[agents] CFP - SIMPAT special issue on "Agent-based Modelling and Simulation"

[Gabriele D'Angelo]

CALL FOR PAPERS
SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY SPECIAL ISSUE ON
Agent-based Modelling and Simulation

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 30, 2017
http://ees.elsevier.com/simpat

THEME:

The usage of agent-based techniques for the modelling and simulation of
many different kinds of systems has much increased over the last
decades. Agent-based modelling is now being used for the study of many
areas spanning technical, human, social, behavioral, cultural, physical
and biological systems. The research work on this field has involved
both the theoretical study of agent-based systems and the issues related
to the implementation of efficient frameworks to support the evaluation
of agent-based models. More in detail, the last years have seen a
widespread adoption of cloud-based and GPU/multi-core/many-core
infrastructures that need to be specifically supported by the simulation
frameworks.

The scope of this special issue is to present the state-of-the-art
research covering a variety of concepts on: i) agent-based modelling,
ii) agent-based simulation, iii) engineering of agent-based systems.
Furthermore, it also aims to provide future trends and directions on the
many interactions between the usage of agents and simulation-based
techniques. This special issue also targets subjects on design,
implementation and performance analysis of agent-based simulators that
run on top of large-scale cloud infrastructures and
GPU/multi-core/many-core execution units.

Papers for the Special Issue must provide substantial novel
contribution, and authors must carefully situate their work considering
the relevant scientific literature. They must clearly address research
issues of “agent-based modelling and simulation” and show the role of
agents in the modelling and simulation state of the art.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Agent-based modelling (ABM)
* Agent-based simulation (ABS)
* Parallel and distributed agent-based simulations
* Engineering of agent-based systems
* Agent-based modelling and simulation software
* GPU/multi-core/many-core agent-based frameworks
* Agent-based simulations tools, techniques and environments
* Verification and validation of agent-based modelling and simulation
* Multi-agent systems
* Crowd simulation
* Agent in games and virtual environments

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Manuscripts should be submitted online through the Elsevier Editorial
System (EES) at the following link: http://ees.elsevier.com/simpat.
Authors must select “SI:Special Issue: AgentsSim” when they reach the
"Article Type" step in the on-line submission process. Submitted
manuscripts should present original contributions and must not have been
previously published nor be currently under consideration for
publication elsewhere. All papers will be peer reviewed according to the
high standards of the Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory Elsevier
journal. Please feel free to contact the Guest Editor for any questions.

IMPORTANT DATES:

- Manuscript submission deadline: April 30, 2017
- Manuscript reviews to authors: June 30, 2017
- Manuscript revision due: August 31, 2017
- Final notification of acceptance: October 31, 2017
- Final manuscript submission deadline: November 30, 2017

SPECIAL ISSUE EDITOR:

Gabriele D’Angelo
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Bologna, Italy
Email: g.dangelo at unibo.it

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Gabriele D'Angelo, Ph.D. --- Computer Science @ Univ Bologna, Italy
<g.dangelo at unibo.it> .............. http://www.cs.unibo.it/gdangelo