Call for Papers
Sixth International Workshop on
Multi-Agent-Based Simulation
MABS’05
To be held at Educatorium, the conference
center of the Utrecht University
Co-located with the
Fourth International Joint Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
AAMAS’2005
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Presentation
The
Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS) workshop is the sixth of a series than
began in 1998. Its scientific focus lies in the confluence of social sciences
and multi-agent systems, with a strong applicational/empirical vein, and its
emphasis is stressed on (i) exploratory agent based simulation as a principled
way of undertaking scientific research in the social sciences and (ii) using
social theories as an inspiration to new frameworks and developments in
multi-agent systems. The excellent quality level of this workshop has been
recognised since its inception, and so its proceedings have always been
published by Springer-Verlag, in the Lecture Notes series.
Aims and
Scope
The relationship
between social sciences and multi-agent systems has only begun to provide some
results. It is generally accepted that many concepts and techniques have yet to
be imported to the multi-agent systems area, either for some lack of theory, or
to be tested in computer simulations. This transfer can occur also in the
opposite direction, since multi-agent based simulations are changing the way
the social scientists can look at their problems. This methodological change is
taking its first steps, and will undoubtedly have an influence throughout all
sciences.
MABS will focus
on ideas related to the definition of new multi-agent systems (MAS) to address
real complex issues, as well as ideas coming from social sciences to MAS as new
metaphors to provide insights into MAS theory. Theories, models, analysis,
experimental designs, empirical studies, methodological principles, all
converge into simulation as a way of achieving explanations and predictions,
but also exploration of new hypotheses and conjectures.
In MABS, we use
primarily the agent paradigm as a way of going beyond the limitations of
traditional approaches. Agents provide heterogeneity, where classical theories
were based on homogeneity of behaviour. Agents call for holism as an answer for
reductionist boundaries. This new approach has already provided a lot of
results in the exploration of the micro-macro link, the idea that individual
behaviour influences the overall dynamics of systems, and that the perception
by the individual agent of the overall system influences its behaviour. As the
applications develop in more and more varied fields, we can expect to learn
much more about “how things are” — and “how they could be.”
The workshop
will provide a forum for social scientists, agent researchers and developers
and simulation researchers to assess the current state of the art in the
modelling and simulation of social systems and MAS, identify where existing
approaches can be successfully applied, learn about new approaches and explore
future research challenges.
The workshop is in part a continuation of the
International Workshop series on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS). More information
about MABS can be found at http://www.pcs.usp.br/~mabs/.
General
Topics
Topics of
interest of the workshop include:
- Cognitive
modelling and social simulation
- MABS
applications
-
Self-organisation, scalability, robustness
- Agent
models for MABS
-
Grid-computing
-
Simulation probing
-
Agent-based experimental economics
- Standards
for simulators including inter-operability
- New tools
and methodologies for MABS
- Social
order
-
Complexity
Target
Audience
The workshop will be of interest to researchers in the modelling and analysis of multi-agent systems, and researchers who are interested in applying agent-based simulation techniques to real-world problems.
Important
dates
Submission deadline: March
14, 2005
Notification
of acceptance: April
18, 2005
Final
pre-workshop version deadline: May
5, 2005
Workshop
event: July
25 or 26, 2005
Publication
All accepted papers will be printed in the workshop proceedings. In addition, following the tradition of the previous MABS workshops, selected papers will be revised and published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Preliminary schedule of the post-proceedings process:
Second
reviewing: September
Revised
camera-ready papers: October
Publication:
December
Submission
Guidelines
A PDF file
containing the paper should be e-mailed to mabs05@di.fc.ul.pt by the14th of March 2005. The paper
must be in Springer LNCS format (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and no more than 12 pages.
Organising Committee
Luis
Antunes (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Jaime S.
Sichman (Universidade de S. Paulo, Brasil)
Program Committee
(* confirmed)
* Frederic
Amblard (France)
* François
Bousquet (France)
* José
Castro Caldas (Portugal)
* Cristiano
Castelfranchi (Italia)
* Helder
Coelho (Portugal)
* Rosaria
Conte (Italia)
Noshir
Contractor (USA)
* Paul
Davidsson (Sweden)
Jim Doran
(UK)
Tom Dwyer
(Brasil)
* Aléxis
Drogoul (France)
* Nigel
Gilbert (UK)
* Wander
Jagger (The Netherlands)
* Marco
Jansen (USA)
* Jorge
Louçã (Portugal)
* Juan
Pavon Mestras (Spain)
Scott Moss
(UK)
Jean-Pierre
Müller (France)
* Emma
Norling (Australia)
* Mario
Paolucci (Italia)
* Juliette
Rouchier (France)
* Keith
Sawyer (USA)
* Carles
Sierra (Spain)
José
Vicente da Silva (Brasil)
* Ron Sun
(USA)
* Keiki
Takadama (Japan)
* Oswaldo
Teran (Venezuela)
* Jan Treur
(The Netherlands)
* Klaus
Troitzsch (Germany)
* Afzal
Upal (USA)
* Harko
Verhagen (Sweden)
Gérard
Weisbuch (France)