Multi-Agent-Based Simulation II

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Invited Paper

   1. Multi-agent Based Simulation: Where Are the Agents?

      • Alexis Drogoul, Diane Vanbergue, Thomas Meurisse

      Pages 1-15

3. Emergence,Alliances,and Groups

   1. BVG Choice in Axelrod’s Tribute Model

      • Luis Antunes, Leonel Nóbrega, Helder Coelho

      Pages 16-25

   2. Evolving Specialisation, Altruism, and Group-Level Optimisation Using Tags

      • David Hales

      Pages 26-35

   3. The Need for and Development of Behaviourally Realistic Agents

      • Wander Jager, Marco Janssen

      Pages 36-49

   4. Relating Structure and Dynamics in Organisation Models

      • Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur

      Pages 50-69

4. MABS Platforms and Languages

   1. The MOCA Platform

      • Matthieu Amiguet, Jean-Pierre Müller, José-A. Baez-Barranco, Adina Nagy

      Pages 70-88

   2. Towards an Emergence-Driven Software Process for Agent-Based Simulation

      • Nuno David, Jaime Simão Sichman, Helder Coelho

      Pages 89-104

   3. Towards an Ideal Social Simulation Language

      • Bruce Edmonds

      Pages 105-124

   4. Requirements Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation Platforms: State of the Art and New Prospects

      • Maria Bruno Marietto, Nuno David, Jaime Simão Sichman, Helder Coelho

      Pages 125-141

5. MABS Applications

   1. On the Simulation of Multiagent-Based Regulators for Physiological Processes

      • Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Gatti

      Pages 142-154

   2. Multi-agent Patrolling: An Empirical Analysis of Alternative Architectures

      • Aydano Machado, Geber Ramalho, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Alexis Drogoul

      Pages 155-170

   3. On Multi Agent Based Simulation of Software Development Processes

      • Tham Wickenberg, Paul Davidsson

      Pages 171-180

   4. A Simulation of the Market for Offenses in Multiagent Systems: Is Zero Crime Rates Attainable?

      • Pinata Winoto

      Pages 181-193

6. Back Matter

   Pages 195-195

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This volume presents extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the Third International Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS 2002), a workshop federated with the First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2002), which was held in Bologna, Italy, in July, 2002. This workshop was the third in the MABS series. The earlier two were - ganized as workshops of the two most recent ICMAS conferences (ICMAS 1998, Paris, France and ICMAS 2000, Boston, USA). Revised versions of the papers presented at these workshops were published as volumes 1534 and 1979 in the Lecture Notes in Arti?cial Intelligence series. One aim of the workshop was to develop stronger links between those wo- ing in the social sciences and those involved with multi-agent systems. We are pleased to note that many important conferences in various disciplines such as geography, economics, ecology, sociology, and physics have hosted workshops on MABS-related topics and that many respected journals publish papers that - clude elements of MABS. But although MABS is gradually acquiring legitimacy in many disciplinary ?elds, much remains to be done to clarify the potential use of MABS in these disciplines. Researchers from these disciplines have di?erent points of view on issues such as time-frame, space, geographical scales, or- nizational levels, etc. Moreover, the interest in MABS goes beyond the scienti?c community, as MABS models have been developed and used interactively with other communities as well.

• Agent Communities
• Agent Cooperation
• Agent Coordination
• Agent Societies
• Agent Systems
• Agent-Based Simulation
• Interaction Protocols
• MAS
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Simulation
• Simulation Platforms
• architecture
• model
• optimization
• organization

• Polytechnical School Computer Engineering Department Intelligent Techniques Laboratory, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  Jaime Simão Sichman

• IRRI-Cirad, Bangkok, Thailand

  Françcois Bousquet

• Department of Software Engineering and Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby, Sweden

  Paul Davidsson

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