Second Conference of the European Social Simulation Association, ESSA'
04,
September 16-19, Valladolid, Spain
http://www.insisoc.org/ESSA04/
Registration is now open for the second ESSA conference.
The provisional list of accepted papers includes:
Dal Forno, A. and Merlone, U. Modular Pyramidal Hierarchies and Social
Norms. An Agent Based Model.
Deffuant, G., Amblard, F., and Weisbuch, G. Confronting the Relative
Agreement Model to Social Psychology Experiments on Opinion
Radicalisation
Edmonds, B. Artificial Science - a Simulation to Study the Social
Processes of Science
Elliston, L. and Beare, S. The Emergence and Failure of Cooperation in
the Management of Invasive Species
Gilbert, N. The Art of Simulation (Presidential Address)
Gotts, N. and Parker, D.C. Modelling Size Distributions of Rural Land
Holdings in Scotland
Hoffmann, A.O.I. and Jager, W. Formalizing the Effect of Personal
Needs, Social Interaction and Network-Structures in Simulating
Stock-Market Dynamics.
Iba, T. A Framework and Tools for Modeling and Simulating Societies As
Evolutionary Complex Systems
Ibrahim, Y.M. and Scott, P. Automated Abstraction for Rule-Based
Multi-Agent Systems
Izquierdo, L.R. and Galán, J.M. Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Lessons
Learned Reimplementing Axelrod's "Evolutionary Approach to Norms".
Izumi, K., Yamashita, T., and Kurumatani, K. Reward Mechanism of Agent
Types in Minority Games
Jaffe, K. From Sociodynamics to Synergistics: Understanding the Wealth
of Nations Using Simulations
Klemm, K., Eguíluz, V.M., Toral, R., and San Miguel, M. Globalization,
Cultural Drift and Social Networks
Kunz, J. Organisational Learning As Consequence of the Individual
Decision Processes - A Computer-Based Analysis of Organisational
Learning Processes López-Paredes, A., Pajares, J., and Hernández, C.
Strategic Behaviour in Oligopoly. An ABS Approach.
Marroquin, A. An Artificial Political Market. Does Divided Government
Create More Deficits?
Morone, A., Morone, G., and Taylor, R. A Laboratory Experiment of
Knowledge Diffusion Dynamics
Mosler, H.-J. and Tobias, R. Simulation of Collective Action Based on
Empirical Data
Moss, S. Issues in the Emergence of Social Structure
Nomura, T. Analysis and Simulation of Group Dynamics based on Heider's
Balance Theory and a Finite Markov Chain
Occelli, S. "Sensing" Mobility: an Outline of a MAS Model for Urban
Mobility
Padrin, G. Some Notes on Computational Modeling Technology for
Distributed Interaction Processes
Pajares, J., López-Paredes, A., and Hernández, C. Agent-Based
Simulation in Economics: Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm
Polhill, J.G. and Izquierdo, L.R. Lessons Learned From Converting the
Artificial Stock Market to Interval Arithmetic
Posada, M., Hernández, C., and López-Paredes, A. An Agent Based
Analysis of the Emission Permits Options
Potter, H.A. and Marroquin, A. The Effects of a Minimum Wage on the
Labor Market: A Complex Perspective
Promburom, P. Participatory Multi-Agent Systems Modeling for Natural
Resource Management in a Highland Watershed of Northern Thailand
Rothman, D.S. and Stagl, S. Coevolution of Environment and Behavior in
Social Dilemmas: Learning in the Context of Evolving Environments
Saggau, V. Information Diffusion and Decision Making in Artificial
Consumer Societies
Salzarulo, L. Simulating the Formation of Social Groups Using
Self-Categorization Theory
Sansores, C., Pavón, J., Gómez, J., and López-Paredes, A. A Framework
for ABSS on the Grid
Sousa, R. Income Inequality And Party Platform Convergence In An
Agent-Based Computational Political Economy Model
Terano, T., Takahashi, H., and Takahashi, S. Agent-Based Modeling to
Investigate The Effects of Passive Strategies in a Financial Market
Tsuya, R., Sato, N., and Iba, T. Analysis on the Factor of Price
Volatility in Deregulated Electric Power Market
Urbig, D. and Lorenz, J. Communication Regimes in Opinion Dynamics:
Changing the Number of Communicating Agents
Yamashita, T., Izumi, K., and Kurumatani, K. Effect of Car Navigation
With Route Information Sharing on Improvement of Traffic Efficiency
Zoethout, K. and Jager, W. Simulating the Emergence of Job Rotation
Registration for the conference costs 120 euros (ESSA member), 100
euros (student) or 150 euros (other).
There are direct flights to Valladolid (Villanubia) from Barcelona,
London Stansted (Ryanair), Paris, Lisbon and Brussels (Ryanair). A list
of recommended hotels may be found on the conference website:
http://www.insisoc.org/ESSA04/
The ESSA home page is http://www.essa.eu.org/
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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/>
