomly
assigned
upgrade
N = [ 0 , 1 ]
true if the agent currently plans to upgrade his / her skill level
volatile 0
prediction
−1.0 < R > 1.0 current prediction of the skill upgrade
volatile
randomly assigned
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