Special Session on Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation - ABMS 2012 In conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH 2012

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Conference name: Special Session on Agent-Based Modeling and
Simulation - ABMS 2012
In conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and
Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications -

SIMULTECH 2012

ABMS is a joint event between SIMULTECH and ICINCO.

Venue: Rome, Italy


Conference date: 28 - 31 July, 2012


Chair :

Joaquim Filipe
Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC
Portugal

SCOPE
Agent-based modeling and simulation involves computational models for
simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous

agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations
or groups) in order to understand complex phenomena. It may

combine elements of decision theory, distributed systems,
computational sociology, multi-agent systems, robotics, and

evolutionary programming. There are many approaches to intelligent
software agent development, ranging from reactive agents to

deliberative agents, with different levels of efficiency and
effectiveness. Agent-based models have been used since the mid-

1990s to solve a variety of business and technology problems. Examples
of applications include supply chain optimization and

logistics, modeling of consumer behavior, social network effects,
portfolio management or traffic congestion.
The ABMS special session invites quality papers describing original
work including research ideas, case-studies and new findings

on methodological and technological aspects related to agent-based
modeling and simulation, in particular papers describing

methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: May 28, 2012
Authors Notification: June 13, 2012
Final Paper Submission and Registration: June 22, 2012


PAPER SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics
listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats)
are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Submission Guidelines.
Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission
system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in a
special section of the conference proceedings book - under

an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM support - and submitted for indexation
by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index

(ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the
SciTePress Digital Library

(http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of
CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
Extended versions of accepted papers presented at the Workshop will
appear in as a Springer book chapter. A selection of high

quality papers will be proposed to be submitted as an extended version
for a special issue of an international journal to be

specified later.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in the British
Journal of Educational Technology and other selection of high

quality papers will be proposed to be submitted as an extended version
for a special issue of the international journal Journal

of Universal Computer Science J.UCS

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

SIMULTECH Special Sessions - ABMS 2012
e-mail: simultech....@insticc.org
Website: http://www.simultech.org/specialSessions.aspx#ABMS