<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">MABS 2019<div class=""><a href="http://pcs.usp.br/mabs2019" class="">http://pcs.usp.br/mabs2019</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">20th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation<br class=""><br class=""><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://pcs.usp.br/mabs2019" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(119, 136, 153); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">MABS 2019 </a>is part of <a href="http://aamas2019.encs.concordia.ca/" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(119, 136, 153); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">AAMAS 2019</a> taking place in Montreal May 13-17 2019.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;">The meeting of researchers from Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) engineering and the social/economic/organisational sciences is extensively recognised for its role in cross-fertilisation, 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, organisational 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.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">RELEVANT TOPICS<br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;">The range of technical issues that MABS has dealt with, and continues to deal with, is quite diverse and extensive. Topics relevant to this workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:</p><ul class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style-type: square; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Simulation methodologies<ul class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style-type: square;"><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">standards for MABS</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">methodologies and simulation languages for MABS</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">simulation platforms and tools for MABS</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">visualisation and analytic tools</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">approaches for large-scale simulations</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">scalability and robustness in MABS</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">future challenges in MABS</li></ul></li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Simulation of social, economic and organizational behaviour<ul class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style-type: square;"><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">formal and agent models of social, economic and organizational behaviour</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">cognitive organizations and social simulation</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">game theory and simulation</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">social structure, social networks and simulating organizations</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">simulating social complexity (e.g. structures and norms, social order, emergence of cooperation and coordinated action, self-organisation, the micro-macro link)</li></ul></li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Applications / Empirical work<ul class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style-type: square;"><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MABS in environmental organizations</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MABS and cloud computing</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">agent-based experimental economics</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">participative-based simulation</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MABS and games</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MABS in governance and policy-making</li></ul></li></ul><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Moreover, in this edition, like the last one in 2018, we will encourage submissions that address the <strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">integration of MABS with machine learning and big data</strong>. In particular, we want to address how data mining can be used to build MABS models from social big data. These topics are important for the MAS/AI/ML communities and for economic/social/organizational scientists using simulations.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">TARGET AUDIENCE</strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The workshop will provide a forum for social scientists, MAS and AI researchers and developers, and simulation researchers, (1) to assess the current state of the art in the modelling and simulation of social systems and MAS, (2) to identify where existing approaches can be successfully applied, (3) to learn about new approaches and explore future research challenges, and (4) to exchange ideas and knowledge in an inter-disciplinary environment.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The workshop will be of interest to researchers engaged in modelling and in analysing multi-agent systems, and those interested in applying agent-based simulation techniques to real-world problems. In addition, it will attract researchers committed to cross-cutting research that is complementary to more orthodox modelling approaches.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">IMPORTANT DATES</strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Submission deadline: February 5, 2019<br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 10, 2019<br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Camera-ready submission deadline: April 10, 2019<br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Workshop dates: May 13 or 14, 2019</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS</span></b></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Papers are limited to 12 pages formatted according to the Springer LNCS and must be electronically submitted before the submission deadline through the workshop conference system, which is available at</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mabs2019" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf%3Dmabs2019&source=gmail&ust=1547858772857000&usg=AFQjCNFzNU6sx66CSaHGVEqCGOINF5fCbQ" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(119, 136, 153); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mabs2019</a></u></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All contributions will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent PC members. The evaluation criteria of contributions will be based on originality, quality, clarity, and its relevance to the workshop’s aims.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">====================================================================</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Prof. Dr. Jaime Simão SICHMAN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>University of São Paulo<br class="">Associate Professor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Computer Engineering Department<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, tv. 3, 158<br class=""><a href="mailto:jaime.sichman@poli.usp.br" class="">jaime.sichman@poli.usp.br</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>05508-970 São Paulo SP Brazil<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br class="">URL: www.pcs.usp.br/~jaime<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>voice: +551130910625<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>fax: +551130915294 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br class=""> <br class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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