Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation Index

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Contents, by volume and issue
Volume 12(4) published on 31-Oct-2009
Understanding Artificial Anasazi
   Marco A. Janssen

Sendero: An Extended, Agent-Based Implementation of Kauffman's NKCS Model
   Julian Padget, Richard Vidgen, James Mitchell, Amy Marshall and Rick Mellor

Agent Street: An Environment for Exploring Agent-Based Models in Second Life
   Andrew Crooks, Andrew Hudson-Smith and Joel Dearden

Cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game Based on the Second-Best Decision
   Tetsushi Ohdaira and Takao Terano

The Development of Social Simulation as Reflected in the First Ten Years of JASSS: a Citation and Co-Citation Analysis
   Matthias Meyer, Iris Lorscheid and Klaus G. Troitzsch

A Survey of Agent-Based Modeling Practices (January 1998 to July 2008)
   Brian Heath, Raymond Hill and Frank Ciarallo

The Methodology of Simulation Models: Chances and Risks
   Andreas Pyka and Claudia Werker

Agent Based Modeling and Simulation: An Informatics Perspective
   Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni and Giuseppe Vizzari

A Pragmatic Reading of Friedman's Methodological Essay and What It Tells Us for the Discussion of ABMs
   Simon Deichsel and Andreas Pyka

Policy Advice Derived from Simulation Models
   Thomas Brenner and Claudia Werker

On the Effects of Skill Upgrading in the Presence of Spatial Labor Market Frictions: An Agent-Based Analysis of Spatial Policy Design
   Herbert Dawid, Simon Gemkow, Philipp Harting and Michael Neugart

An Objective-Based Perspective on Assessment of Model-Supported Policy Processes
   Gönenç Yücel and Els van Daalen

Resolving a Replication That Failed: News on the Macy & Sato Model
   Oliver Will

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS): Special Issue on Social Simulation, Vol. 11, No. 2
Amblard, Frédéric, and Jager, Wander (Eds.)
Reviewed by Timothy Kohler

Multi-Agent-Based Simulation IX (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)
David, Nuno and Paulo, Jaime Simao (eds.)
Reviewed by Martin Neumann

Rationality for Mortals: How People Cope with Uncertainty
Gigerenzer, Gerd
Reviewed by Marta Posada

Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction (Second Edition)
Gintis, Herbert
Reviewed by Rense Corten

Computational Complexity: A Conceptual Perspective
Goldreich, Oded
Reviewed by Gabriel Istrate

Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change (Methods Series)
Lane David, Pumain Denise, van der Leeuw Sander Ernst, West Geoffrey (Eds.)
Reviewed by Petra Ahrweiler

Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems
Liu, Lin and Eck, John (Eds.)
Reviewed by Armando Geller

Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Squazzoni, Flaminio (ed.)
Reviewed by Roy Wilson

Handbook of Research on Agent-Based Societies: Social and Cultural Interactions
Trajkovski, Goran, Collins, Samuel G. (Eds.)
Reviewed by John Bragin

Simulation and Its Discontents
Turkle, Sherry
Reviewed by WilsonRoy WilsonRoy

Multi-Agent Systems. Simulation and Applications (Computational Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Dynamic Models Series)
Uhrmacher, Adelinde M., Weyns, Danny and Mosterman, Pieter J. (Eds.)
Reviewed by Marco Villani

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Volume 12(3) published on 30-Jun-2009
Punishment Deters Crime Because Humans Are Bounded in Their Strategic Decision-Making
   Heiko Rauhut and Marcel Junker

Effects of a Trust Mechanism on Complex Adaptive Supply Networks: An Agent-Based Social Simulation Study
   Whan-Seon Kim

When and How to Imitate Your Neighbours: Lessons from and for FEARLUS
   Nicholas M. Gotts and J. Gary Polhill

An Analysis of the Insertion of Virtual Players in GMABS Methodology Using the Vip-JogoMan Prototype
   Diana Francisca Adamatti, Jaime Simão Sichman and Helder Coelho

Income Distribution Effects of a Finnish Work Incentive Trap Reform
   Paivi Mattila-Wiro

Forecasting a Language Shift Based on Cellular Automata
   Francesc S. Beltran, Salvador Herrando, Doris Ferreres, Marc-Antoni Adell, Violant Estreder and Marcos Ruiz-Soler

Behavioral Modeling and Simulation: From Individuals to Societies
Zacharias, Greg L., Macmillan, Jean, Van Hemel, Susan B.
Reviewed by Armando Geller

The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology
Sun, Ron (Ed)
Reviewed by Nanda Wijermans

Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models
Dignum, Virginia (ed.)
Reviewed by Marco Remondino

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
Akerlof, George A. and Shiller, Robert J.
Reviewed by Andreas Ernst

Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks
Barrat, Alain, Barthélemy, Marc and Vespignani, Alessandro
Reviewed by Laurent Tambayong

Coping with the Complexity of Economics (New Economic Windows)
Faggini, Marisa, and Lux, Thomas (Eds.)
Reviewed by Mauro Lombardi

Networks, Topology and Dynamics: Theory and Applications to Economics and Social Systems: 613 (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
Naimzada, Ahmad K., Stefani, Silvana, and Torriero, Anna (Eds.)
Reviewed by Erik Johnston

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Volume 12(2) published on 31-Mar-2009
How Groups Can Foster Consensus: The Case of Local Cultures
   Patrick Groeber, Frank Schweitzer and Kerstin Press

Agent-Based Simulation on Women's Role in a Family Line on Civil Service Examination in Chinese History
   Chao Yang, Setsuya Kurahashi, Keiko Kurahashi, Isao Ono and Takao Terano

Social Circles: A Simple Structure for Agent-Based Social Network Models
   Lynne Hamill and Nigel Gilbert

Design Guidelines for Agent Based Model Visualization
   Daniel Kornhauser, Uri Wilensky and William Rand

Tools of the Trade: A Survey of Various Agent Based Modeling Platforms
   Cynthia Nikolai and Gregory Madey

Reason and Rationality
Elster, Jon
Reviewed by Marco Castellani

Artificial Psychology: The Quest for What It Means to Be Human
Friedenberg, Jay
Reviewed by Gennaro Di Tosto

Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain
Glimcher Paul W., Camerer Colin, Poldrack Russell, Fehr Ernst (Eds.)
Reviewed by Cristiano Castelfranchi

Social and Economic Networks
Jackson, Matthew O.
Reviewed by Károly Takács

Computational Macroeconomics for the Open Economy
Lim, G. C. and McNelis, Paul D.
Reviewed by Domenico Delli Gatti

Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World (Bradford Books)
Pentland,(Sandy) Alex
Reviewed by Julie Dugdale

Computable Models of the Law (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)
Casanovas Pompeu, Sartor Giovanni, Casellas Núria, Rubino Rossella (Eds.)
Reviewed by Francesca Giardini

Agent-Based Modeling: the Santa Fe Institute Artificial Stock Market Model Revisited (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
Ehrentreich, Norman
Reviewed by Blake LeBaron

Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems: V. 5 (Springer Series on Agent Based Social Systems)
Terano Takao, Kita Hajime, Takahashi Shingo, Deguchi Hiroshi (Eds.)
Reviewed by Cesáreo Hernández-Iglesias

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Volume 12(1) published on 31-Jan-2009
Exploring Agent-Based Methods for the Analysis of Payment Systems: A Crisis Model for StarLogo TNG
   Luca Arciero, Claudia Biancotti, Leandro D'Aurizio and Claudio Impenna

Agent-Based Urban Land Markets: Agent's Pricing Behavior, Land Prices and Urban Land Use Change
   Tatiana Filatova, Dawn Parker and Anne van der Veen

Techniques to Understand Computer Simulations: Markov Chain Analysis
   Luis R. Izquierdo, Segismundo S. Izquierdo, José Manuel Galán and José Ignacio Santos

A Proximate Mechanism for Communities of Agents to Commemorate Long Dead Ancestors
   Bill Tomlinson

Errors and Artefacts in Agent-Based Modelling
   José Manuel Galán, Luis R. Izquierdo, Segismundo S. Izquierdo, José Ignacio Santos, Ricardo del Olmo, Adolfo López-Paredes and Bruce Edmonds

Games on Cellular Spaces: How Mobility Affects Equilibrium
   Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade, Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara and Sandra Sandri

A Spatial Agent-Based Model of N-Person Prisoner's Dilemma Cooperation in a Socio-Geographic Community
   Conrad Power

Simulating Light-Weight Personalised Recommender Systems in Learning Networks: A Case for Pedagogy-Oriented and Rating-Based Hybrid Recommendation Strategies
   Rob J. Nadolski, Bert van den Berg, Adriana J. Berlanga, Hendrik Drachsler, Hans G.K. Hummel, Rob Koper and Peter B. Sloep

Modelling Opinion Formation with Physics Tools: Call for Closer Link with Reality
   Pawel Sobkowicz

Contra Epstein, Good Explanations Predict
   Nicholas S. Thompson and Patrick Derr

Not All Explanations Predict Satisfactorily, and Not All Good Predictions Explain
   Klaus G. Troitzsch

Complex Adaptive Systems: an Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
Miller, John H. and Page, Scott E.
Reviewed by Paul Ormerod

Neuroeconomics: A Guide to the New Science of Making Choices
Politser, Peter
Reviewed by Riccardo Boero

Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling (Bradford Books)
Ross, Don, Sharp, Carla, Vuchinich, Rudy E., and Spurret, David
Reviewed by Riccardo Boero

