The January issue of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social
Simulation has been published at <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/>
Access to the journal is free. JASSS is a peer-reviewed electronic journal
for the exploration and understanding of social processes by means of
computer simulation.
The January issue includes:
* Refereed Articles
Steven Patrick, Patricia M. Dorman and Robert L. Marsh
Simulating Correctional Disturbances: The Application of
Organization Control Theory to Correctional Organizations via Computer
Simulation
Nicole J. Saam and Andreas Harrer
Simulating Norms, Social Inequality, and Functional Change in
Artificial Societies
* Forum
Nigel Gilbert
Multi-level simulation in Lisp-Stat
Rosaria Conte and Scott Moss
Special Interest Group on Agent-Based Social Simulation
* Extended review
Bruce Edmonds
The Uses of Genetic Programming in Social Simulation
* Book Reviews
Social Science Microsimulation Edited by Klaus G. Troitzsch, et al.
reviewed by Brendan Halpin
Evolutionary Game Theory by Joergen Weibull
reviewed by Daniel Probst
System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life by Robert Jervis
reviewed by Scott E. Page
Submissions for the next issue, which will be published in March 1999,
are welcome.
To receive notification of the publication of each issue as it appears,
register your email address at
<http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/admin/register.html>
Apologies if you get multiple copies of this announcement.
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Prof G. Nigel Gilbert, Dept of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford
GU2 5XH,
United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)1483 259173 Fax: +44 (0)1483 259551
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