Agent-based modeling and social simulation have emerged as both developments of and challenges to the social sciences. The developments include agent-based computational economics and investigations of theoretical sociological concepts using formal simulation techniques. Among the challenges are the development of qualitative modeling techniques, implementation of agent-based models to investigate phenomena for which conventional economic, social, and organizational models have no face validity, and the application of physical modeling techniques to social processes. Bringing together diverse approaches to social simulation and research agendas, this book presents a unique collection of contributions from the First World Congress on Social Simulation, held in 2006 in Kyoto, Japan. The work emerged from the collaboration of the Pacific Asian Association for Agent-Based Approach in Social Systems Sciences, the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science, and the European Social Simulation Association. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi KAIZEN for Agent-Based Modeling....Pages 1-6 Collective Decisions in Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 7-12 Logic for Situated Action....Pages 13-21 Complexity and the Place of Formalism in Social Science....Pages 23-34 Toward a Productive Interaction Between Simulations and Theory in Economic Science....Pages 35-46 Emergence of Peace due to Neutral Attitude Toward Others....Pages 47-57 A Roadmap to Realistic Computational Models of Civil Wars....Pages 59-69 Why Do We Like To Stay with Our Friends? Modelling the Evolutionary Dynamics of Interpersonal Commitment....Pages 71-82 The Fate of Bilingualism in a Model of Language Competition....Pages 83-94 A Comparative Study of Order-Driven and Quote-Driven Markets Using Artificial Markets....Pages 95-105 A Hybrid Approach to Modelling Advertising Effects - An Application to Optimal Lying in the Software Business....Pages 107-115 Emergence of the Leader-Follower Structure Among Consumers: What Type of Consumers Would Be the Most Influential in the Marketplace?....Pages 117-128 A Declarative Model Assembly Infrastructure for Verification and Validation....Pages 129-140 What if Hayek Goes Shopping in the Bazaar?....Pages 141-152 Making More Sense of Agent-Based Simulation for Agricultural Policy Analysis....Pages 153-164 Multi-Agent Simulations to Explore Rules for Rural Credit Management in a Highland Farming Community of Northern Thailand....Pages 165-176 Interactive Agent-Based Simulation Environment of SABER....Pages 177-188 Agent-Based Modeling Simulation of Social Adaptation and Long-Term Change in Inner Asia....Pages 189-200 Effective Guidelines for Organizational Learning in the Organizational Cybernetics Framework....Pages 201-212 Newcomers in Self-Organising Task Groups: A Pilot Study....Pages 213-224 Learning and Belief Dissemination Through Co-action....Pages 225-236 The Emergence of Social Networks from Interactive Learning....Pages 237-248 Guess You’re Right on This One Too: Central and Peripheral Processing in Attitude Changes in Large Populations....Pages 249-260 Vulnerability of Cooperation on Scale-Free Networks....Pages 261-272 Evolution of Compassion Under Un-Repeated Interaction....Pages 273-281 The Signals of Play: An ABM of Affective Signatures in Children’s Playgroups....Pages 283-294 e*plore v.0: Principia for Strategic Exploration of Social Simulation Experiments Design Space....Pages 295-306 Hominids Foraging in a Complex Landscape: Could Homo ergaster and Australopithecus boisei Meet Their Calories Requirements?....Pages 307-318 Dynamics of Task Oriented Agent Behaviour in Multiple Layer Social Networks....Pages 319-330 Modelling Migration in the Sahel: An Alternative to Cost-Benefit Analysis....Pages 331-342 Case-Based Model of Emotional Expression Influence on Work Group Socialization and Performance....Pages 343-354
