ABModSim 2008

(http://www.lintar.disco.unimib.it/ABModSim/2008/)

Second International Symposium on Agent Based Modeling and Simulation
(Symposium L of the EMCSR 2008)

Chairs: Stefania Bandini, Paolo Petta and Giuseppe Vizzari

at the 19th European Meeting on Cybernetic Science and Systems Research
March 25 - 28, 2008 - University of Vienna

Introduction Topics of Interest Accepted papers Program Committee

Bandini S., Petta P., Vizzari G. (eds.):
Best of “Agent Based Modeling and Simulation 2008”,
Cybernetics and Systems 40(5), 2009.

Introduction

The notions of agents and multi-agent systems have been adopted for the modeling of complex systems in most various contexts: from social sciences, to urban planning, biology, logistics and production, and many other more. Agent based models and simulators are used for research as well as for business/industrial applications. However the concepts behind the term agent are often quite different, as well as the goals of the modeling and simulation activities. This leads to different approaches, models, mechanisms, methodologies and developed computational systems supporting simulation of the modeled realities.

The aim of this workshop, building on the experience of the first edition, is to bring together competencies related to agent based modeling and simulation in different contexts and thus to try to identify common goals and research issues, and to possibly define common methodologies and requirements for computational supports to agent based modeling and simulation.

Topics of Interest

We invite papers on all aspects relating to agent based modeling and simulation, with particular attention to interdisciplinary experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

actual MAS-based simulation experiences
agent-based modeling methodologies
generic or domain specific MAS models for simulation
grounded MAS-based models of social phenomena
methodologies for the analysis of MAS-based simulation results
multi-agent models for emergent phenomena and self-organization
platforms for agent-based modeling and simulation
verification and validation of MAS-based simulations

Authors are required to address the following issues:

goals and context of the simulation projects (explanatory or predictive, business or research context);
the notions and types of agents, internal architectures and decision mechanisms used;
the notion of environment used, in which the agents are situated, and the related mechanisms of interaction;
a compilation of clear-cut working definitions of all the basic and emerging concepts employed, grounded in theory/the literature.

Accepted Papers

Andreas Schadschneider
        Role of conflicts and friction in cellular automaton models (presentation)

Giuseppe Vizzari, Andrea Bonomi and Flavio S. C. da Silva
        A Framework for Executing and Visualizing Situated Cellular Agent Based Crowd Simulations (presentation)

Armin Seyfried and Andreas Schadschneider
        Validation of cellular automata models of pedestrian dynamics using controlled large-scale experiments (presentation)

Andreas Pyka and Ramon Scholz
        A Schumpeterian Model of Energy Markets (presentation)

K. R. Shanmugavalli
        Pedestrian behavior in an urban shopping street

Johannes Textor and Björn Hansen
        Improved Simulation Algorithms for Agent Based Models of the Immune Response (presentation)

Minh Nguyen-Duc, Zahia Guessoum, Jean-François Perrot, Jean-Pierre Briot and Olivier Marin
        A Multi-Agent Approach to Reliable Air Traffic Control (presentation)

Rodrigo Braga, Rosaldo Rossetti, Luis Reis and Eugénio Oliveira
        Applying multi-agent systems to simulate dynamic control in flexible manufacturing scenarios (presentation)

Wim Zeiler, Gert Boxem, Rinus van Houten, Willem Wortel, Joep van der Velden, Gerrit Kamphuis and Maarten Hommelberg
        User-based indoor climate control based on agent technology in the Flexergy project (presentation)

Bruno Kaustuv De Biswas and Simon Kim
        A Multi-Agent Framework to Morph between Non-Commensurable Perspectives: Game City

Giacomo Cabri, Letizia Leonardi and Mariachiara Puviani
        Methodologies and Infrastructures for Agent Society Simulation: Mapping PASSI and RoleX

Cornelia Triebig and Franziska Klügl
        Elements of An Appropriate Documentation Framework for Agent-Based Simulation Models (presentation)

Program Committee

Ana Bazzan (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil)
Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
Rafael Bordini (University of Durham - UK)
Paul Davidsson (Blekinge Institute of Technology - Sweden)
Jan Dijkstra (Eindhoven University of Technology - Netherlands)
Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo (University of Geneva - Switzerland)
Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University Business School - UK)
Giorgio Fagiolo (University of Verona - Italy)
Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey - UK)
Alexander Helleboogh (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium)
Franziska Klügl (University of Würzburg - Germany)
Markus Knoflacher (Austrian Research Centre - Austria)
Sara Manzoni (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
Fabien Michel (LIRMM - France)
Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna - Italy)
Paolo Petta (Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence - Austria)
Andreas Pyka (University of Augsburg - Germany)
Andreas Schadschneider (University of Cologne - Germany)
Keith Sawyer (Washington University - USA)
Flavio Soares Correa da Silva (University of S. Paulo - Brazil)
Danny Weyns (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium)

Further Information

For more information please contact Giuseppe Vizzari (giuseppe.vizzari [at) disco.unimib.it).