[Swarm-Modelling] ABModSim 2010 - FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

[Giuseppe Vizzari]

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                            ABModSim 2010
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                        FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
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                   Third International Symposium on
                 AGENT BASED MODELING and SIMULATION

           http://www.lintar.disco.unimib.it/ABModSim/2010

    Chairs: Stefania Bandini, Paolo Petta and Giuseppe Vizzari

                   at the 20th European Meeting on
                   Cybernetics and Systems Research
                           April 6-9, 2010
                         University of Vienna
                     http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/

                Submission deadline: NOVEMBER 10, 2009
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** Introduction **

The notions of agents and multi-agent systems have been adopted for the
modeling of complex systems in the most varied contexts: from social
sciences to urban planning, biology, logistics and production, and many
other more. Agent based models and simulators are used for research as
well as for business/industrial applications. However, the concepts
behind the term 'agent' are often quite different, as well as the goals,
phases and practices involved in modeling and simulation activities.
This leads to different approaches, models, mechanisms, methodologies
and developed computational systems supporting simulation of the modeled
realities.

The aim of this workshop, building on the experiences and results of the
previous editions held in 2006 and 2008, is to bring together
competencies related to agent based modeling and simulation in different
contexts, first of all to foster cross fertilization but also to try to
identify common goals and research issues, and to possibly identify
compatible requirements for computational supports to agent based
modeling and simulation.

Next to paper presentations, ample room will be available for  
discussions,
taking advantage of the friendly setting provided by EMCSR.


** Topics of Interest **

We invite papers on all aspects relating to agent based modeling
and simulation, with particular attention to interdisciplinary
experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to,
the following:

- actual MAS-based simulation experiences
- agent-based modeling methodologies
- generic or domain specific MAS models for simulation
- methodologies for the analysis of MAS-based simulation results
- multi-agent models for emergent phenomena and self-organization
- platforms for agent-based modeling and simulation
- relationships between MAS models and other computational
models for the simulation of complex systems
- verification and validation of MAS-based simulations


** Authors are required to address the following issues **

- goals and context of the simulation projects
(explanatory or predictive, business or research context)
- the notions and types of
agents, internal architectures and decision mechanisms used
- the notion of environment used, in which the agents are situated,
and the related mechanisms of interaction
- clear-cut working definitions of the basic and emerging
concepts employed, grounded in theory/the literature
- a crisp and scientifically valid characterisation of
the research challenge identified or results obtained

** Important dates **

Deadline for submission:                November 10, 2009
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection:   December 15, 2009
Final Papers:                           February 5, 2010


** Followup publication **

As for the previous editions, we aim to publish a collection of extended
versions of selected accepted and presented papers as a special issue
of a renowned international journal.


** Program Committee (confirmed, to be extended) **

- Ana Bazzan (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil)
- Rafael Bordini (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil)
- Sven Breuckner (Vector Research Center - USA)
- Paul Davidsson (Blekinge Institute of Technology - Sweden)
- Jan Dijkstra (Eindhoven University of Technology - Netherlands)
- Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University Business School -  
UK)
- Giorgio Fagiolo (University of Verona - Italy)
- Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey - UK)
- László Gulyás (AITIA International Inc. - Hungary)
- Sara Manzoni (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
- Fabien Michel (LIRMM - France)
- Michael North (Argonne National Laboratory - USA)
- Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna - Italy)
- Andreas Pyka (University of Augsburg - Germany)
- Andreas Schadschneider (University of Cologne - Germany)
- Elizabeth Sklar (Brooklin College - USA)
- Flavio Soares Correa da Silva (University of S. Paulo - Brazil)
- Danny Weyns (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium)

** Further Information **

For more information please see the symposium website or
contact Giuseppe Vizzari (giuseppe.vizzari [at) disco.unimib.it).

<EOT>