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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black">***Apologies for cross-posting.***<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If you are working with
<b>qualitative data and agent-based modelling</b>, please consider submitting your research (poster,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">short paper/extended abstract<span style="color:black">,
</span>long<span style="color:black"> paper</span>/full paper<span style="color:black">) to the special track “Using qualitative data to inform behavioural rules in agent-based models”, which is described below the signature and is to be organized during the
</span><a href="https://ssc23-sphsu.online/">Social Simulation Conference 2023</a><span style="color:black">,
</span>4-8 September, Glasgow, UK<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Important dates</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://ssc23-sphsu.online/74-2/">https://ssc23-sphsu.online/74-2/</a>
<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Submission Deadline: 28 April 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Notification of Acceptance: 16 June 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Final Version Submission: 09 July 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Melania and Bruce.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">_______<span style="color:#1F497D">_______<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Melania Borit, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Professor of Knowledge Integration / Methodologies for Interdisciplinary Research<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Leader Research Group
</span></i><a href="https://uit.no/research/craft"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1">CRAFT</span></i></a><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"> – Knowledge Integration and Blue Futures<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F4E79">Co-organizer ESSA SIG
</span></i><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cfpm.org_qual2rule_&d=DwMF-g&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=w1PSIDIqur8dWeLC2EFrXa5HHZkSt95aSBVMksG9YvY&m=tVwRepILk0rdtacEx-m3kE_4SWlxkyX3v6vNTYFpRqc&s=hY2y8Xp6exFdEuIMw-mzDmZXolTFS2wHicJYDC8GK2o&e="><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1">Qual2Rule</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Norwegian College of Fishery Science,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">UiT The Arctic University of Norway (University of Tromsø),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Tromsø, Norway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">E-mail:
</span><a href="mailto:melania.borit@uit.no"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1">melania.borit@uit.no</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Web:
</span><a href="http://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/ansatte/person?p_document_id=139029&p_dimension_id=88166"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1">uit.no/melania.borit</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">_____<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Title of the special track:</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US">Qual2Rule: <span style="color:black">Using qualitative data to inform behavioral rules in agent-based models</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Organize</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US">r<span style="color:black">:</span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">
</span><a href="http://www.essa.eu.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">ESSA</span></a><span style="color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Special Interest Group </span><a href="http://cfpm.org/qual2rule/essa-sig/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0">Qual2Rule</span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Session chairs:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Melania Borit, CRAFT Research Lab, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Bruce Edmonds, Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Description:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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</span></b><span style="color:black">Many academics consider qualitative evidence (e.g. texts gained from transcribing oral data or observations of people) and quantitative evidence to be incommensurable. However, agent-based simulations are a possible vehicle
for bridging this gap. Narrative textual evidence often gives clues as to the in-context behavior of individuals and is thus a natural source for behaviors to inform the specification of corresponding agent behavior within simulations. The texts will not give
a complete picture, but will provide some of “menu” of behaviors people use. During this session we hope to further the understanding of how to improve this.
<b>We are particularly interested in accounts of the procedures or structures people used to bridge between qualitative and formal realms based in reported modelling experiences<u>. Thus, those interested to present their work in this session have to make sure
that their submission explicitly addresses the use of qualitative data in their modelling endeavour.</u>
</b>The session is open to all approaches that seek to move from qualitative evidence towards a simulation in a systematic way. These include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">* Approaches based in Grounded Theory.<br>
* Tools for facilitating such a process.<br>
* Participatory processes that result in a simulation.<br>
* Frameworks for aiding the analysis of text into rules.<br>
* Elicitation techniques that would aid the capture of information in an appropriate structure.<br>
* Models and ideas from psychology to aid in the above process.<br>
* Insights and tools from Natural Language Processing that may help this process.<br>
* Agent architectures that will facilitate the programming of agents from such analyses.<br>
* Philosophical or Sociological critiques, pointing out assumptions and dangers.<br>
* Examples of where this approach has been tried.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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