Applications of Complex Adaptive Systems
Shan, Yin and Yang, Ang (Eds.)
Reviewed by Gönenç Yücel

Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes
Gimblett, Randy and Skov-Petersen, Hans (Eds.)
Reviewed by Andreas Koch

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Volume 11(4) published on 31-Oct-2008
Population Heterogeneity and Individual Differences in an Assortative Agent-Based Marriage and Divorce Model (MADAM) Using Search with Relaxing Expectations
   Thomas Hills and Peter Todd

Marriage Formation/Dissolution and Marital Distribution in a Two-Period Economic Model of Matching with Cooperative Bargaining
   Ayse Mumcu and Ismail Saglam

Homo Socionicus: a Case Study of Simulation Models of Norms
   Martin Neumann

Governments, Civilians, and the Evolution of Insurgency: Modeling the Early Dynamics of Insurgencies
   D. Scott Bennett

Pricing Strategies and Protection of Digital Products Under Presence of Piracy: A Welfare Analysis
   Gokhan Ozertan and Baris Cevik

The Dynamics of Public Opinion in Complex Networks
   Shuguang Suo and Yu Chen

Replication in the Deception and Convergence of Opinions Problem
   André C. R. Martins

Can Extremism Guarantee Pluralism?
   Floriana Gargiulo and Alberto Mazzoni

An Agent-Based Model of Mediterranean Agricultural Land-Use/Cover Change for Examining Wildfire Risk
   James Millington, Raúl Romero-Calcerrada, John Wainwright and George Perry

A Framework for Megascale Agent Based Model Simulations on Graphics Processing Units
   Mikola Lysenko and Roshan M. D'Souza

Why Model?
   Joshua M. Epstein

Reply to Will and Hegselmann
   Michael Macy and Yoshimichi Sato

Remark on a Reply
   Oliver Will and Rainer Hegselmann

Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science (Bradford Books)
Bedau, Mark A and Humphreys, Paul (Eds.)
Reviewed by Flaminio Squazzoni

The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
Page, Scott E.
Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds

Catastrophes in Nature and Society: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems
Khlebopros, Rem G., Okhonin, Viktor A. and Fet, Abram I.
Reviewed by Jos Timmermans

Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior
Harmon-Jones, Eddie and Winkielman, Piotr (Eds.)
Reviewed by Adolfo López-Paredes

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Volume 11(3) published on 30-Jun-2008
A Replication That Failed - on the Computational Model in 'Michael W. Macy and Yoshimichi Sato: Trust, Cooperation and Market Formation in the U.S. and Japan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2002'
   Oliver Will and Rainer Hegselmann

Simple Heuristics in Complex Networks: Models of Social Influence
   Gero Schwenk and Torsten Reimer

Modelling Socio-Technical Transition Patterns and Pathways
   Noam Bergman, Alex Haxeltine, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Jonathan Köhler, Michel Schilperoord and Jan Rotmans

Agent-Based Emergency Evacuation Simulation with Individuals with Disabilities in the Population
   Keith Christensen and Yuya Sasaki

Agent-Based Simulation of the Trust and Tracing Game for Supply Chains and Networks
   Dmytro Tykhonov, Catholijn Jonker, Sebastiaan Meijer and Tim Verwaart

Enhancing the Australian National Health Survey Data for Use in a Microsimulation Model of Pharmaceutical Drug Usage and Cost
   Annie Abello, Sharyn Lymer, Laurie Brown, Ann Harding and Ben Phillips

Emergence and Collapse of Peace with Friend Selection Strategies
   Yutaka Nakai and Masayoshi Muto

Simulating Evolutionary Games: A Python-Based Introduction
   Alan G. Isaac

The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You
Buchanan, Mark
Reviewed by David Hales

The Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems
Kohler, Timothy A., and van der Leeuw, Sander E. (Eds.)
Reviewed by Jim Doran

Socialising Complexity: Approaches to Power and Interaction in Archaeological Discourse
Kohring, Sheila, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie (Eds.)
Reviewed by Jim Doran

Social Connectionism: a Reader and Handbook for Simulations
Overwalle, Frank van
Reviewed by Martin Neumann

The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences
Shapiro, I
Reviewed by Armando Geller

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Volume 11(2) published on 31-Mar-2008
Is Religion an Evolutionary Adaptation?
   James Dow

REsCape: an Agent-Based Framework for Modeling Resources, Ethnicity, and Conflict
   Ravi Bhavnani, Dan Miodownik and Jonas Nart

Progress in Model-To-Model Analysis
   Juliette Rouchier, Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, J. Gary Polhill and Keiki Takadama

Reinforcement Learning Dynamics in Social Dilemmas
   Segismundo S. Izquierdo, Luis R. Izquierdo and Nicholas M. Gotts

Opinion Dynamics: the Effect of the Number of Peers Met at Once
   Diemo Urbig, Jan Lorenz and Heiko Herzberg

Using the ODD Protocol for Describing Three Agent-Based Social Simulation Models of Land-Use Change
   J. Gary Polhill, Dawn Parker, Daniel Brown and Volker Grimm

Horizontal and Vertical Multiple Implementations in a Model of Industrial Districts
   Ugo Merlone, Michele Sonnessa and Pietro Terna

Differential Equation Models Derived from an Individual-Based Model Can Help to Understand Emergent Effects
   Sylvie Huet and Guillaume Deffuant

Micro- and Macro-Level Validation in Agent-Based Simulation: Reproduction of Human-Like Behaviors and Thinking in a Sequential Bargaining Game
   Keiki Takadama, Tetsuro Kawai and Yuhsuke Koyama

Towards a Community Framework for Agent-Based Modelling
   Marco A. Janssen, Lilian N. Alessa, Michael Barton, Sean Bergin and Allen Lee

A Model-To-Model Analysis of Bertrand Competition
   Xavier Vilà

Social Simulation: Technologies, Advances and New Discoveries (Premier Reference)
Edmonds, Bruce, Hernandez, Cesareo and Troitzsch, Klaus G.
Reviewed by Scott E. Page

Agent-Based Models
Gilbert, Nigel
Reviewed by Gianluca Manzo

Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation in the Social and Human Sciences
Phan, Denis, and Amblard, Frédéric (Eds.)
Reviewed by Magda Fontana

Simulation Modeling and Analysis with ARENA
Altiok, T. and Melamed, Benjamin
Reviewed by Alessandro Raimondi

Simulation
Ross, Sheldon M.
Reviewed by Alessandro Raimondi

Simulation of Dynamic Systems with Matlab and Simulink
Harold, Klee
Reviewed by Alessandro Raimondi

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Volume 11(1) published on 31-Jan-2008
An Agent-Based Representation of the Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
   Guido Fioretti and Alessandro Lomi

Cricketsim: a Genetic and Evolutionary Computer Simulation
   Kyle Wagner and Kerry Shaw

Alternative Approaches to the Empirical Validation of Agent-Based Models
   Scott Moss

A Cognitively Founded Model of the Social Emergence of Lexicon
   Umberto Gostoli

Rethinking Lock-in and Locking: Adopters Facing Network Effects
   Marc R.H. Roedenbeck and Barnas Nothnagel

Network Formation and Strategic Firm Behaviour to Explore and Exploit
   Müge Özman

How to Choose the Bidding Strategy in Continuous Double Auctions: Imitation Versus Take-The-Best Heuristics
   Marta Posada and Adolfo López-Paredes

Imitation and Cooperation in Different Helping Games
   Giangiacomo Bravo

Complexity and Organization. Readings and Conversations
Macintosh, Robert, Maclean, Donald, Stacey, Ralph, Griffin, Douglas (Eds.)
Reviewed by Hans de Haan

Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management
Rennard, Jean-Philippe (Ed)
Reviewed by Erol Taymaz

Advancing Social Simulation: the First World Congress
Takahashi, S., Sallach, D., Rouchier J. (Eds.)
Reviewed by Peter Davis

Complex Social Networks (Econometric Society Monographs) (Econometric Society Monographs)
Vega-Redondo, Fernando
Reviewed by Josep M. Pujol

Environments for Multi-Agent Systems: First International Workshop, E4mas, 2004, New York, NY, July 19, 2004, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Weyns, Danny, Parunak, H. Van Dyke and Fabien, Michel (eds.)
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

Organizations as Complex Systems: Social Cybernetics and Knowledge in Theory and Practice (Managing the Complex)
Yolles, Maurice
Reviewed by Chris Goldspink

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Volume 10(4) published on 31-Oct-2007
Groups of Agents with a Leader
   Onofrio Gigliotta, Orazio Miglino and Domenico Parisi

Cultural Learning in a Dynamic Environment: an Analysis of Both Fitness and Diversity in Populations of Neural Network Agents
   Dara Curran and Colm O'Riordan

Spatial Dynamics of Pandemic Influenza in a Massive Artificial Society
   Phillip Stroud, Sara Del Valle, Stephen Sydoriak, Jane Riese and Susan Mniszewski

The Impact of HIV/AIDS in the Context of Socioeconomic Stressors: an Evidence-Driven Approach
   Shah Jamal Alam, Ruth Meyer, Gina Ziervogel and Scott Moss

Using Computational Agents to Design Participatory Social Simulations
   Minh Nguyen-Duc and Alexis Drogoul

Making Models Match: Replicating an Agent-Based Model
   Uri Wilensky and William Rand

Studying Organisational Topology with Simple Computational Models
   Anthony Dekker

A Model to Test How Diversity Affects Resilience in Regional Innovation Networks
   Sergi Lozano and Alexandre Arenas

Simulating the Effect of Social Influence on Decision-Making in Small, Task-Oriented, Groups
   Roy Wilson

Generative Social Science: Studies in Agent-Based Computational Modeling (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
Epstein, J.
Reviewed by Rosaria Conte

Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: from Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation
Sun, Ron (ed.)
Reviewed by Juliette Rouchier

Econophysics and Sociophysics: Trends and Perspectives
Chakrabarti, Bikas K.,Chakraborti, Anirban, Chatterjee, Arnab (Eds.)
Reviewed by J. Barkley Rosser Jr.

