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Subject: Tr: News notes for agent-based computational economics
From: François Bousquet (bousquet@cirad.fr)
Date: jeu fév 03 2000 - 23:27:15 CET
>
>2 February 2000
>
>Dear simsoc mailing list participants:
>
>Below is a text version of the February 2000 news notes for agent-based
>computational economics (ACE). Many of these notes might be of interest to
>researchers interested in the computational study of social systems in
>general.
>ACE news notes are distributed approximately once every two months.
>
>The ACE news notes can be directly accessed in html document form at
>
> http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace0200.htm
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>They are also stored at the archive site linked to the ACE web site at
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> http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm
>
>I apologize if you are a member of the ace mailing list (as well as simsoc)
>and hence are receiving these notes twice.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Leigh
>
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> -= ACE News Notes: February 2000 =-
>
>News Notes for
>Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE)
>February 2000
>
>Prepared by:
> Leigh Tesfatsion
> Department of Economics
> Iowa State University
> Ames, Iowa 50011-1070
> http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/
> tesfatsi@iastate.edu
>
>ACE Web Site Home Page:
> http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm
>
> Appended below are news items that may be of interest to researchers
> interested in agent-based computational economics (ACE), the
computational
> study of economies modelled as evolving systems of autonomous
interacting
> agents. Items of more permanent interest will be retained at the ACE Web
> site.
>
> ACE news notes are anticipated about once every two months during the
> regular academic year (September-May) but may be distributed more or
less
> often as warranted by the amount of news. Please contact Leigh
Tesfatsion
> (tesfatsi@iastate.edu) if you wish to be added or removed from this news
> list, or if you have any news items you wish to have included in the
next
> ACE news notes. Please do **NOT** use the list address.
>
> Thank you.
>
> * Journal Announcements
> * Book Announcements
> * Software
> * Research Groups and Sites
> * Teaching Resources
> * Workshops and Meetings
> * Program, Course, and Position Announcements
> * Miscellaneous News Items Reports on Past Meetings -->
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> Journal Announcements
>
> Note: Pointers to the journals listed below can be found on the journal
and
> publisher information page linked to the ACE web site home page.
>
> * Special ACE Issue: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
>
> Agent-based computational economics (ACE) is the computational
study
> of economies modelled as evolving systems of autonomous
interacting
> agents. Papers on ACE-related topics are solicited for possible
> inclusion in a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on
Evolutionary
> Computation on the Agent-Based Modelling of Evolutionary Economic
> Systems, guest edited by Leigh Tesfatsion. Each submitted paper
> should address a clearly defined issue of economic interest from
an
> evolutionary agent-based perspective. The deadline for receipt of
> paper submissions is August 31, 2000.
> Detailed information about this special issue can be obtained at
> http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ieeespec.htm.
>
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-- > > * Special Issue: Netnomics > > Articles for a special issue of Netnomics will be selected from among > the best discussion papers presented at a two-hour workshop titled > "Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems for E-Commerce (IMASE 2000)," to be > held as part of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference > (GECCO-2000), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 8-12, 2000. IMASE 2000 > will concentrate on the use of adaptive learning agents, particularly > for Internet trading and economic simulations. The deadline for > receipt of 3-page abstracts for this workshop is March 23, 2000. For > more information, visit > http://www.cwi.nl/~bill/imase. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation > > The first issue of the third volume of the electronic Journal of > Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS) was published on > Monday, January 31st, 2000. This new issue can be accessed online at > http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/JASSS.html. > The new issue includes: two peer-reviewed papers titled "Agent-Based > Modelling of Collective Identity: Testing Constructivist Theory" and > "Asynchronous Time Evolution in an Artificial Society Model;" a Forum > section paper titled "Liberal Order for Software Agents?;" a detailed > discussion regarding the use of Matlab for teaching social > simulation; and four book reviews. > The next issue of JASSS is due at the end of March. Submissions for > the March issue are welcome. Because JASSS is distributed over the > World Web Wide and all editorial operations use the Internet, a much > faster turn-round from first submission to acceptance can be achieved > in comparison to most conventional paper journals. