Agenda
AGENT 2007 Conference
on Complex Interaction
and Social Emergence
Sponsored by
Northwestern University,
(The
Invited Speaker: Ian Foster
The Importance of Being Docked
Sarah Johnson, Matthew Koehler, and Daniel Quinn
The MITRE Corporation
Modeling with FABLES
László Gulyás
Aitia International, Inc., Hungary
Integrating ABM and GIS to Model Typologies of Playgroup Dynamics in Preschool Children
William A. Griffin, Shana K. Schmidt, Atsushi
Nara, Paul Torrens, Jennifer Fewell, and Casey Sechler
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Arizona State University
An Inferential Approach to Validating Agent Simulations
Alex Yahja and Kathleen M. Carley
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Comparing Agent Trajectories
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Steve Brophy, and Sven Brueckner
Government Solutions, Inc.
SugarScape on Steroids: Simulating over a Million Agents at Interactive Rates
R.M. D’Souza, M. Lysenko, and K. Rahmani
Michigan Tech University
Evolutionary Multi-agent Teams for Adaptive Optimization
Lindsay Hanna and Jonathan Cagan
Carnegie Mellon University
The El Farol Bar Problem and Computational Effort: Why People Fail to Use Bars Efficiently
William Rand and Forrest Sondahl
Northwestern University
Toolkit Track —
Parallel Track II
Anatomy of a Toolkit: A Comprehensive Compendium of Various Agent-based Modeling Toolkits on the Market Today
Cynthia Nikolai and Gregory R. Madey
Our Summer with Repast: Forging a Modeling and Simulation Foundation
Tobin A. Bergin-Hill, Matthew T. McMahon, and Brian F. Tivnan
The MITRE Corporation
Adaptive Simulation
Deborah Vakas Duong
The
Introducing GROWLab: A Toolkit for Layered Agent-based Modeling
Nils B. Weidmann and Luc Girardin
ETH
IDEAS – Interactive Development Environment for Agent-based Simulation
Alessandro Perrone and Andrea Pellizzon
University of Venice, Italy
Visualization Tools for Agent-based Modeling in NetLogo
Daniel Kornhauser, William Rand, and Uri Wilensky
Northwestern University
Turtle Histories and Alternative Universes: Exploratory Modeling with NetLogo and Mathematica
Eytan Bakshy and Uri Wilensky
Northwestern University
Examining Group Behavior and Collaboration Using ABM and Robots
Paulo Blikstein, William Rand, and Uri Wilensky
Northwestern University
Visual Agent-based Model Development with Repast Simphony
Michael J. North, Eric Tatara, Nicholas T. Collier, and Jonathan Ozik
Argonne National Laboratory
ROAD Map: Transforming and Extending Repast with Groovy
Jonathan Ozik, Michael J. North, David L. Sallach, and Joshua W. Panici
Argonne National Laboratory
Model Exploration Module
Márton D. Iványi, László Gulyás, R. Bocsi, G. Szemes, and Róbert Mészáros
AITIA International, Inc., Hungary
mivanyi@aitia.ai
Invited Speaker: Rosaria Conte
Agent Theory: A Missing Requirement of Generative Social Science
Modeling Collective Cognitive Convergence
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Theodore Belding, Rainer Hilscher, and Sven Brueckner
Government Solutions, Inc.
Modeling Situated Abstraction: Action Coalescence via Multidimensional Coherence
David L. Sallach
Argonne National Laboratory and The
NEXUS: An Intelligent Agent Model of Support Between Social Groups
Deborah Vakas Duong, R. Marling, L. Murphy, J. Johnson, M. Ottenberg, B. Sheldon, and S. Stephens
The
High-fidelity Mathematical Models of Social Systems
Joe Jeffrey
Northern
The
Dynamics of Network Effects in Two-sided and Multi-sided Markets:
An Agent-based Approach
Wolfgang Granigg
Axelrod’s Metanorm Games on Complex Networks
José Manuel Galán
Maciej M. Latek, Maksim Tsvetovat, and S. Rizi
Reciprocity and Heterogeneity in Social Networks
Gregory Todd Jones
Max Planck Institute,
Network Fracture: How Conflict Cascades Regulate Network Density
Eileen M. O’Grady, Mark Rouleau, and Maksim Tsvetovat
Agent-based Simulation of Product Innovation: Modularity, Complexity, and Diversity
Shu-Heng Chen and Bin-Tzong Chie
The Evolution and Persistence of Dominant Roles in Inter-organizational Relationships
Victor A. Barger
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Dynamic Endogenous Evolution of Voter Preferences
Alberto Alexander Perez
Spontaneous Coordination
Daniel Diermeier and Costel Andonie
Northwestern University
d-diermeier@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Invited Speaker: Leigh Tesfatsion
Legal Agents: Agent-based Modeling of Dispute Resolution
Matthew Koehler
Agent-based Modeling of Usability from a Distributed Cognitive Perspective
Joel Eden
Spy v. Spy: A Utility-based Approach to Agent-based Adversarial Reasoning
Philip Barry, Garry M. Jacyna, and Matthew Koehler
The MITRE Corporation
An Agent-based Model for Crisis Simulation in Payment Systems
Luca Arciero, Claudia Biancotti, Leandro D’Aurizio, and Claudio Impenna
Bank of Italy
claudia.biancotti@bankaditalia.it
Adversarial Risk and Financial Instability: A Hybrid Model
Mark
Bragen, David L. Sallach, Prakash
Thimmapuram, Henry Rich,
and James F. Burke, Jr.
Argonne National Laboratory
Modeling the Transition to Hydrogen-based Transportation
Matthew Mahalik, Guenter Conzelmann, Craig Stephan, Marianne Mintz, and Thomas Veselka
George Tolley and D.W. Jones
RCF Consulting LLC
Geospatial Exoskeletons for Automata in Agent-based Models
Paul Torrens
Enactment Software: Spatial Designs Using Agent-based Models
Taro Narahara
SHULGI: A Geospatial-based Tool for Modeling Human Movement and Interaction
Scott Branting, Yanwei Wu, Rangamani Srikrishnan, and Mark Altaweel
Argonne National Laboratory
5:00 p.m. — Conference Adjourns
Social
Simulation Applications — Parallel Track II
A Simulator for Continuous Agent-based Modeling
Jim Duggan
National
From Micro-simulation to Agent Based
Rocio Gomez Bardon
The
University of
Modeling Myxobacteria with NetLogo
Jordan Geisler, Helene Dauerty, and Mark Alber
New
Ensemble Computing in Agent-based Modeling for Transcending Paradigmatic Boundaries in Decision Theory – Understanding Tribal Politics
Lawrence A. Kuznar
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Logistics Process Analysis Tool
Charles Van
Groningen, Mary Duffy Braun, Brian Craig, Charles Olson, Kathy Lee Simunich, Eric Tatara
Argonne National Laboratory
Business Network Topology and Rigidities in Production
Gonzalo Castańeda and Rubén Antonio Chavarin
El Colegio de México, Mexico
An Agent-based Model of the National Energy System
Charles Macal