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Scope and Aims

Computer simulation approaches have established as fundamental conceptual and practical instruments for the analysis of growingly complex systems, both for industry and business applications as well as in the scientific research context. Computational models and simulators are currently employed in the most different application areas, ranging from urban modeling and planning to logistics and production, from biology to social sciences. Consequently, the adopted modeling approaches and methodologies, as well as simulation project life-cycles, techniques for the evaluation and interpretation of simulation results are often very distant.

This track at ACM SAC aims to provide a forum for the discussion of results and relevant research advances on the topic of computer simulation, fostering thus interdisciplinary discussion and cross fertilization of the involved disciplines and application areas.  It is intended to facilitate the dissemination of theoretical advances in computer simulation, as well as a vehicle for discussions about methodologies, models, tools, in several application domains.

Content and Topics

The track will consider both reports on practical results of computer simulation experiences as well as recent research contributions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Computational models for simulation (e.g. discrete event modeling, cellular automata, multi-agent systems, etc.)
• Modeling and simulation methodologies
  
• Simulation project life-cycle
• Modeling and simulation languages, platforms and tools
• Tools and methodologies for large-scale simulation
• Case studies and applications in domains such as: simulation of human and social dynamics, technological innovation, military applications, industrial engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management, virtual reality and visualization, forecasting, etc.

Important Dates

• Sept. 16, 2007: Paper submissions
• Oct. 16, 2007: Author notification
• Oct. 30, 2007: Camera-Ready Copy 
• Mar. 20, 2008: Symposium

Some journals related to simulation as well as agent-based simulation and complex systems are being contacted regarding publication of extended versions of selected papers as post-proceedings.

Submission Guidelines

A paper cannot be submitted to more than one track. Authors are invited to submit original papers in any of the areas listed above. Submissions must be original, unpublished and not currently under review by workshops, conferences, or journals. All papers should be submitted online at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2008/SubmitAbstract.aspx

Authors should pay particular attention to the following guidelines:

• In order to facilitate blind review, the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) must not appear in the body of the paper
• Papers should not exceed 4000 words 

Papers must be formatted according to the template which can be now downloaded from the SAC 2008 website, and their size should be limited to around 4000 words. The total number of pages per paper is five; additional pages (maximum three) may be included for an additional fee. All accepted papers will be published in the annual conference proceedings and will be available at the conference.

Accepted papers and posters

Full papers

Session 1  - Chair: Giuseppe Vizzari, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

• A Statistical Approach for Prediction of Projects Based on Simulation
  Mariane Souza, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Humberto Oliveira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Alexandre Vasconcelos, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
  Sandro Oliveira, University of Amazonia, Brazil
  
  
• Electricity Market Simulation: Multiagent System Approach
  Igor Walter, ANEEL - Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency, Brazil
  Fernando Gomide, Unicamp - FEEC - DCA, Brazil
  
  
• Emerging Cooperation in a Public Goods Game with Competition
  Ana Bazzan, UFRGS, Brazil
  Roberto da Silva, UFRGS, Brazil
  Silvio Dahmen, UFRGS, Brazil
  Alexandre Baraviera, UFRGS, Brazil
  
  
• Agent-based Simulation of Electronic MarketPlaces with Decision Support
  Isabel Praça, Instituto Superior de Engenharia / Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
  Maria João Viamonte, GECAD - ISEP/IPP, Portugal
  Zita Vale, GECAD - ISEP/IPP, Portugal
  Carlos Ramos, GECAD - ISEP/IPP, Portugal

Session 2 - Chair: Ana Bazzan, UFRGS, Brazil

• A Validation Methodology for Agent-Based Simulations
  Franziska Klügl, University of Würzburg, Germany
  
  
• Large-Scale Simulation of V2V Environments
  Hugo Conceição, DCC-FCUP & LIACC - University of Porto, Portugal
  Luís Damas, DCC/FCUP & LIACC, University of Porto, Portugal
  Michel Ferreira, DCC/FCUP & LIACC, University of Porto, Portugal
  João Barros, Instituto de Telecomunicações & DCC/FCUP, University of Porto, Portugal
  
  
• A Vehicular Waiting Time Heuristic for Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem
  Humberto Oliveira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Gustavo Rocha, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Mariane Souza, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Leonardo Ciscon, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Vanessa Borges, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Geraldo Mateus, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  
  
• A Framework for Execution and 3D Visualization of Situated Cellular Agent Based Crowd Simulations
  Giuseppe Vizzari, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
  Giorgio Pizzi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
  Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Posters

• Coordination Schemes in Distributed Simulation of Relativistic Particle Transport
  Ruipeng Li, Arkansas State University, USA
  Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA
  Hung-Chi Su, Arkansas State University, USA


• Generation of Continuous Random Networks by Simulated Annealing
  A. L. Martinotto, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  F. Jornada, UFRGS, Brazil
  L. A. Cassol, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  V. Gava, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  R. V. Dorneles, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  C. A. Perotoni, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  
  
• RePart: A Reputation-based Simulation Tool for Partnership Formation
  Priscilla Avegliano, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  Jaime Sichman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Special Track Program Chairs

Ana Bazzan Institute of Informatics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Giuseppe Vizzari Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence research centre, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Special Track Program Committee

• Rafael Bordini  - University of Durham - UK
  
• Charlotte Bruun - Aalborg University - Denmark
• Roberto Da Silva - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Silvio Dahmen - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Paul Davidsson - Blekinge Institute of Technology - Sweden
  
• Giovanna Di Marzo Seruguendo - University of London - UK
  
• Jan Dijkstra - Eindhoven University of Technology - Netherlands
• Giorgio Fagiolo, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
• Xiaolin Hu, Georgia State University, USA
  
• Franziska Klügl - University of Würzburg - Germany
  
• Markus Knoflacher - ARC systems research - Austria
  
• Fabien Michel - Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne - France
• Kai Nagel - Technische Universität Berlin - Germany
• Akira Namatame - National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan
  
• Andreas Pyka - University of Bremen - Germany
• Rosaldo Rossetti - University of Porto - Portugal
• Corrado Santoro - University of Catania - Italy
• Keith Sawyer - Washington University - USA
  
• Andreas Schadschneider -  University of Cologne - Germany
  
• Jaime Simão Sichman - University of São Paulo - Brazil
• Flavio Soares Correa Da Silva - University of São Paulo - Brazil
• Adelinde Uhrmacher - University of Rostock - Germany
• Leonardo Vanneschi - University of Milan-Bicocca - Italy
• Gabriel Wainer - Carleton University - Canada