Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VIII : International Workshop, MABS 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, May 15, 2007, Revised and Invited Papers

by Antunes, Luis; Paolucci, Mario; Norling, Emma

• ISBN13: 9783540709152
• ISBN10: 3540709150
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

"This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2007, held in Honolulu, HI, USA in May 2007 as an associated event of AAMAS 2007, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems." "The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections on architectures; teams, learning, education; economy, trust and reputation." "Written for: Researchers and professionals."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

MABS Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary!	p. 1
Architectures
System Issues in Multi-agent Simulation of Large Crowds	p. 8
Middleware Support for Performance Improvement of MABS Applications in the Grid Environment	p. 20
E Pluribus Unum: Polyagent and Delegate MAS Architectures	p. 36
A Multi-agent Model for the Micro-to-Macro Linking Derived from a Computational View of the Social Systems Theory by Luhmann	p. 52
Teams, Learning, Education
Agent-Based Simulation of Group Learning	p. 69
An Agent-Based Model That Relates Investment in Education to Economic Prosperity	p. 84
Economy, Trust and Reputation
Trust-Based Inter-temporal Decision Making: Emergence of Altruism in a Simulated Society	p. 96
Multi-agent Model of Technological Shifts	p. 112
Beyond Accuracy. Reputation for Partner Selection with Lies and Retaliation	p. 128
Author Index	p. 141
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