Complexity in World Politics (SUNY Series in Global Politics)
Harrison, Neil E.
Reviewed by Orion A. Lewis

Simulation: Pragmatic Construction of Reality (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook)
Lenhard, Johannes, Kueppers, Guenter, Shinn, Terry
Reviewed by Hans de Haan

Managing Business Complexity: Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation
North, Michael and Macal, Charles
Reviewed by H. Van Dyke Parunak

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Volume 10(3) published on 30-Jun-2007
Simulating Gender Stratification
   James F. Robison-Cox, Richard F. Martell and Cynthia G. Emrich

Information Feedback and Mass Media Effects in Cultural Dynamics
   Juan Carlos González-Avella, Mario G. Cosenza, Konstantin Klemm, Víctor M. Eguíluz and Maxi San Miguel

Research on Multi-Agent Simulation of Epidemic News Spread Characteristics
   Xiaoguang Gong and Renbin Xiao

Dynamics of Network Formation Processes in the Co-Author Model
   Laurent Tambayong

Evolutionary Tournament-Based Comparison of Learning and Non-Learning Algorithms for Iterated Games
   Stéphane Airiau, Sabyasachi Saha and Sandip Sen

Finite Neighborhood Binary Games: a Structural Study
   Jijun Zhao, Ferenc Szidarovszky and Miklos N. Szilagyi

The Evolution of Altruism in Spatially Structured Populations
   András Németh and Károly Takács

How Realistic Should Knowledge Diffusion Models Be?
   Jean-Philippe Cointet and Camille Roth

Characterising Land Holding Size Distributions in a Forest Reserve
   Oswaldo Terán, Johanna Alvarez, Magdiel Ablan and Manuel Jaimes

Open Access for Social Simulation
   J. Gary Polhill and Bruce Edmonds

Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-Based Economy
Pyka, Andreas and Hanusch, Horst
Reviewed by Koen Frenken

Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory
Frenken, Koen
Reviewed by Piergiuseppe Morone

Science and Policy in Natural Resource Management: Understanding System Complexity
Allison, Helen and Hobbs, Richard
Reviewed by Nicholas M. Gotts

I Am a Strange Loop
Hofstadter, Douglas R.
Reviewed by Jim Doran

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Volume 10(2) published on 31-Mar-2007
Empirical Validation of Agent-Based Models: Alternatives and Prospects
   Paul Windrum, Giorgio Fagiolo and Alessio Moneta

Social Simulation of Stock Markets: Taking It to the Next Level
   Arvid Oskar Ivar Hoffmann, Wander Jager and J. H. Von Eije

Higher-Order Simulations: Strategic Investment Under Model-Induced Price Patterns
   Gilbert Peffer and Bàrbara Llacay

Peer-Allocated Instant Response (PAIR): Computational Allocation of Peer Tutors in Learning Communities
   Wim Westera

A Semantic Grid Service for Experimentation with an Agent-Based Model of Land-Use Change
   J. Gary Polhill, Edoardo Pignotti, Nicholas M. Gotts, Pete Edwards and Alun Preece

An Extended Reinforcement Algorithm for Estimation of Human Behaviour in Experimental Congestion Games
   Thorsten Chmura and Thomas Pitz

CARDS: Case-Based Reasoning Decision Support Mechanism for Multi-Agent Negotiation in Mobile Commerce
   Kun Chang Lee and Namho Lee

Dynamic Agent Compression
   Stephen Wendel and Catherine Dibble

Agent-Based Computational Modelling: Applications in Demography, Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences (Contributions to Economics)
Billari, Francesco G., Fent, Thomas, Prskawetz, Alexia and Scheffran, Jurgen (eds.)
Reviewed by Petra Ahrweiler

The Economy as an Evolving Complex System: V. 3
Blume, Lawrence E. and Durlauf, Steven N.
Reviewed by Hardy Hanappi

Computational Economics
Kendrick, David A., Mercado, P. Ruben and Amman, Hans M.
Reviewed by Pietro Terna

Computational and Mathematical Modeling in the Social Sciences
Marchi, Scott de
Reviewed by Flaminio Squazzoni

Modeling and Simulation: the Computer Science of Illusion
Raczynski, Stanislaw
Reviewed by Alex Schmid

Introduction to Computational Science: Modeling and Simulation for the Sciences
Shiflet, Angela B. and Shiflet, George W.
Reviewed by Ugo Merlone

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Volume 10(1) published on 31-Jan-2007
Culture Outsmarts Nature in the Evolution of Cooperation
   Klaus Jaffe and Roberto Cipriani

Forecasting China's Medical Insurance Policy for Urban Employees Using a Microsimulation Model
   Linping Xiong and Xiuqiang Ma

Taking into Account the Variations of Neighbourhood Sizes in the Mean-Field Approximation of the Threshold Model on a Random Network
   Sylvie Huet, Margaret Edwards and Guillaume Deffuant

Cellular-Automata Based Qualitative Simulation for Nonprofit Group Behavior
   Bin Hu and Debing Zhang

Socionics: Sociological Concepts for Social Systems of Artificial (and Human) Agents
   Thomas Malsch and Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer

Communication Between Process and Structure: Modelling and Simulating Message Reference Networks with COM/TE
   Thomas Malsch, Christoph Schlieder, Peter Kiefer, Maren Lübcke, Rasco Perschke, Marco Schmitt and Klaus Stein

The Empirical Semantics Approach to Communication Structure Learning and Usage: Individualistic Vs. Systemic Views
   Matthias Nickles, Michael Rovatsos, Marco Schmitt, Wilfried Brauer, Felix Fischer, Thomas Malsch, Kai Paetow and Gerhard Weiss

Social Reputation: a Mechanism for Flexible Self-Regulation of Multiagent Systems
   Christian Hahn, Bettina Fley, Michael Florian, Daniela Spresny and Klaus Fischer

Socionic Multi-Agent Systems Based on Reflexive Petri Nets and Theories of Social Self-Organisation
   Michael Köhler, Roman Langer, Rolf von Lüde, Daniel Moldt, Heiko Rölke and Rüdiger Valk

Construction and Evaluation of Social Agents in Hybrid Settings: Approach and Experimental Results of the INKA Project
   Martin Meister, Kay Schröter, Diemo Urbig, Eric Lettkemann, Hans-Dieter Burkhard and Werner Rammert

Handbook of Computational Economics: Agent-Based Computational Economics (Handbook of Computational Economics S.)
Tesfatsion, L. and Judd, K.L. (eds.)
Reviewed by Herbert Gintis

Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution
Richerson, Peter J. and Boyd, Robert
Reviewed by Giangiacomo Bravo

Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists (Monograph Series on Nonlinear Science and Complexity)
Stauffer, Dietrich, Oliveira, Suzana Moss de, Oliveira, Paulo Murilo Castro de and Martins, Jorge Simoes de Sa
Reviewed by Frank Schweitzer

Complexity and Co-Evolution: Continuity and Change in Socio-Economic Systems
Garnsey, Elizabeth, Hall Clare, McGlade, James
Reviewed by Mauro Lombardi

The Re-Emergence of Emergence: the Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion
Clayton, Philip and Davies, Paul (eds.)
Reviewed by Johannes Lenhard

Computer Simulations of Criminal Deterrence: from Public Policy to Local Interaction to Individual Behaviour
Baal, Pieter Van
Reviewed by Nick Malleson

Artificial Life Special Issue on Visualization for Complex Adaptive Systems
Bedau, Mark A. (ed.)
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Multi-Agent Systems: Aamas 2005 International Workshops on Agents, Norms, and Institutions for Regulated Multiagent Systems, Anirem 2005 and on Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems, Ooop 2005, Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 25-26, 2005, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Boissier, O., Padget, J., Dignum, V., Lindemann, G., Matson, E., Ossowski, S., Sichman, J., Vázquez-Salceda, J.
Reviewed by Paolo Turrini

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Volume 9(4) published on 31-Oct-2006
Self-Organizing Traffic at a Malfunctioning Intersection
   Sujai Kumar and Sugata Mitra

Cascades of Failure and Extinction in Evolving Complex Systems
   Paul Ormerod and Rich Colbaugh

Cultural Differences and Economic Incentives: an Agent-Based Study of Their Impact on the Emergence of Regional Autonomy Movements
   Dan Miodownik

Is Your Model Susceptible to Floating-Point Errors?
   Luis R. Izquierdo and J. Gary Polhill

Enhancing the Supply Chain Performance by Integrating Simulated and Physical Agents into Organizational Information Systems
   Fu-ren Lin and Shyh-ming Lin

Expectation-Driven Interaction: a Model Based on Luhmann's Contingency Approach
   Michael Barber, Philippe Blanchard, Eva Buchinger, Bruno Cessac and Ludwig Streit

Agent-Based Participatory Simulations: Merging Multi-Agent Systems and Role-Playing Games
   Paul Guyot and Shinichi Honiden

An "All Hands" Call to the Social Science Community: Establishing a Community Framework for Complexity Modeling Using Agent Based Models and Cyberinfrastructure
   Lilian N. Alessa, Melinda Laituri and Michael Barton

