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Subject: Fw: JASSS: Vol. 5(3) published
From: francois_bousquet (francois_bousquet@hotmail.com)
Date: jeu jui 04 2002 - 04:14:34 CEST
> The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
> (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/) published the third issue of Volume 5
> on June 30th.
>
> JASSS is an electronic, refereed journal devoted to the exploration and
> understanding of social processes by means of computer simulation. It
> is located at <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/>. It is freely
> available, with no subscription.
>
> =================
>
> In this issue, Brichoux and Johnson present an agent-based simulation
> model of protest activity. They find that the addition of a
> surprisingly small group of activists radically changes the aggregate
> behavior of the model under some conditions, making high and sustained
> protest possible when it otherwise would not have been. Hegselmann and
> Krause ask when opinion formation within an interacting group leads to
> consensus, polarization or fragmentation and investigate various models
> for the dynamics of continuous opinions using analytical methods and
> computer simulations. Klaus Jaffe explores whether society would be
> better off, in aggregate economic terms, if altruism was more widely
> practiced among its members. He answers this question using an agent
> based computer simulation model of a simple agricultural society. Rémy
> Courdier et al describe the application of an agent-based simulation to
> the agricultural management of animal wastes. Cor van Dijkum, Janneke
> van Mens-Verhulst and colleagues present a system dynamics model that
> explores the dynamics of health-related actions to cope with fatigue.
> The process of self-regulation is simulated, particularly with respect
> to the consequences of non-linear feedback cycles.
>
> The issue also includes Ian Lustick's account of PS-I, a new modeling
> platform for testing theories of political identity and political
> stability, Carlos Gershenson's consideration of the philosophical issues
> that should be taken into account when simulating social behaviour, and
> a proposal to form a European Social Simulation Association.
>
> JASSS also announces a new feature: a calendar of events (click on the
> Calendar item on the left of the front page). If you are arranging a
> meeting, conference or workshop relevant to readers of JASSS, you can
> add entries to the calendar yourself, and that way bring it to the
> attention of other readers.
>
> =================
> Refereed articles
> =================
> David Brichoux and Paul E. Johnson
> The power of commitment in cooperative social action
>
> Rainer Hegselmann and Ulrich Krause
> Opinion dynamics and bounded confidence: models, analysis and simulation
>
> Klaus Jaffe
> An economic analysis of altruism: who benefits from altruistic acts?
>
> Rémy Courdier, François Guerrin, Fenintsoa Hary Andriamasinoro and
> Jean-Marie Paillat
> Agent-based simulation of complex systems: application to collective
> management of animal wastes
>
> R. Bagni, R. Berchi and P. Cariello
> A comparison of simulation models applied to epidemics
>
> C. van Dijkum, J. van Mens-Verhulst, E. van Kuijk and N. Lam
> System dynamic experiments with non-linearity and a rate of learning:
> the development of chronic fatigue complaints
>
> =================
> Forum: Discussion papers and work in progress
> =================
>
> Ian Lustick
> PS-I: A User-Friendly Agent-Based Modeling Platform for Testing Theories
> of Political Identity and Political Stability
>
> Carlos Gershenson
> Philosophical Ideas on the Simulation of Social Behaviour
>
> Scott Moss and others
> A European Social Simulation Association
>
> =================
> Book Reviews
> =================
>
> Complex Life: Non Modernity and the Emergence of Cognition and Culture
> Alan Dean
> Reviewed by Frédéric Amblard
>
> IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and
> Humans, 31(5), September, Special Issue on Socially Intelligent Agents
> Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn
> Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds
>
> Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 5(3), October,
> Special Issue on Social Intelligence
> Edited by Bruce Edmonds and Kerstin Dautenhahn
> Reviewed by Nick Gotts
>
> Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in C
> Will Wilson
> Reviewed by Richard Holden
>
> Discrete-Event Simulation: Modeling, Programming, and Analysis
> George S. Fishman
> Reviewed by Juan de Lara Jaramillo
>
> Applications of Simulation to Social Sciences
> Edited by Gérard Ballot and Gérard Weisbuch
> Reviewed by Paul Williamson
> =================
>
> The new issue can be accessed through the JASSS home page:
> <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS.html>
>
> The next issue wil be published at the end of October 2002. Submissions
> are welcome: see <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/admin/submit.html>
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Professor Nigel Gilbert, Editor, Journal of Artificial Societies and
> Social Simulation, <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/>.
> Centre for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences (CRESS),
> Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
> Tel:+44 1483 689173 Fax:+44 1483 689551 N.Gilbert@soc.surrey.ac.uk
> Simulation resources at <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/research/simsoc/>