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1. By the way
2. Conferences, CfPs and Symposiums
3. Recent publications and Discussion Papers
4. Job opportunities, Research Schools and Doctoral Consortia
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1. By the way
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Mark McBride, Zero-Intelligence Trading Demonstration Software
For more information visit: http://mcbridme.sba.muohio.edu/ace/labs/
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Influence of mobile phones on the friends social network
For more information visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/04/business/04network.html
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Adaptive Modeler: Evolutionary Agent-based Financial Market Simulation Software (free alpha version)
For more information visit: http://www.altreva.com/
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2. Conferences, CfPs and contributions
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Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS'08), April 14-17, 2008, Crown Plaza Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
For more information visit: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/SCS-TM/ADS-2008.htm
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GAMEON'2007, November 20-22, 2007, University of Bologna, Italy
For more information visit: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/256
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3. Recent Publications, Discussion Papers, Presentations
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Andreas Ortmann, Alexandra Prokosheva, Ondrej Rydval, Ralph Hertwig, "Valuing A Risky Prospect Less Than Its Worst Outcome: Uncertainty Effect or Task Ambiguity?", 2007-07-18
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2007-038&r=cbe
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Adrian Bruhin, Thomas Epper , "Risk and Rationality: Uncovering Heterogeneity in Probability Distortion", 2007-07
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:soz:wpaper:0705&r=cbe
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Helga Fehr, Thomas Epper, Adrian Bruhin, Renate Schubert, "Risk and Rationality: The Effect of Incidental Mood on Probability Weighting", 2007-02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:soz:wpaper:0703&r=cbe
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Itzhak Gilboa, Andrew Postlewaite, David Schmeidler, "Probabilities in Economic Modeling", 2007-08-02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pen:papers:07-023&r=cbe
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Helga Fehr-Duda, Adrian Bruhin, Thomas Epper, Renate Schubert, "Rationality on the Rise: Why Relative Risk Aversion Increases with Stake Size", 2007-07
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:soz:wpaper:0708&r=cbe
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Irene Valsecchi, "Experts and Non-experts", 2007-07
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fem:femwpa:2007.77&r=cbe
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Steven F. Railsback, Steven L. Lytinen, and Stephen K. Jackson, "StupidModel: A Template Model for ABM Platforms"
For more information visit: http://condor.depaul.edu/~slytinen/abm/StupidModel/
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4. Job opportunities, Research Schools and Doctoral Consortia
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Ph.D. Program in Computational Social Sciences (George Mason U, Fairfax, VA)
For more information visit: http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/phd.php
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