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For the final versions, please take into account the issues that were discussed during your presentation at the workshop, as well as the issues pointed out by the reviewers during the original submission procedure. There will be again a peer-review process to ensure high quality contributions: these updated versions will be reviewed by other contributors to the proceedings and one of the organizers. All the papers accepted in the workshop will be published in the volume, excepting those that do not cope with the reviewers remarks during this second review procedure or those that will not be sent until the deadline defined below.
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The first MABS workshop, held in Paris at ICMAS 1998, had as its aim "to develop stronger links between those working in the social sciences, for whom agent based simulation has the potential to be a valuable research tool,and those involved with multi-agent simulation, for whom the social sciences can provide useful theories and exemplars" . In this workshop, 50 papers were submited and 16 were accepted to be presented. A revised version of the papers were published by Springer Verlag, in LNAI series, volume 1534, in a volume called Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation.
The second MABS workshop, held in Boston at ICMAS
2000, extended this development, and provided substantial discussions.
The presentations focused on lessons of social simulation for DAI , on
the supporting and reporting of social simulation modelling and on social
simulation based software applications. Also for this workshop submissions
were subject to peer review and revised versions of the accepted papers
(17) were published by Springer Verlag in LNAI series, volume 1979, in
a volume called Multi-Agent-Based
Simulation.
Although MABS is gradually acquiring legitimacy in many disciplinary fields, much has to be done to clarify the potential use of MABS in these disciplines. Researchers from these disciplines have different points of view on issues such as time-frame, space, geographical scales, organizational levels, etc... On the other hand, the interest for MABS goes beyond the scientific communities. Several MABS models has been developed and used interactively with other societies. For instance, research is being done on the interactions between societies of robots and groups of people, and simulations models are developed with stake holders for environmental issues in a participative way, through the Internet or directly on the field. These new approaches lead to new questions on the use of MABS for collective decision making, but also on the conceptual and technical aspects of MABS.
Within this framework of interactions between artificial
and human societies, special attention will be given to the conceptual
and technical aspects (agent architecture, interaction protocols, simulation
platforms, modelling protocols, time and space representation, presentation
of simulation results) resulting from these interactions and favouring
them. Papers describing applications with examples of such interactions
between MABS and society will be welcommed as well as conceptual and epistemological
thoughts on the use of MABS as a collective representation.
All accepted papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lectures Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series, in a post-workshop volume. All authors of accepted papers will then be required to sign copyright release forms, and one author of each accepted paper will be required to attend the workshop to present the paper.
The email body should contain the title, author names and contact information. Please use "MABS'02 Submission" in the subject header of the email.
Any other questions regarding papers submission may be directed to Dr. Paul Davidsson at paul.davidsson@bth.se.
Dr. François Bousquet
CIRAD/IRRI, Thailand
Dr. Paul Davidsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
BVG choice in Axelrod's tribute model Luis Antunes, Leonel Nóbrega, Helder Coelho
Towards an Emergence-Driven Software Process for Agent-Based Simulation Nuno David, Jaime Sichman, Helder Coelho
Towards an Ideal Social Simulation Language Bruce Edmonds
Evolving Specialisation, Altruism and Group-Level Optimisation Using Tags David Hales
On the Simulation of Multiagent-Based Regulators for Physiological Processes Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Gatti
How to Develop Artificial Agents that are Useful in Improving the Understanding the Behaviour of Real Agents? Wander Jager, Marco Janssen
Relating Structure and Dynamics in Organisation Models Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur
Multi-Agent Patrolling: an Empirical Analysis of Alternative Architectures Aydano Machado, Geber Ramalho, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Alexis Drogoul
Requirements Analysis of Agent-Based Simulaton Platforms: State of the Art and New Prospects Maria das Graças Bruno Marietto, Nuno David, Jaime S. Sichman, Helder Coelho
On Multi Agent Based Simulation of Software Development Processes Tham Wickenberg, Paul Davidsson
A Simulation of the Market for Offenses in Multiagent Systems: Is Zero
Crime Rates Attainable? Pinata Winoto
Session I - Emergence, Alliances and Groups
8:30 - 9:00 - Relating Structure and Dynamics in
Organisation Models
Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur
9:00 - 9:30 - How to Develop Artificial Agents that
are Useful in Improving the
Understanding the Behaviour of Real Agents?
Wander Jager, Marco Janssen
9:30 - 10:00 - BVG choice in Axelrod's tribute model
Luis Antunes, Leonel Nóbrega, Helder Coelho
10:00 - 10:30 - Evolving Specialisation, Altruism
and Group-Level Optimisation Using Tags
David Hales
10:30 - 11:00 - Coffee Break
Session II - MABS Applications I
11:00 - 11:30 - On the Simulation
of Multiagent-Based Regulators for Physiological Processes
Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Gatti
11:30 - 12:00 - A Simulation of the Market
for Offenses in Multiagent Systems: Is Zero Crime Rates Attainable?
Pinata Winoto
12:00 - 12:30 - Invited Talk: MABS : Past, Current and
Future Research
Alexis Drogoul (Univ. Paris VI, France)
12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch
Session III - MABS Platforms and Languages
13:30 - 14:00 - The MOCA Platform: Simulating
the Dynamics of Social Networks
Matthieu Amiguet, Jean-Pierre Muller, José Báez, Nagy Adina
14:00 - 14:30 - Requirements Analysis of Agent-Based
Simulaton Platforms:
State of the Art and New Prospects
Maria das Graças Bruno Marietto, Nuno David, Jaime S. Sichman, Helder
Coelho
14:30 - 15:00 - Towards an Ideal Social Simulation
Language
Bruce Edmonds
15:00 - 15:30 - Towards an Emergence-Driven
Software Process for Agent-Based Simulation
Nuno David, Jaime Sichman, Helder Coelho
15:30 - 16:00 - Coffee Break
Session IV - MABS Applications II
16:00 - 16:30 - Multi-Agent Patrolling: an Empirical
Analysis of Alternative Architectures
Aydano Machado, Geber Ramalho, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Alexis Drogoul
16:30 - 17:00 - On Multi Agent Based Simulation
of Software Development Processes
Tham Wickenberg, Paul Davidsson
17:00 - 17:30 - Round Table
17:30 - Closing
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