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1. By the way
2. Conferences, CfPs and Symposiums
3. Recent publications and Discussion Papers
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1. By the way
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An Agent-based Model on the Cover of Science
Mike North is shown with a Repast agent-based model on the cover of the current issue (July 27th, 2007) of Science as well as on the Science
home page (http://www.sciencemag.org/). The Repast model is shown on the third monitor from the left in the picture. As a note, the first monitor shows World of Warcraft and the second monitor shows Second Life.
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol317/issue5837/cover.dtl
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Google is developing some interesting tools for  generating sociograms on internet data:
For more information visit: Touchgraph: http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html and Facebook: URL: http://www.touchgraph.com/TGFacebookBrowser.html
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The 2006 Impact Factors* have recently been released. We are pleased to announce that the majority of Taylor & Francis journals in the field of computer science have seen an increase in their Impact Factor.
Behaviour & Information Technology (www.informaworld.com/tbit) Increased from 0.544 to 0.743
Connection Science (www.informaworld.com/ccos) Increased from 0.969 to 1.297
Cybernetics and Systems (www.informaworld.com/ucbs) Increased from 0.681 to 0.964
Human-Computer Interaction (www.tandf.co.uk/journals/hhci) Ranked #1  in the ?Computer Science, Cybernetics? category with an Impact Factor of 2.391
Information Systems Management (www.informaworld.com/uism) Increased from 0.325 to 0.645
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (www.informaworld.com/tcim) Increased from 0.345 to 0.383
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (www.informaworld.com/udsn) New Entry! First Impact Factor of 0.333
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2. Conferences, CfPs and contributions
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CfP: Computational Tools for Social Simulation, Workshop at e-Social Science 2007 (http://ess.si.umich.edu/), October 7-9, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
For more information visit: http://ess.si.umich.edu/workshops.htm
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CfP: A workshop on: Simulation and Second Life (loosely in conjunction with ESSA 2007), 7th September 2007 (14:00-18:00 GMT)
IN Second Life, co-chaired by: Bruce Edmonds and Aleks Krotoski
For more information visit: http://cfpm.org/sl
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CfP: Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS'08), Sponsored by: The Society for Modeling and Simulation International in cooperation with
ACM/SIGSIM, April 14-17, 2008, Ottawa, Canada
For more information visit: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/SCS-TM/ADS-2008.htm
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3. Recent Publications, Discussion Papers, Presentations
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New Book: "Managing Business Complexity: Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation."
by: Michael J. North and Charles M. Macal, Oxford University Press
For more information visit: http://tinyurl.com/2sgtlc
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Review: Bainbridge, W.S., The Scientific Research Potential of Virtual Worlds, Science 27 July 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5837, pp. 472 - 476
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/317/5837/472

Henry Ernest Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics, September 17, 2005
URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16713/16713-h/16713-h.htm
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News notes on Agent-based Computational Economics (ACE) for July 2007
are now available on-line
For more information visit:http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace0707.htm
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