We investigate the extent of accidental encounters in a Multi Agent Territory Exploration (MATE) Task. Accidental encounters happen between agents and an unintended checkpoint. We found that even though accidents are often detrimental to the individual, there are cases in which they are beneficial to the population.
@article{ferreira2018adaptive,
title={Accidental encounters: can accidents be adaptive?},
author={Giordano B. S. Ferreira and Matthias Scheutz},
year={2018},
journal={Adaptive Behavior},
volume={26},
pages={285--307}
url={https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/ferreira2018adaptive.pdf}
}