ABModSim 2008

The notions of agents and multi-agent systems have been adopted for the modeling of complex systems in most various contexts: from social sciences, to urban planning, biology, logistics and production, and many other more. Agent based models and simulators are used for research as well as for business/industrial applications. However the concepts behind the term agent are often quite different, as well as the goals of the modeling and simulation activities. This leads to different approaches, models, mechanisms, methodologies and developed computational systems supporting simulation of the modeled realities.

The aim of this workshop, building on the experience of the first edition, is to bring together competencies related to agent based modeling and simulation in different contexts and thus to try to identify common goals and research issues, and to possibly define common methodologies and requirements for computational supports to agent based modeling and simulation.

• actual MAS-based simulation experiences
• agent-based modeling methodologies
• generic or domain specific MAS models for simulation
• grounded MAS-based models of social phenomena
• methodologies for the analysis of MAS-based simulation results
• multi-agent models for emergent phenomena and self-organization
• platforms for agent-based modeling and simulation
• verification and validation of MAS-based simulations