Cities and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals
Batty, Michael
Reviewed by Riccardo Boero

Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling Techniques for Simulating Social and Ecological Processes (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity S.)
Gimblett, Randy H.
Reviewed by Riccardo Boero

GIS, Spatial Analysis and Modeling
Maguire, David, Batty, Michael and Goodchild, Michael (eds.)
Reviewed by Riccardo Boero

Weak Links: Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks
Csermely, Peter
Reviewed by Makany Tamas

Individual-Based Modelling and Ecology
Grimm, Volker and Railsback, Steven F.
Reviewed by Marco A. Janssen

Applied Evolutionary Economics: New Empirical Methods and Simulation Techniques
Saviotti, Pier Paolo (ed.)
Reviewed by Marco Valente

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Volume 9(3) published on 13-Jul-2006
Truth and Cognitive Division of Labour: First Steps Towards a Computer Aided Social Epistemology
   Rainer Hegselmann and Ulrich Krause

Comparing Extremism Propagation Patterns in Continuous Opinion Models
   Guillaume Deffuant

Using Hybrid Agent-Based Systems to Model Spatially-Influenced Retail Markets
   Alison Heppenstall, Andrew Evans and Mark Birkin

Spatial Behavior in Groups: an Agent-Based Approach
   Francesc S. Beltran, Laura Salas and Vicenç Quera

Votes and Lobbying in the European Decision-Making Process: Application to the European Regulation on GMO Release
   Juliette Rouchier and Sophie Thoyer

Better Be Convincing or Better Be Stylish? a Theory Based Multi-Agent Simulation to Explain Minority Influence in Groups Via Arguments or Via Peripheral Cues
   Hans-Joachim Mosler

The Simulation of Financial Markets by Agent-Based Mix-Game Models
   Chengling Gou

Simulation of the Categorization-Elaboration Model of Diversity and Work-Group Performance
   Victor Palmer

A Generic Approach to an Object-Oriented Learning Classifier System Library
   Matthias Meyer and Klaus Hufschlag

Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
Ball, Philip
Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds

Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems
Sawyer, R. Keith
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

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Volume 9(2) published on 06-Jun-2006
Comparison of Eurovision Song Contest Simulation with Actual Results Reveals Shifting Patterns of Collusive Voting Alliances.
   Derek Gatherer

An Agent-Based Model of Mortality Shocks, Intergenerational Effects, and Urban Crime
   Michael Makowsky

Metamimetic Games: Modeling Metadynamics in Social Cognition
   David Chavalarias

Multi-Agent Simulation of Emergence of Schwa Deletion Pattern in Hindi
   Monojit Choudhury, Anupam Basu and Sudeshna Sarkar

My Way or the Highway: a More Naturalistic Model of Altruism Tested in an Iterative Prisoners' Dilemma
   David Joyce, John Kennison, Owen Densmore, Stephen Guerin, Shawn Barr, Eric Charles and Nicholas S. Thompson

Formal Interpretation of a Multi-Agent Society As a Single Agent
   Tibor Bosse and Jan Treur

Repage: REPutation and ImAGE Among Limited Autonomous Partners
   Jordi Sabater-Mir, Mario Paolucci and Rosaria Conte

Emerging Artificial Societies Through Learning
   Nigel Gilbert, Matthijs den Besten, Akos Bontovics, Bart G.W. Craenen, Federico Divina, A.E. Eiben, Robert Griffioen, György Hévízi, Andras Lõrincz, Ben Paechter, Stephan Schuster, Martijn C. Schut, Christian Tzolov, Paul Vogt and Lu Yang

Simulation in Economics: Evidence on Diffusion and Communication
   Magda Fontana

Dissecting the Social: on the Principles of Analytical Sociology
Hedstrom, Peter
Reviewed by Flaminio Squazzoni

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Volume 9(1) published on 05-Feb-2006
Cultural Transmission Between and Within Generations
   Alberto Acerbi and Domenico Parisi

The Emergence of Symbiotic Groups Resulting from Skill-Differentiation and Tags
   Bruce Edmonds

Mass Media and Polarisation Processes in the Bounded Confidence Model of Opinion Dynamics
   Gary Mckeown and Noel Sheehy

A Continuous Opinion Dynamics Model Based on the Principle of Meta-Contrast
   Laurent Salzarulo

Deception and Convergence of Opinions Part 2: the Effects of Reproducibility
   Victor Palmer

Consensus Strikes Back in the Hegselmann-Krause Model of Continuous Opinion Dynamics Under Bounded Confidence
   Jan Lorenz

Uncertainty and Cooperation: Analytical Results and a Simulated Agent Society
   Peter Andras, John Lazarus, Gilbert Roberts and Steven J Lynden

Simulating the Emergence of Task Rotation
   Kees Zoethout, Wander Jager and Eric Molleman

The AtollGame Experience: from Knowledge Engineering to a Computer-Assisted Role Playing Game
   Anne Dray, Pascal Perez, Natalie Jones, Christophe Le Page, Patrick D'Aquino, Ian White and Titeem Auatabu

The Viability of Cooperation Based on Interpersonal Commitment
   István Back and Andreas Flache

Introduction to the Special Section on Reputation in Agent Societies
   Mario Paolucci and Jordi Sabater-Mir

Evolution of Cooperation when Feedback to Reputation Scores is Voluntary
   Marco A. Janssen

On the Simulation of Global Reputation Systems
   Andreas Schlosser, Marco Voss and Lars Brückner

Dialogues Concerning a (Possibly) New Science
   Guillaume Deffuant, Scott Moss and Wander Jager

An Agent-Based Spatially Explicit Epidemiological Model in MASON
   Jill Bigley Dunham

A Common Protocol for Agent-Based Social Simulation
   Matteo Richiardi, Roberto Leombruni, Nicole J. Saam and Michele Sonnessa

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Volume 8(4) published on 31-Oct-2005
How Can Social Networks Ever Become Complex? Modelling the Emergence of Complex Networks from Local Social Exchanges
   Josep M. Pujol, Andreas Flache, Jordi Delgado and Ramon Sangüesa

Violence and Revenge in Egalitarian Societies
   Stephen Younger

Influence of Local Information on Social Simulations in Small-World Network Models
   Chung-Yuan Huang, Chuen-Tsai Sun and Hsun-Cheng Lin

It Pays to Be Popular: a Study of Civilian Assistance and Guerilla Warfare
   Scott Wheeler

Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation
   Ulrich Frank and Klaus G. Troitzsch

Towards Good Social Science
   Scott Moss and Bruce Edmonds

A Framework for Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation
   Joerg Becker, Bjoern Niehaves and Karsten Klose

What is the Truth of Simulation?
   Alex Schmid

The Logic of the Method of Agent-Based Simulation in the Social Sciences: Empirical and Intentional Adequacy of Computer Programs
   Nuno David, Jaime Simão Sichman and Helder Coelho

Validation of Simulation: Patterns in the Social and Natural Sciences
   Günter Küppers and Johannes Lenhard

Stylised Facts and the Contribution of Simulation to the Economic Analysis of Budgeting
   Bernd-O. Heine, Matthias Meyer and Oliver Strangfeld

Does Empirical Embeddedness Matter? Methodological Issues on Agent-Based Models for Analytical Social Science
   Riccardo Boero and Flaminio Squazzoni

Caffè Nero: The Evaluation of Social Simulation
   Petra Ahrweiler and Nigel Gilbert

Routines of Decision Making
Betsch, Tilmann and Haberstroh, Susanne (eds.)
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

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Volume 8(3) published on 05-Jul-2005
Sociological Implications of Gift Exchange in Multiagent Systems
   Shah Jamal Alam, Frank Hillebrandt and Michael Schillo

Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Lessons Learned Re-Implementing Axelrod's 'Evolutionary Approach to Norms'
   José Manuel Galán and Luis R. Izquierdo

A Formal Model for the Fifth Discipline
   Lourival Paulino da Silva

The Fate of Spatial Dilemmas with Different Fuzzy Measures of Success
   Hugo Fort and Nicolás Pérez

Inter-Organizational Learning and Collective Memory in Small Firms Clusters: an Agent-Based Approach
   Francesca Borrelli, Cristina Ponsiglione, Luca Iandoli and Giuseppe Zollo

Modelling the Dynamics of Youth Subcultures
   Petter Holme and Andreas Grönlund

MAS-SOC: a Social Simulation Platform Based on Agent-Oriented Programming
   Rafael H Bordini, Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa, Jomi F. Hübner, Fabio Yoshimitsu Okuyama, Álvaro F. Moreira and Renata Vieira

Social Dynamics: Economic Learning and Social Evolution
Durlauf, Steven N. and Young, H. Peyton (eds.)
Reviewed by Michael Makowsky

The Design of Innovation: Lessons from and for Competent Genetic Algorithms
Goldberg, David E.
Reviewed by Helder Coelho

Evolutionary Algorithms and Agricultural Systems
Mayer, David G.
Reviewed by Ray Wyatt

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Volume 8(2) published on 31-Mar-2005
Anticipatory Systems and the Processing of Meaning: a Simulation Study Inspired by Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems
   Loet Leydesdorff

A Model for a Simple Luhmann Economy
   Anselm Fleischmann

Integrated Description and Qualitative Simulation Method for Group Behavior
   Bin Hu and Xia Gongcheng

Deception and Convergence of Opinions
   André C. R. Martins

Reciprocity, Sanctions, and the Development of Mutual Obligation in Egalitarian Societies
   Stephen Younger

Increasing Learner Retention in a Simulated Learning Network Using Indirect Social Interaction
   Rob Koper

