Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a novel computational methodology for representing the
behavior of individuals in order to study social phenomena. Its use is rapidly growing in …

The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents
interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as …

The rapid growth in the Internet users and diverse services have made the researches and
practitioners to think of intelligent tools that can assist the users and applications in …

The term computer simulation is related to the usage of a computational model in order to
improve the understanding of a system's behavior and/or to evaluate strategies for its …

A description of the area of Agent Based Social Simulation (ABSS) from a computer
scientist's perspective is presented. We begin by defining ABSS by positioning it with respect …

This special collection of papers on Role-Playing Games, Models and Negotiation
Processes presents a selection of papers from two thematic sessions at the International …

Adolescents need to develop competencies to navigate an adult world that is complex and
disorderly: a world of heterogeneous macro‐to microecological systems containing …

Much of the data exchanged over the Internet will soon be encoded in XML, allowing for
sophisticated filtering and content-based routing. We have built a filtering engine called …

This review discusses agent-based social simulation (ABSS) in relation tothe study of social
dilemmas such as the Prisoner'sDilemma and Tragedy of the Commons. Its aims are to …

The main topic of this book is the emergence of complexity-how complexity suddenly
appears and emerges in complex systems: from ancient cultures to modern states, from the …