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  • Agent-based modeling
  • Computational economics

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  • Finite resource competition is a fundamental ecological and economic concept.
  • Agent memory influences decision-making in complex systems.
  • Understanding the dynamics of coexistence is crucial for ecological and economic stability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a simple game model analyzing agent competition based on memory length.
  • To investigate the conditions for coexistence and dynamical equilibrium among agents with differing memory.
  • To establish analytical connections between memory length and statistical physics concepts.

Main Methods:

  • Agent-based simulation to model resource competition.
  • Analytical derivation to identify critical memory lengths and stability conditions.
  • Formulation linking game dynamics to statistical urn models.

Main Results:

  • A critical memory length instability was identified.
  • Agents with diverse memory lengths were shown to compete and coexist in a dynamical equilibrium.
  • A direct relationship was established between agent memory and a temperature-analog.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed game model provides a framework for understanding memory-driven competition.
  • The findings suggest that memory diversity can lead to stable, coexisting populations in resource-limited environments.
  • The model's connection to statistical physics offers broader implications for complex systems analysis.