[agents] MABS 2014 - Second Call For Papers

[Francisco Grimaldo Moreno]

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15th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MULTI-AGENT-BASED SIMULATION (MABS 2014)

http://www.uv.es/grimo/mabs2014		e-mail: mabs2014 at easychair.org
Paris (France), 5-6th May, 2014


SCOPE

The meeting of researchers from MAS engineering and the 
social/economic/organizational sciences is extensively recognized for its role 
in cross-fertilization, and it has undoubtedly been an important source of 
inspiration for the body of knowledge that has been produced in the MAS area.

The MABS workshop series continues with its goal to bring together researchers 
interested in MAS engineering, with researchers focused on finding efficient 
solutions to model complex social systems, in such areas as economics, 
management, organizational and social sciences in general. In all these areas, 
agent theories, metaphors, models, analysis, experimental designs, empirical 
studies, and methodological principles, all converge into simulation as a way 
of achieving explanations and predictions, exploration and testing of 
hypotheses, better designs and systems.

This year, in addition to our usual range of topics for discussion, we would 
like to include a session focussing particularly on issues related to the use 
of Big Data in MABS. Researchers who are looking at any aspect of using Big 
Data to build MABS, MABS to improve understanding of Big Data, or related 
topics are strongly encouraged to make a submission.


TOPICS

The range of technical issues that MABS deals with is diverse and extensive 
and it includes:

    Simulation methodologies:
        Standards for MABS.
        Methodologies and simulation languages for MABS.
        Simulation platforms and tools for MABS.
        Visualization and analytic tools.
        Approaches for large-scale simulations.
        Scalability and robustness in MABS.
        Simulation modelling of multidirectional dynamics in complex social 
systems.
        Provenance and ontology driven approaches in building simulations.
    Simulation of social and economic behaviour:
        Formal and agent models of social behaviour.
        Cognitive modelling and social simulation.
        Game theory and simulation.
        Social structure: social networks and simulating organizations.
        Simulating social complexity (e.g. structures and norms, social order, 
emergence of cooperation and coordinated action, self-organization, the micro-
macro link).
        Use of qualitative evidence to inform behavioural rules.
    Applications:
        MABS in environmental modelling.
        Agent-based experimental economics.
        Participative simulation.
        MABS and games.
    Big Data and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation:
        Data driven simulations.
        Real time data processing.
        Design and analysis of simulation experiments including uncertainty 
analysis.
        Handling Big Data in MABS including sense making.


SUBMISSION

Review process
MABS welcomes the submission of full papers with preference to the topics 
listed in the call for papers. All submissions will go through a peer review 
process, with two or three independent PC members reviewing each submission. 
Only those deemed to be 1) relevant to the workshop's aims, 2) presenting 
original work, and 3) of good quality and clarity will be accepted. Following 
the workshop, participants will be required to revise their papers, taking 
into account feedback received at the workshop, and then undergo a second 
review process before publication in the post-proceedings.

Submitting papers
All submissions should be no longer than 12 pages, in PDF format. Authors are 
required to use Springer LNCS format for proceedings. Eletronic submission 
will be managed online through the EasyChair system. To register your paper 
(deadline January 20th, 2014) you need to provide basic information about the 
submission including its title, abstract, keywords and author(s). You do not 
need to upload the full PDF for the purpose of paper registration, but the 
papers full PDF must be uploaded before the paper submission deadline (January 
22nd, 2014).

Publication
All accepted papers will be included in the AAMAS 2014 Workshop Proceedings. 
Following the workshop, participants will be required to revise their papers, 
which will undergo a second review process before publication in the post-
proceedings, as part of the Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Series for Springer-
Verlag, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.


IMPORTANT DATES
       Electronic abstract submission: January 20th, 2014
       Paper submission deadline: January 22nd, 2014
       Notification of acceptance: February 19th, 2014
       Camera-ready papers due date: March 10th, 2014
       Workshop celebration: May 5-6th, 2014


COMMITTEES

Organization
       Emma Norling (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK).
       Francisco Grimaldo (Universitat de València, Spain).

Steering Commitee
       Frédéric Amblard (University of Toulouse, France).
       Jaime Simão Sichman (University of São Paulo, Brazil).
       Keiki Takadama (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan).
       Keith Sawyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA).
       Luis Antunes (University of Lisbon, Portugal).
       Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey, UK).
       Paul Davidsson (Malmö University, Sweden).
       Rosaria Conte (ISTC-National Research Council, Italy).
       Scott Moss (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany).

       
CONTACT

Emma Norling
School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology
John Dalton Building
Manchester Metropolitan University
Chester Street
Manchester
United Kingdom
M1 5GD
Tel: +44 161 247 3884
norling at acm.org

Francisco Grimaldo Moreno
Departament d'Informàtica 
Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria (ETSE)
Universitat de València
Avinguda de la Universitat, s/n
46100 Burjassot-València
Spain
Tel: +34 96 354 44 87 (+34 96 354 45 65)
francisco.grimaldo at uv.es