Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation First Internation

Fifteen papers were presented at the first workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation held as part of the Agents World conference in Paris, July 4-- 6, 1998. The workshop was designed to bring together two developing communities: the multi

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen

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Berlin Heidelberg New York Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo

Jaime S. Sichman Rosaria Conte Nigel Gilbert (Eds.)

Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation First International Workshop, MABS ’98 Paris, France, July 4-6, 1998 Proceedings

Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany Volume Editors Jaime S. Sichman Computer Engineering Department, University of S˜ao Paulo Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 158, tv. 3, 05508-900 S˜ao Paulo SP Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Rosaria Conte Division of AI, Cognitive and Interaction Modelling, IP/CNR Viale Marx 15, I-00137 Rome, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Nigel Gilbert Department of Sociology, University of Surrey Guildford GU2 5XH, UK E-mail: [email protected]

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Preface

Fifteen papers were presented at the first workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation held as part of the Agents World conference in Paris, July 4-6, 1998. The workshop was designed to bring together two developing communities: the multi-agent systems researchers who were the core participants at Agents World, and social scientists interested in using MAS as a research tool. Most of the social sciences were represented, with contributions touching on sociology, management science, economics, psychology, environmental science, ecology, and linguistics. The workshop was organised in association with SimSoc, an informal group of social scientists who have arranged an irregular series of influential workshops on using simula