| Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation: First International Workshop, Mabs '98, Paris, France, July 4-6, 1998, Proceedings 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Sichman, Jaime S. (Editor), Conte, Rosaria (Editor), Gilbert, Nigel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540654763 ISBN-13: 9783540654766 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, MABS'98, held in Paris, France in July 1998 in conjunction with Agent World 1998. The 15 revised full papers presented together with an introduction by the volume editors were selected from a total of more than 50 submissions. Among the topics covered are multi-agent systems, social simulation, agent-based modelling, cognitive emergence, honey-bee colonies, artificial societies, economic aspects, cultural evolution, roles in agent systems, applications in various areas, etc. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics - Medical - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 006.3 |
| LCCN: 99010003 |
| Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.79 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifteen papers were presented at the first workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation held as part of the Agents World conference in Paris, July 4-- 6, 1998. The workshop was designed to bring together two developing communities: the multi-agent systems researchers who were the core participants at Agents World, and social scientists interested in using MAS as a research tool. Most of the social sciences were represented, with contributions touching on sociology, management science, economics, psychology, environmental science, ecology, and linguistics. The workshop was organised in association with SimSoc, an informal group of social scientists who have arranged an irregular series of influential workshops on using simulation in the social sciences beginning in 1992. While the papers were quite heterogeneous in substantive domain and in their disciplinary origins, there were several themes which recurred during the workshop. One of these was considered in more depth in a round table discussion led by Jim Doran at the end of the workshop on 'Representing cognition for social simulation', which addressed the issue of whether and how cognition should be modelled. Quite divergent views were expressed, with some participants denying that individual cognition needed to be modelled at all, and others arguing that cognition must be at the centre of social simulation. |