Multi-Agent-Based Simulation II Third International Workshop, MABS 2002, Bologna, Italy, July 15-16, 2002, Revised Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sichman, Jaime S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bousquet, Francois (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Davidsson, Paul (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 2581
• Subjects: Computer simulation.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer communication systems.; Application software.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Simulation and Modeling.; Artificial Intelligence.; Computer Communication Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

This volume presents extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the Third International Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS 2002), a workshop federated with the First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2002), which was held in...

Table of Contents:

• Invited Paper
• Multi-agent Based Simulation: Where Are the Agents?
• Emergence,Alliances,and Groups
• BVG Choice in Axelrod's Tribute Model
• Evolving Specialisation, Altruism, and Group-Level Optimisation Using Tags
• The Need for and Development of Behaviourally Realistic Agents
• Relating Structure and Dynamics in Organisation Models
• MABS Platforms and Languages
• The MOCA Platform
• Towards an Emergence-Driven Software Process for Agent-Based Simulation
• Towards an Ideal Social Simulation Language
• Requirements Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation Platforms: State of the Art and New Prospects
• MABS Applications
• On the Simulation of Multiagent-Based Regulators for Physiological Processes
• Multi-agent Patrolling: An Empirical Analysis of Alternative Architectures
• On Multi Agent Based Simulation of Software Development Processes
• A Simulation of the Market for Offenses in Multiagent Systems: Is Zero Crime Rates Attainable?.