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1. ESSA Communication: ESSA 2008 Conference
2. By the way
3. Conferences, CfPs and Symposiums
4. Recent publications and Discussion Papers
5. Job opportunities, Research Schools and Doctoral Consortia
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1. ESSA Communication: ESSA 2008 Conference
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The Fifth Conference of the European Social Simulation Association Conference (ESSA 2008), September 1-5, 2008, Brescia, Italy
Invited speakers:
- David A. Lane (University of Modena-Reggio Emilia and Santa Fe Institute)
- Peter Hedström (University of Oxford)
For more information visit: http://www.eco.unibs.it/essa
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The proceedings of the ESSA 2007 conference are available for download on
http://w3.univ-tlse1.fr/ceriss/soc/ESSA2007/ESSA2007Proceedings.pdf
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2. By the way
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GIS and Agent-Based Modelling Blog, this blog is focused around the interests in Geographical Information Science (GIS) and Agent-Based Modelling (ABM).
URL: http://gisagents.blogspot.com/2007/09/geocomputation-2007-challenges-in-agent.html
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Release of NetLogo 4.0, URL: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
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Release of Pajek 1.8, URL: http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/
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3. Conferences, CfPs and contributions
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CfP: III Edition of Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation (EPOS 2008), October 2-3, 2008, Lisboa, Portugal
For more information visit: http://epos2008.dcti.iscte.pt/Main.php?contents=home.htm
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CfP: European Conference on Information Systems 2008: Track on Social Networking & IS, June 9-1, 2008, Galway, Ireland
For more information visit: http://www.ecis2008.ie/
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Cambridge Colloquium on Complexity and Social Networks: (1) October 1, (Fainsod—3rd floor Littauer), Marshall Van Alstyne (Boston University) will speak on "Diffusion, Network Structure & Information Advantage"; (2) November 6 (location TBD), Tom Snijders (Oxford University), full day workshop on SIENA (space limited, registration required); (3) December 7 (location TBD), full day event on “computational social science”
with assorted speakers
For more information visit: www.ksg.harvard.edu/davidlazer
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ABModSim 2008 - Second International Symposium on Agent Based Modeling and Simulation (Symposium L of the EMCSR 2008) at the 19th European Meeting on Cybernetic Science and Systems Research - March 25 - 28, 2008 - University of Vienna (http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/)
For more information visit: http://www.lintar.disco.unimib.it/ABModSim08/
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4. Recent Publications, Discussion Papers, Presentations
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Modelling natural action selection, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, Organised and edited by Tony J Prescott, Joanna J Bryson and Anil K Seth, SPECIAL OFFER PRICE TO ESSA MEMBERS: £47.50/US$90 (usual price:
£59.50/US$110)
For more information visit: www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/natural-action. The specially discounted price is only available by contacting Debbie Vaughan at the Royal Society direct (debbie.vaughan@royalsoc.ac.uk)
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Simulation and Analysis of Adaptive Agents: An Integrative Modelling Approach
/T. Bosse, C. M. Jonker and J. Treur, Advances in Complex Systems,/ *Vol. 10, No. 3.*
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Advances in Complex Systems, vol.10, n°2 COEXISTENCE OF SOCIAL NORMS BASED ON IN- AND OUT-GROUP INTERACTIONS, THOMAS FENT; PATRICK GROEBER; FRANK SCHWEITZER, Page. 271 - 286
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The importance of social learning and culture for sustainable water management, Ecological Economics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 September 2007, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, David Tàbara, Rene Bouwen, Marc Craps, Art Dewulf, Erik Mostert, Dagmar Ridder and Tharsi Taillieu
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDSRCHALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6VDY-4PPFTD4-2&md5=a9806c30f0df204ee2de2a05024c1592
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Modelling scenarios towards a sustainable use of natural resources in Europe, Environmental Science & Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 September 2007, Stefan Giljum, Arno Behrens, Friedrich Hinterberger, Christian Lutz and Bernd Meyer
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDSRCHALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6VP6-4PPFYT7-1&md5=4dc73f675bab70a799593c786e59bb4f
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Liu, J. et al., Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems, Science, vol. 317. no. 5844, 2007, pp. 1513 - 1516
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5844/1513
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Chmura, T. et al., Simulating Complex Social Behaviour With the Genetic Action Tree Kernel, forthcoming in Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=979045
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Online book: Fundamentals of Multiagent Systems: with NetLogo Examples, by Jos´e M Vidal
URL: http://www.multiagent.com/files/mas-20070824.pdf
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Izquierdo, L.R. and Hanneman, R.A. Introduction to the Formal Analysis of Social Networks Using Mathematica. (Version 2), 2006
URL: http://www.luis.izquierdo.name/papers/Izquierdo_Hanneman_2006-version2.pdf
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Martin B. Schmidt, Voting with the Crowd: Do Single Issues Drive Partisanship?
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cwm:wpaper:57&r=cdm
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Michael Greenacre, Power transformations in correspondence analysis
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:upf:upfgen:1044&r=cdm
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W. Kets and M. Voorneveld, Congestion, Equilibrium and Learning: The Minority Game
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dgr:kubcen:200761&r=cdm
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Vincent Anesi, Information Aggregation in Spatial Committee Games
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdx:dpaper:2007-03&r=cdm
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5. Job opportunities, Research Schools and Doctoral Consortia
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Postdoc & phd on e-democracy for coastal area management in Montpellier, France : computer or social sciences
Contact: Dr. Nils Ferrand, Chargé de Recherches (Researcher), UMR Gestion Eau Acteurs Usages, Cemagref Irrigation Montpellier
For more information visit: http://www.cemagref.fr/
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