[agents] last CFP: PRACSYS 2010

[benoit gaudou]

(Apologizes for multi-receptions)
Please note that the deadline is approaching: due date for full workshop
papers submission:* September 19th 2010*
The first Pacific Rim workshop on Agent-based modeling and simulation of
Complex Systems (PRACSYS 2010) [Workshop collocated with the 13th
International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems
(PRIMA-2010)]

Kolkata, India <http://infos005.otago.ac.nz/general-info/>

November 12th, 2010

http://www.ummisco.ird.fr/pracsys2010/

Last news:

   - Deadline extension for full workshop papers submission: September 19th
   2010
   - An in-principle agreement has been obtained from Springer for an
   LNCS/LNAI post-proceedings.

 There is an increasing interest in Agent-based Modeling (ABM) as a new
paradigm to study complex systems. A complex system is classically defined
as a "system of "simpler" parts that undergo multiple, iterative
interactions, influenced additionally by interactions with the system's own
environment". Most of the "real" systems studied in the social, economical,
ecological or biological scientific domains fall into that category. In
these domains, when there is a need, for prediction, decision-aid or
theory-building purposes, to understand the dynamics of such a system, there
is however still a strong tendency to rely on the classic strategy that
consists in partitioning it and supposing the dynamics and interactions of
its parts are linear or approximately linear. However, this strategy has
clear limits and more and more studies claim that the thorough understanding
of complex systems requires that modeling approaches offer ways of
accounting for their "necessary complexity". By "necessary complexity", we
mean the ability to maintain, in a model, some characteristics of the target
system (such as emergent properties, multi-scale interactions,
heterogeneity, etc) that can be essential in evaluating a decision or making
predictions. In that respect, agent-based approaches to the modeling of
complex systems promise to become one of the most pervasive techniques in
the next years.

The aim of this workshop is to be a forum of discussion about these
subjects, and we invite everyone developing and applying agent-based
techniques to submit original papers. The workshop topics of interest
include applications of agent-based modeling, but also basic research
reports on the following themes:

   - Multiple scales, multiple models agent-based simulations;
   - Time and space representation;
   - Learning techniques for agent-based model design;
   - Participatory, collaborative modeling and simulation;
   - Agent-based simulation platforms and languages;
   - Agent based meta-modeling, domain specific languages.

 Paper Submission and authors guideline

Authors must submit their propositions before September 19th, 2010, in pdf
format, through the EasyChair url:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pracsys2010

Each paper will be reviewed by three members of the program committee.
Submissions should be 16 pages in length, including figures and references.
Papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.

Proceedings are likely to be published by Springer. An in-principle
agreement has been obtained from Springer for an LNCS/LNAI post-proceedings.
Important Dates

   - Due date for full workshop papers submission: September 19th 2010 ,
   2010 September 3rd, 2010;
   - Workshop paper acceptance notification: September 27th , September
   24th, 2010;
   - Camera-ready papers due: October 10th ,September 30th, 2010;
   - Early registration deadline: September 28th, 2010;
   - Registration deadline: November 1st, 2010;
   - Workshop date: November 12th, 2010.

 Organization committee

   - Alexis Drogoul, UMI 209 UMMISCO, IRD, UPMC, MSI-IFI, Hanoi, Vietnam,
   drogoul at bondy.ird.fr;
   - Benoit Gaudou, UMI 209 UMMISCO, IRD, MSI-IFI, Hanoi, Vietnam,
   benoit.gaudou at gmail.com;
   - Patrick Taillandier, UMI 209 UMMISCO, IRD, MSI-IFI, Hanoi, Vietnam,
   patrick.taillandier at gmail.com;
   - Jean Daniel Zucker, UMI 209 UMMISCO, IRD, Bondy, France,
   Jean-Daniel.Zucker at ird.fr;

 Program committee

   - Carole Adam, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia;
   - Edouard Amouroux, UMI 209 UMMISCO, IRD, MSI-IFI, Hanoi, Vietnam;
   - Shu-Heng Chen, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan;
   - Claude Garcia, Institut Français de Pondichéry & CIRAD, Pondichéry,
   India;
   - Hiromitsu Hattori, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;
   - Ho Tuong Vinh, UMI UMMISCO, IRD, IFI, Hanoi, Vietnam;
   - Nicolas Marilleau, UMI UMMISCO, IRD, Bondy, France;
   - Yuu Nakajima, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;
   - Itsuki Noda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
   Technology, Tsukuba, Japan;
   - The Duy Bui, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam;
   - Sarah Hickmott, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia;
   - Serge Stinckwich, UMI UMMISCO, IRD, Hanoi, Vietnam;
   - Sung-Bae Cho, Dept. Of Computer Science, Yonsei University, Seoul,
   Korea;

 Contact

For futher information, you can contact the organizing committee at
pracsys2010 at easychair.org.