SwarmFest2016

20th Annual Meeting on Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
July 31 – August 3, 2016

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Hosted by: The Social Ecological Gaming & Simulation Lab, The Complex Systems Center, The Institute for Environmental Diplomacy & Security, the VT EPSCOR, and The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
 
SwarmFest is the annual meeting of the Swarm Development Group (SDG), and one of the oldest communities involved in the development and propagation of agent-based modeling. SwarmFest has traditionally involved a mix of both tool-users and tool-developers, drawn from many domains of expertise. These have included, in the past, computer scientists, software engineers, biomedical researchers, ecologists, economists, political scientists, social scientists, resource management specialists and evolutionary biologists. SwarmFest represents a low-key environment for researchers to explore new ideas and approaches, and benefit from a multi-disciplinary environment.
 
We also encourage the sharing of our experiences with attempting to gain acceptance of ABM within our own research communities, and discuss strategies where cross-domain examples/analogies can aid in that process. We will also try to identify future avenues for ABM research, including the “next” generation of ABM tools, platforms and applications.
 
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Social Ecological Gaming and Simulation Policy Design with Agent-based Models Agent-based models for simulation & training Dynamic Human Behavior ABMs Human Factors Simulations Digital Humanities Agent-based Models and Simulators of the Economy Aggregation and Emergent Macroeconomics General Equilibrium Model with Heterogeneous Agents Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth Socio-economic and Financial Networks Agent-based Modeling Methodology

Model Replication, Verification & Validation Participatory & Human-in-the-Loop Simulations Simulation Software & Computational Frameworks Agent-based Computational Economics Conflict Resolution & Cooperation Coupled Human-Natural Systems Diffusion of Innovations Dynamics of Trust, Social Norms, Reputation & Opinion Epidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics Group Decisions & Collective Behaviors Market Design, Mechanism Design & Auctions Social Networks