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Thursday, September 21, 2006 — Methods,
Toolkits, and Techniques
8:30–10:30 — Model
Performance Optimization Techniques
Chair
and Discussant: Nicholson Collier, Argonne National Laboratory and PantaRei
Corp., nick.collier@gmai
- Breeding Faster Turtles:
Progress towards a NetLogo Compiler
- Forrest Sondahl, Seth
Tisue, and Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University,
forrest@northwestern.edu
- Dynamic Agent Compression
- Stephen
Wendel and Catherine Dibble, University of Maryland,
swendel@umd.edu
- Polyagents Model Multiple
Futures Concurrently
- H. Van Dyke Parunak and Sven Brueckner,
NewVectors LLC, van.parunak@newvectors.net
- Who’s
Your Neighbor? Neighbor Identification
for Agent-Based Modeling
- Charles
Macal, Argonne National Laboratory and The University
of Chicago, macal@anl.gov
- Thomas Howe, Argonne National
Laboratory
10:45–12:15 — Advanced Modeling
Methods
Charr
and Discussant: Kathy Simunich,
Argonne National Laboratory, simunich@anl.gov
- Machine Learning Meets
Agent-based Modeling: When Not to Go to a Bar
- William
Rand, Northwestern University, wrand@northwestern.edu
- Real-Time Evolutionary
Agent Characterization and Prediction
- H. Van Dyke Parunak,
Sven Brueckner, Robert Matthews, John Sauter, and
Steve Brophy, NewVectors LLC, van.parunak@newvectors.net
- Agent-based Meta-Models
- Miles Parker, Argonne National
Laboratory, milesparker@gmail.com
- Michael North, Argonne
National Laboratory and The University of Chicago
- Nick
Collier, Argonne National Laboratory and PantaRei
Corp.
- Thomas
Howe, Argonne National Laboratory
- Jerry Vos, Argonne National
Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:15–1:30 — Lunch
1:30–2:30 — Invited
Speaker
Chair and Discussant: Michael North, Argonne National
Laboratory and The University of Chicago, north@anl.gov
- Designing Agent-based Modeling Environments
to Promote Restructuring of Scientific Representation
and Education
- Uri Wilensky, Northwestern
University, uri@northwestern.edu
2:45–4:15 — Repast
Toolkit Developments
Chair and Discussant: William Rand, Northwestern
University, wrand@northwestern.edu
- An Introduction
to Repast Modeling Using a Simple Predator-Prey Example
- Eric
Tatara, Argonne National Laboratory
- Michael North, Argonne
National Laboratory and The University of Chicago,
north@anl.gov
- Thomas
Howe, Argonne National Laboratory
- Nick Collier, Argonne
National Laboratory and PantaRei Corp.
- Jerry Vos, Argonne
National Laboratory and the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
- Legacy Model Integration
with Repast Simphony
- Michael North, Argonne National Laboratory
and The University of Chicago, north@anl.gov
- Pam Sydelko,
Argonne National Laboratory
- Jerry Vos, Argonne National
Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Thomas
Howe, Argonne National Laboratory
- Nick Collier, Argonne
National Laboratory and PantaRei Corp.
- Containing Agents: Contexts,
Projections, and Agents
- Thomas Howe, Argonne National
Laboratory, trhowe@anl.gov
- Nick Collier, Argonne National
Laboratory and PantaRei Corp.
- Michael North, Argonne National
Laboratory and The University of Chicago
- Miles Parker, Argonne
National Laboratory
- Jerry Vos, Argonne National Laboratory
and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:30–5:30 — Domain-Support
Methods
Chair and Discussant: Roger Burkhart, Deere &
Company, BurkhartRogerM@JohnDeere.com
- Information Resonance
- Philip Barry and
Matthew Koehler, MITRE Corporation, mkoehler@mitre.org
- Exploring Cities Using
Agent-based Models and GIS
- Andrew Crooks, University College
London, andrewcrooks@ucl.ac.uk
Friday, September
22, 2006 — Computational
Social Theory
8:30–9:30 — Invited
Speaker
Chair and Discussant: David L. Sallach,
Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago, sallach@anl.gov
- It’s As
Simple As ABC: Agent-based Culture
- Scott E. Page, University of
Michigan, spage@umich.edu
9:45–11:45 — Addressing
Agent Complexities
Chair and Discussant: Miles Parker,
Argonne National Laboratory, milesparker@gmail.com
- Modeling Agent Emotions
- H. Van
Dyke Parunak, Robert Bisson, Sven Brueckner, Robert
Matthews, and John Sauter, NewVectors LLC, van.parunak@newvectors.net
- Voluntary Exchange in
Interpretive Heatbugs
- Jonathan Ozik and David L. Sallach,
Argonne National Laboratory and The University of
Chicago, sallach@anl.gov
- The Semantics of Emergent
Urban Centers
- Robert G. Reynolds and Patrick Franzel,
Wayne State University, robertreynolds@comcast.net
- Exploratory Modeling
of Ensembles for Testing Decision Theory Paradigms
- Lawrence
A. Kuznar, Indiana University and Purdue University,
kuznar@ipfw.edu
11:45–1:15 — Lunch
1:15–2:45 — Simulating
Social Games
Chair and Discussant:Jonathan Ozik, Argonne
National Laboratory and The University of Chicago, jozik@anl.gov