Simulating the Conflict Between Reputation and Profitability for Online Rating Portals
   Boris Galitsky and Mark Levene

Lessons Learned from Converting the Artificial Stock Market to Interval Arithmetic
   J. Gary Polhill and Luis R. Izquierdo

Technical Note: Evaluating Java Development Kits for Agent-Based Modeling
   Nils B. Weidmann and Luc Girardin

Complexity and Ecosystem Management: the Theory and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems
Janssen, Marco A. (ed.)
Reviewed by Pietro Terna

Multi-Agent Systems and Applications
Luck, M., Marik, M., Stepankova, O. and Trappl, R.
Reviewed by Julia Frolova

Distributed Constraint Satisfaction: Foundations of Cooperation in Multi-Agent Systems
Yokoo, Makoto
Reviewed by David L. Sallach

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Volume 8(1) published on 31-Jan-2005
SISTER: a Symbolic Interactionist Simulation of Trade and Emergent Roles
   Deborah Vakas Duong and John Grefenstette

Agents in Living Color: Towards Emic Agent-Based Models
   Michael Agar

The Ghost in the Model (and Other Effects of Floating Point Arithmetic)
   J. Gary Polhill, Luis R. Izquierdo and Nicholas M. Gotts

Emerging communication and cooperation in evolving agent societies
   Pieter Buzing, A.E. Eiben and Martijn C. Schut

The Human Science of Simulation: a Robust Hermeneutics for Artificial Societies
   Michael Drennan

Simulating the Emergence of New Religious Movements
   M. Afzal Upal

Social Order in Multiagent Systems
Conte, Rosaria and Dellarocas, Chrysanthos (eds.)
Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds

Conceptual Modelling of Multi-Agent Systems: the Comomas Engineering Environment
Glaser, Norbert
Reviewed by Victor Korobitsin

Creating Internet Intelligence: Wild Computing, Distributed Digital Consciousness, and the Emerging Global Brain
Goertzel, Ben
Reviewed by Carl Henning Reschke

Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation Technologies: a Tapestry of Systems and A. I. Based Theories and Methodologies
Sarjoughian, Hessam S. and Cellier, Francois E. (eds.)
Reviewed by Jeremy Garnett

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Volume 7(4) published on 31-Oct-2004
The Use of Logic in Agent-Based Social Simulation
   Frank Dignum, Bruce Edmonds and Liz Sonenberg

Formal Systems and Agent-Based Social Simulation Equals Null?
   Maria Fasli

Responsibility for Societies of Agents
   Rosaria Conte and Mario Paolucci

Reasoning About Other Agents: a Plea for Logic-Based Methods
   Wendelin Reich

Simulating political attitudes and voting behavior
   Johannes Kottonau and Claudia Pahl-Wostl

Simulating SARS: Small-World Epidemiological Modeling and Public Health Policy Assessments
   Chung-Yuan Huang, Chuen-Tsai Sun, Ji-Lung Hsieh and Holin Lin

The Design of Participatory Agent-Based Social Simulations
   Ana Maria Ramanath and Nigel Gilbert

Understanding MABS and Social Simulation: Switching Between Languages in a Hierarchy of Levels
   Oswaldo Terán

Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance
Chen, Shu-Heng (ed.)
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

Imitation in Animals and Artifacts
Dautenhahn, Kerstin and Nehaniv, Chrystopher L. (eds.)
Reviewed by Itzhak Benenson

Sociodynamics: a Systematic Approach to Mathematical Modelling in the Social Sciences
Weidlich, Wolfgang
Reviewed by Glen Lesins

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Volume 7(3) published on 30-Jun-2004
VIR-POX: An Agent-Based Analysis of Smallpox Preparedness and Response Policy
   Benjamin M. Eidelson and Ian Lustick

The Structure and Logic of Interdisciplinary Research in Agent-Based Social Simulation
   Nuno David, Maria Bruno Marietto, Jaime Simão Sichman and Helder Coelho

From Classroom Experiments to Computer Code
   Arianna Dal Forno and Ugo Merlone

ALEX3: a Simulation Program to Compare Electoral Systems
   Marie-Edith Bissey, Mauro Carini and Guido Ortona

Simulating Organizational Decision-Making Using a Cognitively Realistic Agent Model
   Ron Sun and Isaac Naveh

Case-Based Reasoning, Social Dilemmas, and a New Equilibrium Concept
   Luis R. Izquierdo, Nicholas M. Gotts and J. Gary Polhill

Discretized Opinion Dynamics of the Deffaunt Model on Scale-Free Networks
   Dietrich Stauffer, Adriano Sousa and Christian Schulze

Reputation in Artificial Societies: Social Beliefs for Social Order
Conte, Rosaria and Paolucci, Mario
Reviewed by Flaminio Squazzoni

An Introduction to Multi-Agent Systems
Wooldridge, Michael
Reviewed by Duncan A. Robertson

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Volume 7(2) published on 31-Mar-2004
Simulation of The Dynamic Interactions Between Terror and Anti-Terror Organizational Structures
   Stanislaw Raczynski

When and Why Does Haggling Occur? Some Suggestions from a Qualitative but Computational Simulation of Negotiation
   Bruce Edmonds and David Hales

Seeking Equilibrium Leads to Chaos: Multiple Equilibria Regulation Model
   Ioannis D Katerelos and Andreas G. Koulouris

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Social Simulation
   Andreas Pyka and Petra Ahrweiler

Modelling Learning and R&D in Innovative Environments: a Cognitive Multi-Agent Approach
   Javier Pajares, Cesáreo Hernández-Iglesias and Adolfo López-Paredes

Knowledge Creation Facing Hierarchy: The Dynamics of Groups Inside The Firm
   Nathalie Lazaric and Alain Raybaut

Small World Dynamics and The Process of Knowledge Diffusion: The Case of The Metropolitan Area of Greater Santiago De Chile
   Piergiuseppe Morone and Richard Taylor

Adoption and Use of Electronic Markets: Individual and Collective Learning
   Eric Darmon and Dominique Torre

Micro Behavioural Attitudes and Macro Technological Adaptation in Industrial Districts: an Agent-Based Prototype
   Riccardo Boero, Marco Castellani and Flaminio Squazzoni

Spatial Evolutionary Modelling
Krzanowski, Roman and Raper, Jonathan (eds.)
Reviewed by Steven M. Manson

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Volume 7(1) published on 31-Jan-2004
Route Decision Behaviour in a Commuting Scenario: Simple Heuristics Adaptation and Effect of Traffic Forecast
   Franziska Klügl and Ana L. C. Bazzan

Generalizing Gibrat: Reasonable Multiplicative Models of Firm Dynamics
   Matteo Richiardi

An Adaptive Toolbox Model: a Pluralistic Modelling Approach for Human Behaviour Based on Observation
   Claudia Pahl-Wostl and Eva Ebenhöh

The Role of Signaling Action Tendencies in Conflict Resolution
   Matthias Scheutz and Paul Schermerhorn

The Effect of Communicating Normative Reputation on the Benefits of Resource Sharing in Simple Societies
   Stephen Younger

Evaluation of free Java-libraries for social-scientific agent based simulation
   Robert Tobias and Carole Hofmann

The GeoGraph 3D Computational Laboratory: Network and Terrain Landscapes for RePast
   Catherine Dibble and Philip G. Feldman

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Volume 6(4) published on 31-Oct-2003
Adaptive Agents, Political Institutions and Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
   Ravi Bhavnani

Simulation and Validation of an Integrated Markets Model
   Brian Sallans, Alexander Pfister, Alexandros Karatzoglou and Georg Dorffner

Coordination Mechanisms Based on Cooperation and Competition Within Industrial Districts: an Agent-Based Computational Approach
   Vito Albino, Nunzia Carbonara and Ilaria Giannoccaro

Social Attitudes: Investigations with Agent Simulations Using Webots
   Ivica Mitrovic and Kerstin Dautenhahn

Cross-Element Validation in Multiagent-Based Simulation: Switching Learning Mechanisms in Agents
   Keiki Takadama, Yutaka L. Suematsu, Norikazu Sugimoto, Norberto E. Nawa and Katsunori Shimohara

Model-To-Model Analysis
   David Hales, Juliette Rouchier and Bruce Edmonds

Re-Implementation of a Multi-Agent Model Aimed at Sustaining Experimental Economic Research: the Case of Simulations with Emerging Speculation
   Juliette Rouchier

Simulations of Group Dynamics with Different Models
   Jürgen Klüver and Christina Klüver

Comparing an Individual-Based Model of Behaviour Diffusion with Its Mean Field Aggregate Approximation
   Margaret Edwards, Sylvie Huet, François Goreaud and Guillaume Deffuant

Comparative Analysis of Agent-Based Social Simulations: GeoSim and FEARLUS Models
   Claudio Cioffi-Revilla and Nicholas M. Gotts

Replication, Replication and Replication: Some Hard Lessons from Model Alignmen
   Bruce Edmonds and David Hales

Sim2Web: an Open Source System for Web-Enabling Economic and Financial Simulations
   Sergio Margarita and Michele Sonnessa

Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Analysis: Workshop Summary and Papers
Breiger, Ronald, Carley, Kathleen and Pattison, Philippa (eds.)
Reviewed by Sandra Gonzalez

Thinking with Diagrams
Blackwell, Alan F. (ed.)
Reviewed by Suchi Patel

Evolutionary Economics: Program and Scope
Dopfer, Kurt (ed.)
Reviewed by Carl Henning Reschke