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Book Announcements > > Note: The following book announcements have been incorporated into the > annotated syllabus of ACE-related readings linked to the ACE web site home > page. Links to publishers (for ordering purposes) can be found on the > journal and book announcements and information page linked to the ACE web > site home page. > > * Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian, Information Rules: A Strategic > Guide to the Networked Economy, Harvard Business School Press, > November 1998, 352 pp., ISBN 0-8758-5863-X. > The authors consider how to market and distribute goods in the > networked economy, with examples drawn from a wide array of > industries (airlines, software, entertainment, communications,...). > Issues covered include pricing, intellectual property , versioning, > lock-in, compatibility, and standards. From the Economist, December > 12, 1998: "If you want to und Fri 4 Feb 2000 00:32:37 +0100 rstand how the networked economy really > functions and why some companies succeed spectacularly ... (while > others fail) despite having mould-breaking technology, look no > further." > > Carl Shapiro is Professor of Business Strategy at the Haas School of > Business and Hal Varian is the Dean of the School of Information > Management and Systems, both at the University of California at > Berkeley. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Zbigniew Michalewicz and David B. Fogel, How to Solve It, > Springer-Verlag, N.Y., 1999, 480 pp., ISBN 3-540-66061-5. > From the publisher: "This book is the only source that provides > Fri 4 Feb 2000 00:32:37 +0100 comprehensive, current, and detailed information on problem solving > using modern heuristics. It covers classic methods of optimization, > including dynamic programming, the simplex method, and gradient > techniques, as well as recent innovations such as simulatated > annealing, tabu search, and evolutionary computation. Integrated into > the discourse is a series of problems and puzzles to challenge the > reader." > > Zbigniew Michalewicz is with the Department of Computer Science, > University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and David Fogel is with > Natural Selection, Inc., La Jolla, California. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Francesco Luna and Benedikt Stefansson (eds.), Economic > Simulations in Swarm: Agent-Based Modelling and Object Oriented > Programming, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 14, Advances in > Computational Economics, January 2000, 328 pp., ISBN 0-7923-8665-5 > From the authors: "Computer simulations of economic systems are > Fri 4 Feb 2000 00:32:37 +0100 slowly gaining ground within the economics profession. However, such > a process is hindered by a lack of communication among researchers > who do not share a common language. For its object-oriented structure > and its verstility, Swarm has the necessary characteristics to become > a credible universal language of agent-based simulations. (This book) > collects a series of original articles in such domains as macro and > micro economics, industrial organization, monetary theory, and > finance, all linked by a common denominator: the use of the Swarm > simulation platform." > > Francesco Luna is with the Universit Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy, and > Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A. Benedikt Stefansson is with > the University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * W. B. Langdon, Genetic Programming and Data Structures: Genetic > Programming + Data Structure = Automatic Programming!, Kluwer > Academic Publishers, 1998, 292 pp., ISBN 0-7923-8135-1. > From the publisher: "Computers that `program themselves' has long > Fri 4 Feb 2000 00:32:37 +0100 been an aim of computer scientists. ... While (functions > automatically created by genetic programming) can be of great use, > they contain no memory and relatively little work has addressed > automatic creation of program code including stored data. (This book) > shows how abstract data types (stacks, queues and lists) can be > evolved using genetic programming, and demonstrates how genetic > programming can evolve general programs which solve the nested > brackets problem, recognize a Dyck context free language, and > implement a simple four function calculator. In these cases, an > appropriate data structure is beneficial compared to simple indexed > memory. This book also includes a survey of genetic programming, with > a critical review of experiments with evolving memory..." > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Software > > Note: Pointers to the following materials have been incorporated into the > software page linked to the ACE web site home page. > > * Agent-Based Modelling with Mathematica > > Richard Gaylord (Department of Material Sciences and Engineering, > University of Illinois at Urana-Champaign) has written extensively on > the development and implementation of agent-based models of > socioeconomic behavior using Mathematica, a general-purpose > scientific and mathematical software. For example, in a forthcoming > article in Mathematica Education and Research titled "Rebels, > Independents, and Conformists: The RIC Model of Social Behavior," he > uses Mathematica to construct a conceptually and computationally > straightforward model of social behavior in which humans make > decisions on how to think or act either independently or with the > influence of others. For additional information about this work, > visit > http://www.mse.uiuc.edu/faculty/Gaylord.html. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Research Groups and Sites > > Note: Pointers to the following research groups and sites have been > incorporated into the ACE-related research groups and sites page linked to > the ACE web site home page. > > * Agent-Based Computational Finance > > A web site on agent-based computational finance has been constructed > by Blake LeBaron (Economics, Brandeis University). Agent-based > computational finance is an application of agent-based computational > methods to finance and financial markets. This area borrows heavily > on methods developed in other agent-based economic environments. The > web site is designed to give researchers interested in this area a > starting point in terms of finding relevant online materials. > Resources incorporated to date include pointers and paper lists. The > site can be accessed at > http://www.brandeis.edu/~blebaron/acf. > Anyone interested in having their information listed should contact > Blake LeBaron (blebaron@brandeis.edu). