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The Agent 2006 Conference on:
Social Agents: Results and Prospects
Argonne National Laboratory — The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center* – 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive – Chicago, Illinois
   Conference Papers, September 21-23, 2006
Chicago City Centre – Holiday Inn
   Repast Modeling Workshop, September 18-20, 2006
      presented by Argonne's Decision and Information Sciences Division
   NetLogo Modeling Workshop, September 18-20, 2006,
      presented by Northwestern University's Center for Connected Learning
      and Computer-Based Modeling

*Gleacher Center is about 1 block east of Michigan Avenue, just north of Chicago River.


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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For more information, contact Charles Macal, 630-252-3767.

Co-hosted by: Argonne National Laboratory, Decision and Information Sciences Division and The University of Chicago, Division of the Social Sciences

In association with: North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science

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