Contributions are invited for two sessions at the:
RC33 Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology
Recent Developments and Applications in Social Research Methodology
http://www.siswo.uva.nl/rc33/
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 16-20, 2004
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January, 2004
Session 1:
The Applicability of Agent-Based Social Simulation
Coordinator(s): Nigel Gilbert, Klaus G. Troitzsch
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey,Guildford, Surrey, UK
Universität Koblenz-Landau, Institut für Wirtschafts- und
Verwaltungsinformatik, Germany
Papers in this session should be on individual-based simulation models
of e.g.
the emergence of institutions and norms, opinion formation,
negotiations, development of science and technology in socio-political
contexts, the design and use of simulation models to illuminate social
science problems. The focus of submissions should be on issues of the
applicability of such models to social science, and the advantages and
problems of using agent-based modelling in this context.
Session 2:
Tools and Techniques for Agent-Based Social Simulation
Coördinator(s): , Klaus G. Troitzsch, Nigel Gilbert
Universität Koblenz-Landau, Institut für Wirtschafts- und
Verwaltungsinformatik, Germany
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey,Guildford, Surrey, UK
Papers in this session should introduce new software for agent-based
social simulation and address topics such as the unification of
different approaches, for instance to combine an equation-based macro
model of the natural environment with an agent-oriented micro model of
the human beings living in it, the calibration of social simulation
models in order to foster their use to solve actual problems, the
comparison and integration of different tools for different research
and applications objectives (Swarm, RePast, NetLogo, SDML, MAML, etc.),
the integration of existing tools, the design of new tools and ways to
make them available.
Abstracts of proposed papers, including:
- the title of the proposed paper
- an abstract of approximately 400 words
- name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)
- 3 or more keywords
should be sent by email to Klaus G. Troitzsch at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> AND to the Executive Scientific Committee
of the conference (mailto:[log in to unmask] ) by 15 January 2004.
_______________________________________________________________________
Professor Nigel Gilbert, Editor, Journal of Artificial Societies and
Social Simulation, <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/>.
Centre for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences (CRESS),
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Tel:+44 1483 689173 Fax:+44 1483 689551 [log in to unmask]
Simulation resources at <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/research/simsoc/>
