Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
<http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/JASSS.html>
I am pleased to announce the publication of the first double issue of
the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation on October
31st. This is volume 2, issues 3 and 4.
The new issue features a set of four peer-reviewed papers on Computer
Simulation in Anthropology edited by guest editor Dwight W. Read and
three regular peer-reviewed papers, as well as a description of the
new MAML modelling language in the Forum section and four book
reviews.
JASSS is now completing its second year of publication. Over 1,500
readers around the world will be receiving this message, having
registered on the JASSS site to obtain notification of new issues.
The server that hosts JASSS recorded 17,695 'hits' on the JASSS pages
in April, and noted that on average 3,000 pages are downloaded every
week. In short, JASSS is much more widely read than most academic
journals published on paper.
All JASSS refereed articles are carefully reviewed by at least three
scholars working in the field, most but not all selected from the
journal's distinguished Editorial Board.
JASSS is free and depends on the collective, unpaid efforts of its
contributors, referees, and editors. As Editor, I am always pleased
to receive submissions and aim to reply with an editorial decision
within eight weeks. Because JASSS is not constrained by a set number
of pages per volume, accepted articles can always be included in the
next issue, ensuring speedy publication. The electronic medium also
allows us to publish color illustrations, links to program code and
even animations (e.g. see the paper by Edmonds in this issue).
Dwight Read's is the first of our themed issues created by a guest
editor. I would be glad to receive suggestions for further themes,
and volunteers to act as guest editors.
Below you will find the contents of this double issue.
Nigel Gilbert
Editor
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Volume 2, Issues 3 and 4
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/contents.html
Issue 3
Computer Simulation in Anthropology
Guest editor: Dwight W. Read
Refereed Articles
Anne Di Piazza and Erik Pearthree
The spread of the 'Lapita people': a demographic simulation
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/4.html
Douglas R. White
Controlled Simulation of Marriage Systems
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/5.html
Cathy Small
Finding an Invisible History: A Computer Simulation Experiment
(in Virtual Polynesia)
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/5.html
Jürgen Klüver and Jörn Schmidt
Topology, Metric and Dynamics of Social Systems
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/7.html
Issue 4
Refereed articles
John Kemp
Spontaneous Change, Unpredictability and Consumption Externalities
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/2.html
Bruce Edmonds
Gossip, Sexual Recombination and the El Farol bar:
modelling the emergence of heterogeneity
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/2.html
Peter Tucker and Duncan Smith
Simulating Household Waste Management Behaviour
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/3.html
Forum
László Gulyás, Tamás Kozsik and John. B. Corliss
The Multi-Agent Modelling Language and the Model Design Interface
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/2/3/8.html
Wolfgang Krischke
Surviving electronically: Socionics simulates social processes
(translated and reprinted from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Book Reviews
Chaos, Complexity, and Sociology: Myths, Models, and Theories
edited by Raymond A. Eve, Sara Horsfall and Mary E. Lee
reviewed by Alan Dean
Barriers and Bounds to Rationality:
Essays on Economic Complexity and Dynamics in Interactive Systems
by Peter S. Albin, Edited by Duncan K. Foley
reviewed by Roger A. McCain
Multi-Agent Rationality:
Proceedings of the 8th European Workshop on
Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, MAAMAW'97
edited by Magnus Boman and Walter Van de Velde
reviewed by Armin Roehrl
Agent Technology: Foundations, Applications and Markets
edited by Nicholas R. Jennings and Michael J. Wooldridge
reviewed by Jaime Simăo Sichman
Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads through Society
A response by Aaron Lynch to a review by Paul Marsden
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Prof Nigel Gilbert, PhD, FREng, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey,
Guildford GU2 5XH, UK. Tel: +44 1483 259173 Fax: +44 1483 259551
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