[agents] New issue of Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 11(1)

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The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk) published issue 1 of Volume 11 on 31-Jan-2008.

JASSS is an electronic, refereed journal devoted to the exploration and understanding of social processes by means of computer simulation.   It is freely available, with no subscription.

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Peer-reviewed Articles
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An Agent-Based Representation of the Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
   by  Guido Fioretti and Alessandro Lomi
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/1.html>

Cricketsim: a Genetic and Evolutionary Computer Simulation
   by  Kyle Wagner and Kerry Shaw
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/3.html>

Alternative Approaches to the Empirical Validation of Agent-Based   Models
   by  Scott Moss
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/5.html>

A Cognitively Founded Model of the Social Emergence of Lexicon
   by  Umberto Gostoli
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/2.html>

Rethinking Lock-in and Locking: Adopters Facing Network Effects
   by  Marc R.H. Roedenbeck and Barnas Nothnagel
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/4.html>

Network Formation and Strategic Firm Behaviour   to Explore and Exploit
   by  Müge Özman
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/7.html>

How to Choose the Bidding Strategy in Continuous Double Auctions: Imitation Versus Take-The-Best Heuristics
   by  Marta Posada and Adolfo López-Paredes
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/6.html>

Imitation and Cooperation in Different Helping Games
   by  Giangiacomo Bravo
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/8.html>


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Book Reviews    (Review editor: Flaminio Squazzoni)
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Hans de Haan reviews:
       Complexity and Organization. Readings and Conversations by Macintosh, Robert, Maclean, Donald, Stacey, Ralph, Griffin, Douglas (Eds.)
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/reviews/de_haan.html>

Erol Taymaz reviews:
       Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management by Rennard, Jean-Philippe (Ed)
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/reviews/taymaz.html>

Peter Davis reviews:
       Advancing Social Simulation: the First World Congress by Takahashi, S., Sallach, D., Rouchier J. (Eds.)
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/reviews/davis.html>

Josep M. Pujol reviews:
       Complex Social Networks (Econometric Society Monographs) (Econometric Society Monographs) by Vega-Redondo, Fernando
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/reviews/pujol.html>

Frederic Amblard reviews:
       Environments for Multi-Agent Systems: First International Workshop, E4mas, 2004, New York, NY, July 19, 2004, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) by Weyns, Danny, Parunak, H. Van Dyke and Fabien, Michel (eds.)
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/reviews/amblard.html>

Chris Goldspink reviews:
       Organizations as Complex Systems: Social Cybernetics and Knowledge in Theory and Practice (Managing the Complex) by Yolles, Maurice
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/11/1/reviews/goldspink.html>


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The new issue can be accessed through the JASSS home page: <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk>.

The next issue will be published at the end of March.

Submissions are welcome: see <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/admin/submit.html>
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JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES AND SOCIAL SIMULATION
<http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/>
Editor: Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, UK
Forum Editor: Klaus G. Troitzsch, Koblenz-Landau University, Germany
Review Editor: Flaminio Squazzoni, University of Brescia, Italy
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