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Volume 6(3) published on 30-Jun-2003
Discrete Agent Simulations of the Effect of Simple Social Structures on the Benefits of Resource Sharing
   Stephen Younger

Sentiment and Social Mitosis: Implications of Heider's Balance Theory
   Zhigang Wang and Warren Thorngate

Agent-Based Approach to Investors? Behavior and Asset Price Fluctuation in Financial Markets
   Hiroshi Takahashi and Takao Terano

Do Real Options Perform Better Than Net Present Value? Testing in an Artificial Financial Market
   Massimo Sapienza

Using Self-Designed Role-Playing Games and a Multi-Agent System to Empower a Local Decision-Making Process for Land Use Management: the SelfCormas Experiment in Senegal
   Patrick D'Aquino, Christophe Le Page, Francois Bousquet and Alassane Bah

A Role-Playing Game in Irrigated System Negotiation: Between Play and Reality
   William's Daré and Olivier Barreteau

Gaming Approach Route 26: a Combination of Computer Simulation, Design Tools and Social Interaction
   M Duijn, L.H Immers, F.A Waaldijk and H.J. Stoelhorst

My Kingdom for a Function: Modeling Misadventures of the Innumerate
   Michael Agar

The Significance of Initial Conditions in Simulations
   K. K. Fung and Shekhar Vemuri

Learning SIMUL8: the Complete Guide
Hauge, Jaret W. and Paige, Kerrie N.
Reviewed by László Gulyás

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Volume 6(2) published on 31-Mar-2003
Role-Playing Games, Models and Negotiation Processes
   Olivier Barreteau, Christophe Le Page and Patrick D'Aquino

A Step-By-Step Approach to Building Land Management Scenarios Based on Multiple Viewpoints on Multi-Agent System Simulations
   Michel Etienne, Christophe Le Page and Mathilde Cohen

SYLVOPAST: a Multiple Target Role-Playing Game to Assess Negotiation Processes in Sylvopastoral Management Planning
   Michel Etienne

The Joint Use of Role-Playing Games and Models Regarding Negotiation Processes: Characterization of Associations
   Olivier Barreteau

Industry As an Organisation of Agents: Innovation and R&D Management
   Javier Pajares, Adolfo López-Paredes and Cesáreo Hernández-Iglesias

Formal Models, Social Theory and Computer Simulations: Some Methodical Reflections
   Jürgen Klüver, Christina Klüver and Jörn Schmidt

Agent-Based Verification of Von Thünen's Location Theory
   Yuya Sasaki and Paul Box

Cooperation with Random Interactions and Without Memory or "tags"
   Hugo Fort

Our Companion Modelling Approach
   Olivier Barreteau

Report on the Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS) 2002 Workshop, Bologna, Italy, July 2002
   Francois Bousquet, Ray Paul, Paul Davidsson and Jaime Simão Sichman

Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks Between Order and Randomness
Watts, Duncan J.
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

Linked: The New Science of Networks
Barabási, Albert-László
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks
Buchanan, Mark
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

Simulating Organizations: Computational Models of Institutions and Groups
Prietula, Michael J., Carley, Kathleen M. and Gasser, Les (eds.)
Reviewed by Rosaria Conte

Real-Time and Multi-Agent Systems
Attoui, Ammar
Reviewed by Juan de Lara Jaramillo

Guided Evolution of Society: A Systems View
Banathy, Bela H.
Reviewed by Carl Henning Reschke

Commerce, Complexity and Evolution: Topics in Economics, Finance, Marketing and Management
Barnett, William A., Chiarella, Carl, Keen, Steve, Marks, Robert and Schnabl, Hermann (eds.)
Reviewed by James Wiley

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Volume 6(1) published on 31-Jan-2003
An Agent-Based Model of Ethnic Mobilisation
   Armano Srbljinovic, Drazen Penzar, Petra Rodik and Kruno Kardov

Attitude Dynamics with Limited Verbalisation Capabilities
   Diemo Urbig

On the Scalability of Social Order - Modeling the Problem of Double and Multi Contingency Following Luhmann
   Peter Dittrich, Thomas Kron and Wolfgang Banzhaf

Investigating Social Interaction Strategies for Bootstrapping Lexicon Development
   Paul Vogt and Hans Coumans

When the Centre Becomes Radical
   Gero von Randow

Simple is Beautiful? and Necessary
   Guillaume Deffuant and Frederic Amblard

Evolutionary Development and Learning: Two Facets of Strategy Generation
   Ilan Fischer

Human Cognition and Social Agent Technology
Dautenhahn, Kerstin (ed.)
Reviewed by Alexis Drogoul

Sociocybernetics: Complexity, Autopoiesis, and Observation of Social Systems
Geyer, Felix and van der Zouwen, Johannes (eds.)
Reviewed by Chris Goldspink

Tools and Techniques for Social Science Simulation
Suleiman, Ramzi, Troitzsch, Klaus G. and Gilbert, Nigel (eds.)
Reviewed by Paul E. Johnson

Conflicting Agents: Conflict Management in Multi-Agent Systems
Tessier, Catherine, Chaudron, Laurent and Mu:ller, Hans-Ju:rgen (eds.)
Reviewed by James Marshall

Strategic Negotiation in Multiagent Environments
Kraus, Sarit
Reviewed by David L. Sallach

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Volume 5(4) published on 31-Oct-2002
How Can Extremism Prevail? a Study Based on the Relative Agreement Interaction Model
   Guillaume Deffuant, Frederic Amblard and Gérard Weisbuch

SAM - Simulation of Computer-Mediated Negotiations
   Niels Lepperhoff

Network Structures and Agreement in Social Network Simulations
   Rob Stocker, David Cornforth and Terry Bossomaier

Group Reputation Supports Beneficent Norms
   David Hales

Identifying Cases of Social Contagion Using Memetic Isolation: Comparison of the Dynamics of a Multisociety Simulation with an Ethnographic Data Set
   Derek Gatherer

Social Modelling and Public Policy: Application of Microsimulation Modelling in Australia
   Laurie Brown and Ann Harding

Advances in Artificial Life: 5th European Conference, ECAL '99
Floreano, Dario, Nicoud, Jean-Daniel and Mondada, Francesco (eds.)
Reviewed by Colin Johnson

Tools for Land Use Analysis on Different Scales with Case Studies for Costa Rica
Bouman, Bas A. M., Jansen, Hans G. P., Schipper, Robert A., Hengsdijk, Huib and Nieuwenhuyse, Andre/ (eds.)
Reviewed by Steven M. Manson

The Edge of Organization: Chaos and Complexity Theories of Formal Social Systems
Marion, Russ
Reviewed by Mario Paolucci

The Predictors: How a Band of Maverick Physicists Set Out to Beat Wall Street
Bass, Thomas A.
Reviewed by H. Van Dyke Parunak

Dynamics of Organizations: Computational Modeling and Organization Theories
Lomi, Alessandro and Larsen, Erik R. (eds.)
Reviewed by Pietro Terna

The Dynamics and Evolution of Social Systems: New Foundations of a Mathematical Sociology
Kluever, Juergen
Reviewed by A. Maurits van der Veen

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Volume 5(3) published on 30-Jun-2002
The Power of Commitment in Cooperative Social Action
   David Brichoux and Paul E. Johnson

Opinion Dynamics and Bounded Confidence Models, Analysis and Simulation
   Rainer Hegselmann and Ulrich Krause

An Economic Analysis of Altruism: Who Benefits from Altruistic Acts?
   Klaus Jaffe

Agent-Based Simulation of Complex Systems: Application to Collective Management of Animal Wastes
   Rémy Courdier, François Guerrin, Fenintsoa Andriamasinoro and Jean-Marie Paillat

A Comparison of Simulation Models Applied to Epidemics
   Raul Bagni, Roberto Berchi and Pasquale Cariello

System Dynamic Experiments with Non-Linearity and a Rate of Learning
   C van Dijkum, J van Mens-Verhulst, E van Kuijk and N Lam

PS-I: a User-Friendly Agent-Based Modeling Platform for Testing Theories of Political Identity and Political Stability
   Ian Lustick

Philosophical Ideas on the Simulation of Social Behaviour
   Carlos Gershenson

A European Social Simulation Association
   John Scott and Scott Moss

Complex Life: Nonmodernity and the Emergence of Cognition and Culture
Dean, Alan
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Special Issue on Socially Intelligent Agents
Dautenhahn, Kerstin (ed.)
Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds

Social Intelligence
Edmonds, Bruce and Dautenhahn, Kerstin (eds.)
Reviewed by Nicholas M. Gotts

Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in c
Wilson, Will
Reviewed by Richard Holden

Discrete-Event Simulation: Modeling, Programming and Analysis
Fishman, George S.
Reviewed by Juan de Lara Jaramillo

Applications of Simulation to Social Sciences
Ballot, Ge/rard and Weisbuch, Ge/rard (eds.)
Reviewed by Paul Williamson

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Volume 5(2) published on 31-Mar-2002
The Role of Oblivion, Memory Size and Spatial Separation in Dynamic Language Games
   Juan de Lara Jaramillo and Manuel Alfonseca

The Integration of Defectors in a Cooperative Setting
   Marie-Edith Bissey and Guido Ortona

A Multi-Agent Simulation Platform for Modeling Perfectly Rational and Bounded-Rational Agents in a Firm
   Arianna Dal Forno and Ugo Merlone

Simulated Evolution of Language: a Review of the Field
   Amy Perfors

UMDBS - a New Tool for Dynamic Microsimulation
   Thomas Sauerbier

"Methodological Implications of Complex Systems Approaches to Sociality": Some Further Remarks
   Kurt Richardson

