Reasoning about Emergence of Collective Memory

TL;DR

This paper introduces a simple model for the emergence of collective memory through local signaling and influence spreading among agents, supported by a logical framework for reasoning about this phenomenon.

Contribution

It presents a novel simple model of collective memory formation and a logical system to reason about its emergence, with initial technical results.

Findings

Signals can dominate in local neighborhoods based on support levels

Influence spreads through agent interactions across neighborhoods

A logical framework can formalize reasoning about collective memory emergence

Abstract

We offer a very simple model of how collective memory may form. Agents keep signalling within neighbourhoods, and depending on how many support each signal, some signals "win" in that neighbourhood. By agents interacting between different neighbourhoods, 'influence' spreads and sometimes, a collective signal emerges. We propose a logic in which we can reason about such emergence of memory and present preliminary technical results on the logic.