Agent Profile

Definition #

A set of static persona attributes—such as demographics, age, income, education, and personality traits—initialized from empirical datasets to ground agent decisions.

Role: It establishes the agent's initial characteristics.

The Problem That Led to It #

Real people do not all start with the same characteristics.

A student, business owner, and retiree may make very different decisions.

What Problem It Solves #

The profile gives each agent a distinct starting background.

Agent ↓ Age Income Education Personality Demographics ↓ Starting characteristics

What Happens If Not Used #

Agents may become unrealistically identical or lack the background information needed to differentiate their behavior.

Easy Wording #

An Agent Profile describes who the agent is when the simulation starts.

Layman Example #

Ali Age: 22 Education: Bachelor's Income: Low Personality: Introverted

This describes Ali's initial profile.

Technical Example #

Empirical dataset ↓ Create agent ↓ Assign profile ↓ Agent receives: Age + Income + Education + Personality ↓ Agent uses these characteristics in decisions

Limitation #

The profile represents relatively static characteristics. It does not adequately represent things that change during the simulation, such as memories or beliefs.

Solution #

We therefore need a way to represent the agent's changing internal state.

That is Internal Status.