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Cognitive Cultural Studies > > Francis F. Steen (Department of English, University of California at > Santa Barbara, California) maintains the CogWeb site at > http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/. > This site is devoted to exploring the relevance of the study of human > cognition to literary and cultural studies. Resources available at > the site include pointers to related sites and articles as well as to > bibliographic materials on linguistics, cognitive science, evolution > and cognition, and cognitive cultural studies (both early and > modern). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > * The World of Richard Dawkins > > John Catalano (New York, U.S.A.) maintains a web site titled The > World of Richard Dawkins at > http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/. > Site resources include news items, books, writings, quotes, videos, > software, biographical information, and links, all related to the > work of Richard Dawkins. The site is "unofficial" in the sense that > Richard Dawkins is not associated with it. > > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Teaching Resources > > Note: Pointers to the following materials have been incorporated into the > teaching resources page linked to the ACE web site home page. > > * Agent-Based Computational Economics Course: > > Professor Banerjee (School of Economics, Georgia Institute of > Technology) is offering a course on ACE for Spring 2000: Econ 4801A. > Topics to be covered include: markets as double auctions; the > evolution of a competitive industry if firms can enter, exit, and > merge; learning in games; the emergence of social norms; the choice > of a global currency when there are dollars and euros; the > replacement of barter by the exclusive use of one commodity as > "money"; the growth of cities and business districts; segregation of > neighborhoods; and the adoption of new technology in the presence of > an older one. Received economic theory will be covered first followed > by projects to model the phenomenon under study in terms of > agent-based computational models using StarLogo, a programmable > modeling environment in the public domain for exploring decentralized > systems. For more information, visit the Econ 4801A web site at > http://www.econ.gatech.edu/current/spring00.html. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Online Introductions to Game Theory: > > Roger McCain (Economics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, > Pennsylvania) has developed a game theory web site at > http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/eco/game/preface.html > in which he presents an accessible account of elementary game theory > principles for non-specialists. See, also, the behavioral game theory > course web site at > http://weber.ucsd.edu/~vcrawfor/201ASyllabus.html > developed by Vince Crawford (Economics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * The Road to Agent-Based Models > > Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.) supports a site titled "The > Road to Agent-Based Models" at > http://www.brook.edu/ES/dynamics/models/history.htm > which covers topics such as von Neumann machines, Conway's Game of > Life, and other milestones of agent-based modelling with pointers to > related sites. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Teaching Social Simulation with MatLab > > Warren Thorngate has an article titled "Teaching Social Simulation > with MatLab" available at > http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/3/1/forum/1.html > that appeared in the online Journal of Artificial Societies and > Social Simulation, Volume 3, No. 1, 2000. He explains why Matlab is > his programming language of choice for teaching simulation > programming techniques to students new to simulation. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences > > In preparation for a course to be taught in Spring 2000, Johann Peter > Murmann (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois) prepared an > online resource site titled "Evolutionary Theories in the Social > Sciences" accessible at > http://www7.kellogg.nwu.edu/evolution/frames/center.htm. > Resources provided include a bibliography, working papers, books and > reviews, journals, and pointers to researchers and research centers. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Social Ecology and Evolutionism Course > > In 1994 James Hughes (Changesurfer Consulting, Chicago) taught a > course titled Social Ecology and Evolutionism at the University of > Chicago. The course is an introduction to the ecological and > evolutionary concepts that have influenced the social sciences. > Topics covered include: Introduction to Social Ecology; Hardware and > Software; Organizational Ecology and Evolution; Social Organicism and > Early Sociological Evolutionism; and Modern Social Ecology. For > access to these course materials, visit > http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/SocEco.html. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Master's Course on Computational Intelligence > > The School of Computing at the University of Plymouth in the United > Kingdom is offering a Master's course on Computational Intelligence. > From the course description: "A unique Master's course, recognisi Fri 4 Feb 2000 00:32:37 +0100 g > the growing importance and synergistic power of neural and > evolutionary computation, and designed to place graduates at the > cutting edge of one of the most advanced fields in Information > Technology." For more information about this course, visit > > http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/neural/courses/comp_int/MSCWeb.htm > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Workshops and Meetings > > Note: The following announcements have been incorporated into the workshops > and meetings page linked to the ACE web site home page. > > * Communicative Agents in Intelligent Virtual Environments, June > 2000 > > The Fourth International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Autonomous > Agents 2000) will be held June 3-7, 2000, in Barcelona, Spain. As > part of this conference, a workshop is planned on "Communicative > Agents in Intelligent Virtual Environments." The target audience for > this workshop includes researchers and practitioners working on > autonomous agents that display natural language capabilities, design > and implementation of intelligent virtual environments, and virtual > societies of (communicating) agents. Up-to-date information on this > workshop can be found at > http://coli.