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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span style="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">extended abstract<span style="color:black">,</span> short paper, long 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://ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl/">Social Simulation Conference 2025</a><span style="color:black">,
</span>25-29 September, Delft, the Netherlands<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Submission deadline: 11 April 2025
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Submission types:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">SSC 2025 seeks high-quality submissions addressing original research in the domain of social simulation. All work must be original, i.e. must not have
appeared in conference proceedings, books or journals, and must not be under review for other archival conferences, books or journals. All accepted papers will be considered for publication in the proceedings (Springer), unless the author(s) choose(s) otherwise.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Extended Abstracts</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> (3-4 pages; short oral presentations, can be work in progress)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Short Papers</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> (max 10 pages, short/long oral presentation, they should be complete papers with (modelling)
results and conclusions) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Long Papers</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> (max. 12 pages; long oral presentations, should be complete papers with (modelling)
results and conclusions)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Poster Abstracts</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> (300-500 words, to be presented as a poster in the conference)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><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">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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">, Kavin, Martin, and Bruce<span style="color:black">.</span></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">_______<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="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>
<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"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></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>
<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">E-mail:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="mailto:melania.borit@uit.no"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">melania.borit@uit.no</span></a></span><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><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="http://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/ansatte/person?p_document_id=139029&p_dimension_id=88166"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">uit.no/melania.borit</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">_____<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Session chairs:
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Bruce Edmonds, Centre for Policy Modelling, UK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span lang="EN-US">Kavin Narasimhan, University of Warwick, UK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span lang="EN-US">Martin Neumann, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b><span style="color:black"><br>
</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>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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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