9th European Social Simulation Association Conference

Scope and Interests

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Applications of agent-based modeling in social sciences

• Agent-based computational economics & finance
• Conflict resolution & cooperation
• Coupled human-natural systems
• Diffusion of innovations
• Dynamics of trust, social norm, structures, reputation & opinion
• Epidemiology & pharmacoeconomics
• Group decisions & collective behaviors
• Market design, mechanism design & auctions
• Privacy, safety & security
• Public policy & regulatory issues
• Resource management, environmental practices & policy
• Social emergence & evolution of institutions
• Social media and volunteered information
• Social networks and their dynamics

Tools and methods for development of simulation models

• Advanced distributed computing
• Agent ontologies
• Agent-embodied Artificial Intelligence
• Model replication, verification & validation
• Participatory & Human-in-the-Loop simulations
• Simulation software & programming computational frameworks

Techniques for visualizing, interpreting and analyzing simulation outputs

• Coupling simulations and optimization methods
• Data analysis software for simulations
• Experiment design and data farming for simulations
• Simulation metamodels
• Statistical & data mining techniques for simulated data

Submission

• Full paper - in the length of 10 to 12 pages, which should be comprehensive and consists of detailed presentation of theory, methodology and simulation results
• Extended abstract - in the length of 3 to 4 pages, which presents the current topic in progress with enough detail to ensure proper evaluation
• Poster - should present the current work in progress

Contributions can be submitted to general session or the following
special tracks:

• Adaptive behavior , social interactions and global environmental change: an agent-based perspective (chairs: T. Filatova, G. Polhill, R. van Duinen)
• Applications of computational social science in conflict and sensitive contexts (chair: A. Geller)
• Business applications of computational social science (chair: M. Łatek)
• Heterogeneity and interaction in macroeconomic modeling (chair: G. Koloch)
• Social simulation of science processes (chair: F. Squazzoni)
• Statistical analysis of simulation models (chair: B. Kamiński)
• Using qualitative rules to inform behavioral rules (chair: B. Edmonds)

Important dates

Registration opens:           1 January 2013
Paper submission closes:      1 March 2013
Notification of acceptance:   15 April 2013
Final manuscript due:         15 May 2013
Paper publication

• Accepted full papers will be published by Springer in the conference proceedings series "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing", http://www.springer.com/series/11156 (indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP, Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress, Springerlink).
• Authors of selected full papers or extended abstracts will be invited to submit their extended version for special issue of Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics, http://cejeme.org/ (indexed by IndexCopernicus, IC Value in 2011: 4.85 and RePEc).
• Full paper abstracts, extended abstracts and poster summaries will be posted on conference website.

Local organizing committee contact: [email protected]
Conference website: http://www.essa2013.org