Begin forwarded message: > From: "Stein, Joshua Stephenson" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 26 July 2004 19:38:49 BST > Subject: Agent Based-Modeling in the Geo-sciences Special Session at > Ameri can Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA > > Hi, > I am writing to inform you about a special session at the 2004 > American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting held in San Francisco, > CA on > December 13-17. The session is dedicated to Agent-Based Modeling in > the > Geosciences and is being organized to bring together scientists from > around > the world who are using Agent-based techniques and models to study > geoscience related topics. The session description is given below as > well > as a link to the session web site and another link to the AGU website, > (with > links to information on obtaining visas). I encourage you to > participate in > this meeting by submitting an abstract, which is due electronically, no > later than September 9, 2004 (see AGU website for details). > This meeting is attended by more than 10,000 geoscientists and > policymakers and is an ideal opportunity to network and discuss ideas > for > new research. In addition, San Francisco is beautiful in December! > Hope to > see you there. If you have any questions about the special session or > want > to discuss any ideas for presentations, please feel free to contact > any of > the conveners. Also, please forward this announcment to anyone who > might be > interested. I found most of the email address by doing various subject > searches on the web and in journal articles and I am sure I have > missed some > key players. > > Thank You, > > -Josh > > Session Description: > This session will explore the emerging science of agent-based modeling > as > used in the hydrological and geophysical sciences. The emphasis will > be on > papers involving agent-based modeling approaches to energy/water > systems > linkages, water security and sustainability, energy and transportation > infrastructure, and other hydrological and earth science applications. > Project objectives that identify and evaluate water use > characteristics, > water infrastructure vulnerabilities, and resource management issues > using > agent-based modeling are of particular application to this session, as > are > papers that integrate some or all of the linked systems of climate, > hydrology, energy, economics, demographics, policy, and law. > Agent-based > modeling has been used successfully outside the hydrological and > geophysical > sciences to link sociological and economic behavior with electrical > infrastructure to locate bottlenecks in the electrical distribution > system > as well as identify economic (e.g. pricing) conditions that push the > system > in new directions. Emphasis will be placed on hydrological and > geophysical > papers that are analogous to this example. > > > > Special Session Link: > http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/search_detail.php?sessid=172 > > AGU Fall 2004 Meeting Link (including information on obtaining visas): > http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/ > > Joshua S. Stein, Ph.D. > Sandia National Laboratories > P.O. Box 5800, MS 0776 > Albuquerque, NM 87185 > Tel: 505-845-0936 > Fax: 505-284-4002 > > > _______________________________________________________________________ Professor Nigel Gilbert, Editor, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/> Centre for Research on Social Simulation (CRESS) Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Tel:+44 1483 689173 [log in to unmask] <http://cress.soc.surrey.ac.uk/>