- Game Theory and Agent-based
Modeling in Models of Mass Politics
- Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern
University,
d-diermeier@kellogg.northwestern.edu
- Idealization, Uncertainty,
and Heterogeneity: Game Frameworks Defined with Formal
Concept Analysis
- Mihai Racovitan, Northern Illinois University,
racovita@math.niu.edu
- David L. Sallach, Argonne National
Laboratory and The University of Chicago
- Complex Multigames: Toward
an Ecology of Interaction Artifacts
- David L. Sallach,
Argonne National Laboratory and The University of
Chicago, sallach@anl.gov
3:00–5:00 — Modeling
Organizational Processes
Chair and Discussant: Thomas Howe, Argonne
National Laboratory, trhowe@anl.gov
- An Agent-based Approach
to Examine the Network Knowledge Advantage in Open Innovation
Networks: Firm Openness and Interorganizational Network
Performance
- Juan A. Villarroel, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale
de Lausanne, University of Lausanne, and University
of Pennsylvania, andrei.villarroel@epfl.ch
- John E. Taylor,
University of Texas at Austin
- Post-Merger Integration
of Organizations: A Framework for Representing Agent-based
Relationships
- Terrill L. Frantz, Carnegie Mellon
University, terrill@cs.cmu.edu
- Towards Generative Activity-based
Models for Large-scale Socio-technical Simulations
- Gabriel
Istrate, Anders Hansson, Charles D. Tallman, Leticia
Cuellar-Hengartner, and Nicholas Hengartner, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, hansson@lanl.gov
- Organizational Case
Study: Theory and Mathematical Specifications for an
Agent-based Model (ABM)
- William F. Lawless, Paine College, lawlessw@mail.paine.edu
- Joseph
Wood, Eisenhower Army Medical Center
- Stephanie Everett and
William Kennedy, Naval Research Laboratory
6:00 — Dinner
(pay your own way)
Location:
- Szechwan Restaurant
625 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 642-3900
(enter under the red canopy on Ontario Street, which
is east of Michigan Avenue)
Saturday, September 23, 2006 — Social
Simulation Applications
8:30–9:30 — Invited
Speaker
Chair and Discussant: Charles Macal, Argonne
National Laboratory and The University of Chicago, macal@anl.gov
- From Disasters
to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure
- Noshir
Contractor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
ncontractor2@gmail.com
9:45–11:45 — National
Security
Chair
and Discussant: Keven Ruby, The University of Chicago,
kruby@uchicago.edu
- Sending Agents to War
- Matthew
Koehler, Philip Barry, and Ted Meyer, MITRE Corporation,
mkoehler@mitre.org
- Impact of Multiple
Intermediaries on Citizen’s
Attitude Formation in a Synthetic Environment
- Alok R. Chaturvedi,
Purdue University, alok@purdue.edu
- Rashmi Chaturvedi and
Chee Mun Foong, Simulex, Inc.
- Navigating Political
Networks
- Aaron B. Frank, BAE Systems and George
Mason University, aaron.frank@baesystems.com
- Michael Lack and David Scherzer,
BAE Systems
- Desmond Saunders-Newton, BAE Systems
and the University of Southern California
- Simulating Terrorism
in a Community
- Matthew W. Drewek and William M. Bulleit,
Michigan Tech, mwdrewek@mtu.edu
11:45–1:15 — Lunch
1:15–2:45 — Transportation
and Mobility
Chair and Discussant: Roberta Davidson, Argonne
National Laboratory, rdavidson@anl.gov
- Using Repast to Develop
a Prototype Agent-based Pedestrian Evacuation Model
- Christian
J.E. Castle, University College London, c.castle@ucl.ac.uk
- Walkability in Urban
Environments: Developing Geographic Agent-based Models
of Neighborhood Walkability for Cancer Prevention Researchers
- Reginald
D. Tucker-Seeley, G.G. Bennett, and G. Sorensen,
Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of
Public Health, retucker@hsph.harvard.edu
- Used Car Sector Stability
in Agent-based Simulations of the Auto Market
- John Sullivan,
Craig Stephan, B. Goodman, and M. Everson, Ford Research,
jsulliv8@ford.com
3:00–4:30 — Social
Ecology
Chair
and Discussant: Pamela J. Sydelko, Argonne National Laboratory,
psydelko@anl.gov
- Agent-based Modeling
of Wildfire Evacuation
- Joshua Thorp, Stephen Guerin, Frank
Wimberly, Michelle Rossbach, Owen Densmore, Michael
Agar, and Douglas Roberts, RedfishGroup, Stephen.Guerin@Redfish.com
- Exploiting Social
Network Properties to Improve the Effects of Intervention
on Individual Driver’s
Behaviour in Applying Child Vehicle Restraint
- Ziad Kobti,
Anne Snowdon, Tina Dunlop, and Shamual Rahaman, University
of Windsor, kobti@uwindsor.ca
- Strawberry Fields
Forever? Developing a Socio-Ecological Game with “AGRODIVERSITY
ver. 2” for Exploring
Biodiversity Management Issues in Sustainable Agriculture
- Erika Speelman and Luis García-Barrios,
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, lgarcia@sclc.ecosur.mx
4:30 — Conference Adjourns
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