Simulation and Social Theory
Cubitt, Sean
Reviewed by David Byrne

Artificial Evolution
Fonlupt, Cyril, Hao, Jin-Kao, Lutton, Evelyne, Ronald, Edmund and Schoenauer, Marc (eds.)
Reviewed by Robin Matthews

Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination and Common Knowledge
Chwe, Michael Suk-Young
Reviewed by Juliette Rouchier

Self-Organization and the City
Portugali, Juval
Reviewed by Alasdair Turner

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Volume 5(1) published on 31-Jan-2002
Economic Performance, Inter-Firm Relations and Local Institutional Engineering in a Computational Prototype of Industrial Districts
   Flaminio Squazzoni and Riccardo Boero

Xenophobia and Social Closure: a Development of a Model from Coleman
   Volker Müller-Benedict

Methodological Implications of Complex Systems Approaches to Sociality: Simulation As a Foundation for Knowledge
   Chris Goldspink

Monte Carlo Simulations of Sznajd Models
   Dietrich Stauffer

Can Agent-Based Simulation Improve Dialogue Between Science and Theology?
   Ted Metzler

Mixed Reality or One Reality: a Socio-Semiotic Approach to Hybrid Multiagent Environments
   Inga Tomic-Koludrovic, Mirko Petric and Ivica Mitrovic

Agent Based Social Simulation: a Computer Science View
   Paul Davidsson

Political Complexity: Nonlinear Models of Politics
Richards, Diana (ed.)
Reviewed by Ted Anagnoson

Computational Techniques for Modelling Learning in Economics
Brenner, Thomas (ed.)
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

Trust and Deception in Virtual Societies
Castelfranchi, Cristiano and Tan, Yao-Hua (eds.)
Reviewed by Helder Coelho

Reasoning About Rational Agents
Wooldridge, Michael J.
Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds

Evolution's Arrow: The Direction of Evolution and the Future of Humanity
Stewart, John
Reviewed by David Hales

Multi-Agent-Based Simulation
Moss, Scott and Davidsson, Paul (eds.)
Reviewed by Michael Moehring

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Volume 4(4) published on 31-Oct-2001
Information Structure and Behaviour of a Textile Industrial District
   Guido Fioretti

ABLOoM: Location Behaviour, Spatial Patterns, and Agent-Based Modelling
   Henriëtte S. Otter, Anne van der Veen and Huib J. de Vriend

Modelling the Emergence of Possession Norms Using Memes
   Felix Flentge, Daniel Polani and Thomas Uthmann

Pair Interactions: Real and Perceived Attitudes
   David Pearson and Marie-Reine Boudarel

Consensus and Cohesion in Simulated Social Networks
   Rob Stocker, David Green and David Newth

Do Irregular Grids Make a Difference? Relaxing the Spatial Regularity Assumption in Cellular Models of Social Dynamics
   Andreas Flache and Rainer Hegselmann

Evaluating the Impact of Increasing Memory on Agent Behaviour: Adaptive Patterns in an Agent Based Simulation of Subsistence
   Andre Costopoulos

Evolutionary Perspectives on Simulations of Social Systems
   Carl Henning Reschke

How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organised Criticality
Bak, Per
Reviewed by Oswaldo Terán

Computational Finance 1999
Abu-Mostafa, Yaser S., LeBaron, Blake, Lo, Andrew W. and Weigend, Andreas S. (eds.)
Reviewed by Paul E. Johnson

Computational Modeling of Behavior in Organizations: The Third Scientific Discipline
Ilgen, Daniel R. and Hulin, Charles L. (eds.)
Reviewed by Chris Goldspink

The Modelling of Human Behaviour
Schmidt, Bernd
Reviewed by Frederic Amblard

The Global Dynamics of Celullar Automata: An Atlas of Basin of Attraction Fields of One-Dimensional Cellular Automata
Wuensche, Andrew and Lesser, Mike
Reviewed by H. Van Dyke Parunak

Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process
Ziman, John (ed.)
Reviewed by Robert Aunger

International Futures: Choices in the Face of Uncertainty
Hughes, Barry B.
Reviewed by Matthew Hoffmann

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Volume 4(3) published on 30-Jun-2001
Clustering and Fighting in Two-Party Crowds: Simulating the Approach-Avoidance Conflict
   Wander Jager

Technology and Culture: the Dissemination and the Potential 'Lock-In' of New Technologies
   Loet Leydesdorff

Lake Anderson Revisited by Agents
   Michael Moehring and Klaus G. Troitzsch

Competition As a Test of Hypotheses: Simulation of Knowledge-Generating Market Processes
   Wolfgang Kerber and Nicole J. Saam

Modelling and Simulating Innovation Behaviour Within Micro-Based Correlated Decision Processes
   Günter Haag and Philipp Liedl

Simulating the Evolution of Localised Industrial Clusters - an Identification of the Basic Mechanisms
   Thomas Brenner

Innovation Networks - a Simulation Approach
   Nigel Gilbert, Andreas Pyka and Petra Ahrweiler

History-Friendly Models: an Overview of the Case of the Computer Industry
   Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, Luigi Orsenigo and Sidney G. Winter

Empirically Based Simulation: The Case of Twin Peaks in National Income
   Uwe V. Cantner, Bernd Ebersberger, Horst Hanusch, Jens J. Krüger and Andreas Pyka

Flexible Modelling with VSEit, the Versatile Simulation Environment for the Internet
   Kai-H. Brassel

Modelling Strategies for Water Supply Companies to Deal with Nitrate Pollution
   Yvonne Haffner and Stefan Gramel

Neural Networks: An Introduction for Social Scientists
Garson, G. David
Reviewed by Daniel Zizzo

How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and Informatics
Hayles, Katherine
Reviewed by David Byrne

Virtual Worlds: Synthetic Universes, Digital Life, and Complexity
Heudin, Jean-Claude (ed.)
Reviewed by L. Douglas Kiel

Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies: Agent-Based Modeling of Social and Spatial Processes
Kohler, Timothy A. and Gumerman, George J. (eds.)
Reviewed by David L. Sallach

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Volume 4(2) published on 31-Mar-2001
Bad Arguments in the Comparison of Game Theory and Simulation in Social Studies
   Wolfgang Balzer, Karl R. Brendel and Solveig Hofmann

Game Theory: Limitations and an Alternative
   Scott Moss

Modelling the Emergence of Resource-Sharing Conventions: an Agent-Based Approach
   Olivier Thebaud and Bruno Locatelli

Intervening to Achieve Co-Operative Ecosystem Management: Towards an Agent Based Model
   Jim Doran

Role-Playing Games for Opening the Black Box of Multi-Agent Systems: Method and Lessons of Its Application to Senegal River Valley Irrigated Systems
   Olivier Barreteau, Francois Bousquet and Jean-Marie Attonaty

A Bargaining Model to Simulate Negotiations Between Water Users
   Sophie Thoyer, Sylvie Morardet, Patrick Rio, Leo Simon, Rachel Goodhue and Gordon Rausser

From Social Monitoring to Normative Influence
   Rosaria Conte and Frank Dignum

The Creation of a Reputation in an Artificial Society Organised by a Gift System
   Juliette Rouchier, Martin O'Connor and Francois Bousquet

Creating Artificial Worlds: a Note on Sugarscape and Two Comments
   Pietro Terna

Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop
Cederman, Lars-Erik
Reviewed by David Lazer

Modelling and Simulation in the Social Sciences from the Philosophy of Science Point of View
Hegselmann, Rainer, Mueller, Ulrich and Troitzsch, Klaus G. (eds.)
Reviewed by Leslie Henrickson

Artificial Life VI: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Artificial Life
Adami, Christoph, Belew, Richard K., Kitano, Hiroaki and Taylor, Charles E. (eds.)
Reviewed by Itzhak Benenson

Multi-Agent Systems: An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Ferber, Jacques
Reviewed by Juliette Rouchier

Economic Simulations in Swarm: Agent-Based Modelling and Object Oriented Programming
Luna, Francesco and Stefansson, Benedikt (eds.)
Reviewed by Paul E. Johnson

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Volume 4(1) published on 31-Jan-2001
Narrative Intelligence from the Bottom Up: a Computational Framework for the Study of Story-Telling in Autonomous Agents
   Kerstin Dautenhahn and Steve Coles

Introducing Emotions into the Computational Study of Social Norms: a First Evaluation
   Alexander Staller and Paolo Petta

Intelligent Social Learning
   Rosaria Conte and Mario Paolucci

Six Levels of Complexity; a Typology of Processes and Systems
   Dietrich Fliedner

What is Ascape and Why Should You Care?
   Miles Parker

"ArrierosAlife" a Multi-Agent Approach Simulating the Evolution of a Social System: Modeling the Emergence of Social Networks with "Ascape"
   Klaus Auer and Tim Norris

Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation is Changing the Frontiers of Science
Casti, John L.
Reviewed by Robert Andersen

Introduction to Artificial Life
Adami, Christoph
Reviewed by David Hales

Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems
Bonabeau, Eric, Dorigo, Marco and Theraulaz, Guy
Reviewed by Franziska Klügl

Computation for Metaphors, Analogy and Agents
Nehaniv, Chrystopher L. (ed.)
Reviewed by Valérie Renault

Computer Modeling of Social Processes
Liebrand, Wim B. G., Nowak, Andrzej and Hegselmann, Rainer (eds.)
Reviewed by Warren Thorngate

