Modeling of Emotional Influence in Multiagent System

Emotions are an integral part of human personality. That is why it is necessary to take them into account when modeling human behavior and to implement them appropriately with respect to the given objective. For simulation models, a so-called computational approach based on the emotional appraisal of the stimuli the individual is exposed to is usually used. The selection of criteria for this appraisal is not strictly given, just as the transformation of their values into the emotional space. It depends primarily on the purpose of the model and the environment in which the model exists. This paper describes a specific emotional appraisal setting for the modeling of social structures based on communication between individuals in a multi-agent environment. The experiments present simulations of several scenarios showing the development of selected model parameters over time, as well as the effect of the possible involvement of the emotional appraisal in the simulation of the authentic behavior of individuals in the network.