[agents] New issue of Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 12(1)

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The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk) published issue 1 of Volume 12 on 31-Jan-2009.

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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This is one of our largest ever issues, with eight articles, three contributions to the Forum, and five book reviews.  In the peer-reviewed  article section, Luca Arciero et al. show how simulation could be useful for understanding the mechanisms underlying the credit crunch, and Tatiana Filatova et al. describe a model relating to the US/European housing market crisis.  Luis Izquierdo et al. show how Markov Chain Analysis can be used to understand better the dynamics of simulation models and Galán et al. classify the types of error that can trouble agent-based models. Other articles contribute to the burgeoning literature on modelling social dilemmas, offer an explanation for why many societies venerate their ancestors, and show how simulation can be used to design e-learning systems.

In the Forum, Pawel Sobkowicz complains that models of opinion dynamics have too little connection to real world opinion formation, and there are two responses to Joshua Epstein's essay, Why model?, published in the previous issue's Forum.

Among the five books reviewed, two  are concerned with neuroeconomics and two with the application of complex adaptive systems.

Your opinion sought:  JASSS is considering moving from the present HTML format for articles to PDF.  There are arguments for both (e.g. HTML is lightweight, easily searchable; PDF is better at displaying mathematics and prints better) and I would be interested in your opinion about whether we should stay as we are or move to PDF.  Email the editor at mailto:jasss at surrey.ac.uk .


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Peer-reviewed Articles
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Exploring Agent-Based Methods for the Analysis of Payment  Systems: A Crisis Model for StarLogo TNG
   by  Luca Arciero, Claudia Biancotti, Leandro D'Aurizio and Claudio Impenna
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/2.html>

Agent-Based Urban Land Markets: Agent's Pricing Behavior, Land Prices and Urban Land Use Change
   by  Tatiana Filatova, Dawn Parker and Anne van der Veen
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/3.html>

Techniques to Understand Computer Simulations: Markov Chain Analysis
   by  Luis R. Izquierdo, Segismundo S. Izquierdo, José Manuel Galán and José Ignacio Santos
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/6.html>

A Proximate Mechanism for Communities of Agents to Commemorate Long Dead Ancestors
   by  Bill Tomlinson
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/7.html>

Errors and Artefacts in Agent-Based Modelling
   by  José Manuel Galán, Luis R. Izquierdo, Segismundo S. Izquierdo, José Ignacio Santos, Ricardo del Olmo, Adolfo López-Paredes and Bruce Edmonds
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/1.html>

Games on Cellular Spaces: How Mobility Affects Equilibrium
   by  Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade, Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara and Sandra Sandri
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/5.html>

A Spatial Agent-Based Model of N-Person Prisoner's Dilemma Cooperation in a Socio-Geographic Community
   by  Conrad Power
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/8.html>

Simulating Light-Weight Personalised Recommender Systems in Learning Networks:   A Case for Pedagogy-Oriented and Rating-Based Hybrid Recommendation Strategies
   by  Rob J. Nadolski, Bert van den Berg, Adriana J. Berlanga, Hendrik Drachsler, Hans G.K. Hummel, Rob Koper and Peter B. Sloep
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/4.html>

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Forum  (Editor: Klaus G. Troitzsch)
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Modelling Opinion Formation with Physics Tools: Call for Closer Link with Reality
   by  Pawel Sobkowicz
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/11.html>

Contra Epstein, Good Explanations Predict
   by  Nicholas S. Thompson and Patrick Derr
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/9.html>

Not All Explanations Predict Satisfactorily, and Not All Good Predictions Explain
   by  Klaus G. Troitzsch
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/10.html>

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Book Reviews    (Review editor: Flaminio Squazzoni)
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Paul Ormerod reviews:
       Complex Adaptive Systems: an Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Princeton Studies in Complexity) by Miller, John H. and Page, Scott E.
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/reviews/ormerod.html>

Riccardo Boero reviews:
       Neuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making Choices by Politser, Peter
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/reviews/boero.html>

Riccardo Boero reviews:
       Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling (Bradford Books) by Ross, Don, Sharp, Carla, Vuchinich, Rudy E., and Spurret, David
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/reviews/boero.html>

Gönenç Yücel reviews:
       Applications of Complex Adaptive Systems by Shan, Yin and Yang, Ang (Eds.)
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/reviews/y_uuml_cel.html>

Andreas Koch reviews:
       Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes by Gimblett, Randy and Skov-Petersen, Hans (Eds.)
       <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/reviews/koch.html>



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The next issue will be published at the end of March 2009.

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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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