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Volume 3(4) published on 31-Oct-2000
When One Decides for Many: the Effect of Delegation Methods on Cooperation in Simulated Inter-Group Conflicts
   Ramzi Suleiman and Ilan Fischer

Some Strategies for the Simulation of Vocabulary Agreement in Multi-Agent Communities
   Juan de Lara Jaramillo and Manuel Alfonseca

A Forgiving Strategy for the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
   Colm O'Riordan

Why Do Simulation? Towards a Working Epistemology for Practitioners of the Dark Arts
   J. P. Marney and Heather F.E. Tarbert

Strategic Organizational Diagnosis and Design: Developing Theory for Application
Burton, Richard M. and Obel, Borge
Reviewed by Chris Goldspink

Individual Strategy and Social Structure: An Evolutionary Theory of Institutions
Young, H. Peyton
Reviewed by Oliver Kirchkamp

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Volume 3(3) published on 30-Jun-2000
Reciprocal Altruism and Group Formation: the Degree of Segmentation of Reciprocal Altruists Who Prefer 'Old-Helping-Partners'
   Evelien Zeggelink, Henk de Vos and Donald Elsas

Simulating Household Waste Management Behaviours Part 2: Home Composting
   Peter Tucker and Isobel Fletcher

Using AgentSheets to Teach Simulation to Undergraduate Students
   Joaquim Carvalho

Distributed Artificial Intelligence Meets Machine Learning: Learning in Multi-Agent Environments
Weiss, Gerhard (ed.)
Reviewed by Paul D. Scott

Modeling Rationality, Morality and Evolution
Danielson, Peter A. (ed.)
Reviewed by Shepley Orr

Simulation for the Social Scientist
Gilbert, Nigel and Troitzsch, Klaus G.
Reviewed by Andrea Schertler

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Volume 3(2) published on 31-Mar-2000
Modelling Social Systems As Complex: Towards a Social Simulation Meta-Model
   Chris Goldspink

Simulating Common Pool Resource Management Experiments with Adaptive Agents Employing Alternate Communication Routines
   Peter Deadman, Edella Schlager and Randy Gimblett

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Volume 3(1) published on 31-Jan-2000
Agent-Based Modelling of Collective Identity: Testing Constructivist Theory
   Ian Lustick

Asynchronous Time Evolution in an Artificial Society Model
   Barry G. Lawson and Steve Park

Teaching Social Simulation with Matlab
   Warren Thorngate

Liberal Order for Software Agents? an Economic Analysis
   Dirk Nicolas Wagner

SIMUL8
Visual Thinking International
Reviewed by Jeremy Garnett

The Arithmetic of Tax and Social Security Reform: a User's Guide to Microsimulation Methods and Analysis
Redmond, Gerry, Sutherland, Holly and Wilson, Moira
Reviewed by Joakim Hussenius

Validation of Simulation Models
Dijkum, Cor van, DeTombe, Dorien and Kuijk, Etzel van (eds.)
Reviewed by Michael Moehring

The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation
Flake, Gary William
Reviewed by Nigel Gilbert

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Volume 2(3) published on 30-Jun-1999
The Spread of the 'Lapita People': a Demographic Simulation
   Anne Di Piazza and Erik Pearthree

Controlled Simulation of Marriage Systems
   Douglas White

Finding an Invisible History: a Computer Simulation Experiment (in Virtual Polynesia)
   Cathy Small

Topology, Metric and Dynamics of Social Systems
   Jürgen Klüver and Jörn Schmidt

Spontaneous Change, Unpredictability and Consumption Externalities: a Dynamic Approach to Consumer Choice
   John Kemp

Gossip, Sexual Recombination and the El Farol Bar: Modelling the Emergence of Heterogeneity
   Bruce Edmonds

Simulating Household Waste Management Behaviours
   Peter Tucker and Andrew Smith

The Multi-Agent Modelling Language and the Model Design Interface
   László Gulyás, Tamás Kozsik and John B. Corliss

Chaos, Complexity and Sociology: Myths, Models, and Theories
Eve, Raymond A., Horsfall, Sara and Lee, Mary E. (eds.)
Reviewed by Alan Dean

Barriers and Bounds to Rationality: Essays on Economic Complexity and Dynamics in Interactive Systems
Albin, Peter S. and Foley, Duncan K. (ed.)
Reviewed by Roger McCain

Multi-Agent Rationality
Boman, Magnus and Van de Velde, Walter (eds.)
Reviewed by Armin Roehrl

Agent Technology: Foundations, Applications, and Markets
Jennings, Nicholas R. and Wooldridge, Michael J. (eds.)
Reviewed by Jaime Simão Sichman

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Volume 2(2) published on 31-Mar-1999
The Origin of Institutions: Socio-Economic Processes, Choice, Norms and Conventions
   José Caldas and Helder Coelho

An Integrated Approach to Simulating Behavioural Processes: a Case Study of the Lock-in of Consumption Patterns
   Marco A. Janssen and Wander Jager

Technological Change, Learning and Macro-Economic Coordination: an Evolutionary Model
   Gerard Ballot and Erol Taymaz

Concepts for an Agent-Based Framework for Interdisciplinary Social Science Simulation
   Elke Mentges

Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems
Cilliers, Paul
Reviewed by David Byrne

Neural Networks for Economic and Financial Modelling
Beltratti. A., Margarita, S. and Terna, P.
Reviewed by Robert Marks

Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society, The New Science of Memes
Lynch, Aaron
Reviewed by Paul Marsden

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Volume 2(1) published on 31-Jan-1999
Simulating Correctional Disturbances: the Application of Organization Control Theory to Correctional Organizations Via Computer Simulation
   Steven Patrick, Patricia Dorman and Robert Marsh

Simulating Norms, Social Inequality, and Functional Change in Artificial Societies
   Nicole J. Saam and Andreas G. Harrer

Multi-Level Simulation in Lisp-Stat
   Nigel Gilbert

Special Interest Group on Agent-Based Social Simulation
   Rosaria Conte and Scott Moss

Social Science Microsimulation
Troitzsch, Klaus G., Mueller, Ulrich, Gilbert, G. Nigel and Doran, Jim E.
Reviewed by Brendan Halpin

Evolutionary Game Theory
Weibull, Jo:rgen
Reviewed by Daniel Probst

System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life
Jervis, Robert
Reviewed by Scott E. Page

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Volume 1(4) published on 31-Oct-1998
Critical Incident Management: an Empirically Derived Computational Model
   Scott Moss

An Open Mind is Not an Empty Mind: Experiments in the Meta-Noosphere
   David Hales

Extending Ascribed Intensional Ontologies with Taxonomical Relations in Anthropological Descriptions of Multi-Agent Systems
   Rafael H Bordini, John A. Campbell and Renata Vieira

Emergence: From Chaos to Order
Holland, John H.
Reviewed by Tony Curzon Price

Genetic Programming and Data Structures: Genetic Programming + Data Structures = Automatic Programming! (Genetic Programming)
Langdon, William B.
Reviewed by Bruce Edmonds

Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors: Towards Autonomous Personality Agents
Trappl, Robert and Petta, Paolo (eds.)
Reviewed by Rosaria Conte

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Volume 1(3) published on 30-Jun-1998
Understanding Complex Social Dynamics: a Plea for Cellular Automata Based Modelling
   Andreas Flache and Rainer Hegselmann

Just How (Un)realistic Are Evolutionary Algorithms As Representations of Social Processes?
   Edmund Chattoe-Brown

Normative Reputation and the Costs of Compliance
   Cristiano Castelfranchi, Rosaria Conte and Mario Paolucci

Design Versus Cognition: the Interaction of Agent Cognition and Organizational Design on Organizational Performance
   Kathleen Carley, Michael J. Prietula and Zhiang (John) Lin

SOCIONICS: Introduction and Potential
   Heinz-Jürgen Müller, Thomas Malsch and Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer

Simulating Society: A Mathematica Toolkit for Modeling Socioeconomic Behavior
Gaylord, Richard J. and D'Andria Louis J.
Reviewed by Rainer Hegselmann

Chaos and Intoxication: Complexity and Adaptation in the Structure of Human Nature
Dean, Alan
Reviewed by Neil Hunt

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Volume 1(2) published on 31-Mar-1998
Individual Versus Social Survival Strategies
   Federico Cecconi and Domenico Parisi

Societies, Cultures and Fisheries from a Modeling Perspective
   Gérard Weisbuch and Guillemette Duchateau-Nguyen

DEPINT: Dependence-Based Coalition Formation in an Open Multi-Agent Scenario
   Jaime Simão Sichman

Simulation of Order Fulfillment in Divergent Assembly Supply Chains
   Troy J Strader, Fu-ren Lin and Michael J Shaw

Simulation Tools for Social Scientists: Building Agent Based Models with SWARM
   Pietro Terna

Simulating Social Phenomena
Conte, Rosaria, Hegselmann, Rainer and Terna, Pietro (eds.)
Reviewed by Scott Moss

Mode/lisation et Simulation D'E/cosystemes: Des Modeles De/terministes aux Simulations a E/ve/nements Discrets
Coquillard, Patrick and Hill, David R. C.
Reviewed by David Servat

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Volume 1(1) published on 31-Jan-1998
Kinship Based Demographic Simulation of Societal Processes
   Dwight Read

Qualitative Modeling and Simulation of Socio-Economic Phenomena
   Giorgio Brajnik and Marji Lines

Simulating Collective Misbelief
   Jim Doran

Social Order in Artificial Worlds
   Michael Macy

Through the Minds of the Agents
   Cristiano Castelfranchi

The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration
Axelrod, Robert
Reviewed by Ken Binmore

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