Game theoretical interactions of moving agents

Abstract

Macroscopic outcomes in a social system resulting from interactions between individuals can be quite different from anyone's intent. For instance, empirical investigations [1] have shown that most colored people prefer multi-racial neighborhoods, and many white people find a certain fraction of other races in their neighborhood acceptable. So one could think that integrated neighborhoods should be widely observed, but empirically this is not true. One rather finds segregated neighborhoods, i.e. separate urban quarters, which also applies to people with different social and economic backgrounds. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.