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ESSA 2011




September 19-23, 2011
Montpellier - France


Scholars interested in the emergence of social simulation as a methodology in various research fields and disciplines should attend the 7th European Social Simulation Association Conference. It will be an opportunity to present new results and exchange experiences with the leading researchers.

Papers and presentations will focus on a wide range of actual research, from highly abstract artificial societies to empirical models, from methodological advances to simulation results and their comparison with evidence, from theoretical developments in decision-making, networks, collective action, and policies to the lessons learned from simulations for decision-makers. Researchers are also encouraged to reflect on best practices in Citing Simulation-Based Research, especially when referencing agent-based models, simulation outputs, and code repositories in academic publications.

 

A selection of the regular papers will be published in the post-proceedings. Following the tradition of previous ESSA conferences best papers will be published in a journal and books.

 


The topics include, but are not limited to:

General social models and their properties:

● Social networks and their dynamics
 ● Information and opinion dynamics
● Trust, reputation, and norm dynamics
 ● Conflict and cooperation
● Coupling social and natural dynamics
● Group decisions and collective behaviours
● Emergence and evolution of institutions
 ● Social emergencies and social failures (crime, corruption, social unrest, financial crises, conflict, etc.)

● Agent-based Computational Economics
● Cultural and cultural dynamics and evolution
● Opinion dynamics
 ● The wisdom-of-crowds and P2Pthe wisdom-of-crowds and P2P stuff
● Epistemological issues in agent-based simulation
● Ethical issues for simulation
 
Specific models derived from case studies or experiments:
● Resource management and environmental practices
● Market dynamics and consumer behaviour
● Simulation of experimental studies (experimental economics, psycho-sociology)
● Innovation diffusion
● Policy impact simulation
● Electronically mediated social systems
· Simulated ethology and comparative studies
 ·   Simulating history, case studies, and non-eventual processes
 
 
Tools and methods:
● Programming computational frameworks
● Agent-based simulation of social phenomena
● Micro-simulation
● Model replication and validation
● Statistical techniques for result interpretation
● Simulation experiment software
● Participatory modelling and social simulation

Quick-facts


  •  Keynote speakers

    Alan Kirman 
    Nils Ferrand 
    Dirk Helbing
     Frank Dignum

    Specific sessions     (here)


    Student prizes

     Bursaries, awards, Volterra prize 

    Symposium Chairpersons

    Jean-Pierre Muller
    François Bousquet 

    Co-located events:

    International Conference on Reputation (ICORE)
    Training on Agent-Based Models 

    Any question?