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/allgemein/agents2000/. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, July 2000 > > The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2000 (GECCO-2000) > will be held July 8-12, 2000, in Las Vegas, Nevada. GECCO-2000 is a > joint meeting of the Fifth Annual Genetic Programming Conference > (GP-2000) and the International Conference on Genetic Algorithms > (ICGA-2000). Topics include, but are not limited to: genetic > algorithms; genetic programming; evolution strategies; evolutionary > programming; real-world applications of genetic and evolutionary > computation; classifier systems; evolvable hardware; DNA and > molecular computing; artificial life, adaptive behavior, and agents; > evolutionary robotics; ant colony optimization; methodology, > pedagogy, and philosophy; genetic scheduling; and other areas to be > announced. For more information, visit > http://www.genetic-algorithm.org/GECCO2000/gecco2000mainpage.htm. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Congress on Evolutionary Computation, July 2000 > > The 2000 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2000) will be held > July 16-19, 2000, in the La Jolla Marriott, La Jolla, CA. CEC2000 > will highlight recent research covering all forms of evolutionary > computations while fostering intertechnique discussions and > cooperative progress in the evolutionary computation field. > Submissions covering advances in the theory, practice, and > application of all evolutionary techniques, either individually or > collectively, are enthusiastically encouraged. For more information > about CEC2000, visit > http://www.natural-selection.com/eps/cec2000. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * CEC2000 Competitions, July 2000 > > The Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2000) will feature four > competitions on the following topics: the iterated prisoner's > dilemma; forecasting an artificial times series; forecasting the real > Dow Jones Index; and visualizing the evolutionary process. Detailed > descriptions of these competitions, including a brief introduction, a > what-to-submit section, and scoring procedures can be found on the > competitions web page at > http://www.math.iastate.edu/danwell/CEC2000/comp.html. > If you any have additional question about the competitions, you can > contact either of the competition chairs: Dan Ashlock > (danwell@iastate.edu) or Ralf Salomon (salomon@ifi.unizh.ch). For > general information on CEC2000, visit the CEC2000 web site at > http://pcgipseca.cee.hw.ac.uk/cec2000/. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, July 2000 > > The Twelfth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of > Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-2000) wil be held July 31-August 2, > 2000, in the Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas. IAAI-2000 will > highlight successful applications of AI technology, explore issues, > methods, and lessons learned in the development and deployment of AI > applications, and promote an interchange of ideas between basic and > applied AI. For more information, visit > http://www.aaai.org. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Artificial Life VII, August 2000 > > The Seventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis > of Living Systems (AlifeVII) will be held August 1-6, 2000, at Reed > College, Portland, Oregon. Authors are encouraged to address the > conference theme, "Looking Backward, Looking Forward," by explaining > how their contribution builds on important previous work in > artificial life and helps crystallize and make progress on important > open questions. Special consideration will be given to papers that > compare theory and data and to papers that compare data across > different systems, especially natural and artificial systems. > For more information, visit > http://alife7.alife.org/. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * New Institutional Economics Conference, September 2000 > > The Annual Conference of the International Society for New > Institutional Economics will be held September 22-24, 2000, in > Tuebingen, Germany. Presentations and papers in all areas of New > Institutional Economics (NIE) are welcome. In addition to economics, > the conference program will include sessions on the application of > NIE to political science, anthropology, law, and sociology. Proposals > for the conference are due no later than March 1, 2000. Proposals > must be no longer than 2 pages, double spaced. Authors must also send > a short (one paragraph) biosketch or a CV including phone, fax, > email, postal address, and current employment. Please send your > proposal to: isnie2000@wueconc.wustl.edu. This email address should > only be used for submitting paper proposals. Proposals will only be > accepted from individuals who are current dues-paid members of the > Society. Membership runs on a calendar year (01 Jan to 31 Dec) basis. > If you have not paid your 2000 dues, your proposal will not be > considered. To confirm your membership status or to inquire about the > Society, please contact the society at isnie@wueconc.wustl.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Intelligent Systems and Applications, December 2000 > > The International Congress on Intelligent Systems and Applications > (ISA'2000) will be held December 12-15, 2000, at the University of > Wollongong (near Sydney), Australia. The aim of the ISA'2000 Congress > is to provide researchers and practitioners from academia and > industry with a forum to report on the latest developments in > intelligent systems and their applications within four major areas: > computational intelligence; interactive and collaborative computing; > industrial systems; and biologically inspired systems. The ISA'2000 > Congress will also provide a unique opportunity for dialogue and > synergy between scientists and engineers from different backgrounds > with a common interest in intelligent systems. The deadline for > submissions is March 31, 2000. > For more information, visit > http://www.icsc.ab.ca/isa2000.htm. