SelfCategory
According to the self-categorization theory ("reicher-2010"), people define
themselves as a member of social categories. People can have multiple
categories, e.g., father, football fan, colleague. At a specific point in
time, only one category is salient.
Our agents use these categorizations to derive a specific behavior:
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TARGET_ORIENTED agents try to reach the target as quickly as possible.
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E.g., if an agents is "COOPERATIVE" (category), the pedestrian swaps places
(behavior) with other "COOPERATIVE" pedestrians (only if both feel committed
to this category as in-group member, see {@łink GroupMembership}.
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THREATENED agents maximize the distance to a threat.
Usually, the self category of an agent changes during a simulation.
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Field: SOCIAL_DISTANCING [SelfCategory]
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Field: TARGET_ORIENTED [SelfCategory]
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