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Call for participation:
M2M2007: Third International Model-2-Model Workshop, 15-16 March 2007
"How can we accumulate knowledge produced by multi-agent social simulations?" This is a central question among researchers using Multi-Agent Based Simulations (MABS) for analyzing social systems. This issue is directly linked to the issue of evaluation and comparison of MABS models: once it is possible to see how two models can interact with, confirm, or contradict each other, it is possible to evaluate and express clearly what each simulation model adds to a body of knowledge.
At the moment, all too often models are very complex, ad hoc, and stand on their own, which makes comparison and reuse in further analysis difficult. Only a few researchers really care about the transferability of their artificial world, explaining clearly the limits of applicability of their model, and the context in which structural properties can be considered as true. The M2M meetings are intended to exploit the power of comparative methodology to advance computational social science.
M2M will take place in Marseille, la Vieille Charité. The programme is now available for viewing at http://m2m2007.macaulay.ac.uk/m2m_programme.html. To register for the workshop, follow the instructions at http://m2m2007.macaulay.ac.uk/m2m_registration.html. Registration fees are 50EUR before 1 March 2007, 70EUR thereafter, with reductions for students. Some hotels have been pre-booked with reduced rates. See http://www.vcharite.univ-mrs.fr/M2M2007/ (Hotel Accommodation link) for details. When booking, be sure to mention M2M, giving the name of the local organisers Corinne Michaud and Juliette Rouchier from GREQAM.
Yours,
Gary Polhill
Research Scientist
The Macaulay Institute
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