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Program, Course, and Position Announcements > > * Research Opening at Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, > Berlin > > From a November 11, 1999 announcement by Peter M. Todd and Gerd > Fri 4 Feb 2000 00:32:37 +0100 Gigerenzer: "We would like to inform you about a new opening for a > research scientist at the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition > in Berlin. This position is a long-term opportunity to study > decision-making mechanisms in a well-funded and supportive setting at > one of the world's leading scientific institutes, without teaching or > administrative requirements. We are looking for someone who will > complement our existing strengths in experimental, evolutionary, and > modeling-based cognitive science. We also have our usual yearly > openings for postdoctoral and predoctoral researchers." > "For a detailed description of our research projects and current > researchers (and announcements of our additional open pre/postdoc > positions), please visit our homepage at > http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/abc > or write to Dr. Peter Todd at ptodd@mpib-berlin.mpg.de. The working > language of the center is English. We strongly encourage applications > from women and members of minority groups." > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Miscellaneous News Items > > * Graduate Student Prize in Computational Economics > > The Society of Computational Economics (SCE) announces its > sponsorship of its fourth annual contest for outstanding research > manuscripts in computational economics prepared by graduate students. > The contest is open to graduate students worldwide working on any > area of computational economics. Up to two $1000 prizes will be > awarded. Manuscript submissions must be received by March 1, 2000. > For more information, visit the SCE web site at > http://wuecon.wustl.edu/sce/. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Trading Agent Competition > > The ICMAS-00 Trading Agent Competition will be held July 8, 2000, in > Boston, Massachusetts, in conjunction with a special purpose workshop > at the Fourth International Conference on Multiagent Systems > (ICMAS-00). This event is designed to spur research on common > problems, promote definitions of benchmarks and standard problem > descriptions, and showcase current technologies. Software agents > developed by research groups, students, and others from all over the > world will be pitted against each other in a challenging market game. > The software agents will represent travel coordinators whose goal is > to arrange travel packages for clients. These travel packages consist > of flights, hotel rooms, and tickets to entertainment events, all of > which the agents buy (and, in the case of event tickets, sell) in > electronic auctions. The market game has been specially designed to > present agents with difficult decision problems and admit a wide > variety of potential bidding strategies. For more information, visit > http://tac.eecs.umich.edu/. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * Simulation of Societies Distribution List > > The email distribution list simsoc distributes news about > conferences, workshops, and other information related to research on > artificial societies and social simulation. To join this list, send > an email message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk containing only the > message: > join simsoc First_Name Surname > (substituting your own name, of course). Joining the list is free, > there are no commercial advertisements, and it is relatively free of > spam. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > * International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation > > In Fall 1999 the boards of the International Society for Genetic > Algorithms (ISGA) and the Genetic Programming Conference Organization > voted to permanently merge and form the International Society for > Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC). The new society will > embrace a wide variety of fields, including genetic algorithms, > genetic programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, > classifier systems, and evolvable hardware, as well as emerging areas > such as immune system learning, DNA and molecular computing, ant > optimization, evolutionary robotics, ECHO, Tierra, and genetic > scheduling. Members of the ISGEC society will receive subscriptions > to Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming and Evolvable > Machines. For more information about joining the ISGEC membership > society, visit > http://www.genetic-algorithm.org/. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Reminder: Items Requested for ACE News Notes and Complexity > > Just a reminder that if you have any ACE-related news items, or any > information about ACE-related teaching materials, software, books, > journals, or conferences that you would like to have considered for > inclusion in the ACE news notes, and/or the Complexity-at-Large section > of the John Wiley journal Complexity, please email them to me (along > with web site information if available) at the following address: > tesfatsi@iastate.edu. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Copyright (c) 2000 Leigh Tesfatsion. All Rights Reserved. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >--------------------------- > >Leigh Tesfatsion Department of Economics >Tel: (515) 294-0138 Iowa State University >FAX: (515) 294-0221 Ames, Iowa 50011-1070 >tesfatsi@iastate.edu http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ >