Technical Forum Group on Agent- and Multi-Agent Based Simulation (TFGSIM)

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Technical Forum Group on Agent- and Multi-Agent Based Simulation (TFGSIM)
Co-located with EUMAS 2010 

15 December 2010, Paris, France
Call for Participation & Position Statements
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http://www.irit.fr/TFGSIM


Following the tradition of Agent Link Technical Forum Groups, we
announce the first edition of a Simulation Technical 
Forum Group focussing discussions on methodological and technical 
aspects of agent- and multi-agent-based simulation. 
We will work on identification of and solution suggestions for challenges 
of agent- and multi-agent-based simulation. We also want to 
establish links between members of the agent-based simulation community 
which could lead to common research activities and projects.

Topics of interest are (but are not limited to):
* Can modelers creativity be supported by engineering?
* What are the particular challenges in agent-based simulation engineering?
* Suggestions for design, testing, calibration, verification and validation 
  strategies, methods, tools?
* Can we come up with a shared meta model of an agent-based simulation model?
* Challenges and solutions for multi-scale modeling?
* Can AOSE specification languages be used for simulations?
* Is a simulation problem more than just a particular set of requirements?
* What kind of AOSE models for supporting Agent-based simulation design?
* How can we systematically involve human experts and stakeholders?
* What kind of tools do we need for supporting agent-based simulation and 
  modelling?
* What are the particular properties that a modeller must be able to 
  expect from a simulation platform/engine?

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Preliminary Program

The meeting will be held on December 15th at University of Jussieu in 
Paris, France, near the location where EUMAS 2010 
(http://lipade.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/eumas10/index.html) will be held directly 
after the Technical Forum - that will this year consist of a groups working 
on Self-Organisation and on Agent-based Software Engineering in addition to
this group on agent- and multi-agent based simulation.
 
The initial agenda for this meeting plans sessions with talks focussed on 
particular challenges followed by a general panel session. In the first part, a small 
number of focussed presentations will be given followed by discussions on 
the topics raised by the presentations. 
In the second one, a broad panel-like discussion on most relevant topics 
for participants will be held.
The speakers for each panel are to be selected and will be announced through 
the Simulation TFG web page. Suggestions are welcome. Schedule, contributions 
(both in form of papers and presentation slides) and other working documents 
will also be published on this web page.

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Contributions

Participants are strongly encouraged to submit position papers. The deadline 
for contributions related to talks to be held during the meeting is 
November 15th 2010. Papers should be sent to the working group chairs (see below). 
They will be made available for all participants well before the meeting in order to 
prepare discussions. We accept position papers, papers illustrating new researches 
in the area as well as any other scientific relevant contribution (also demonstration 
of prototypes) in the area the above listed topics or others suitable for discussing 
in the frame of the TFG. There will be no formal proceedings therefore already published 
papers are welcome too (provided that in this way no existing copyright is infringed).
The format and length of position papers are open.

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Registration for TFGSIM is free. Unfortunately, there will be no funding for 
attendants in this edition. For any question or comment, do not hesitate to 
contact the TFGSIM chairs.

See you in Paris,

Franziska Klügl 
Modeling and Simulation Research Center, Örebro University, Sweden 
franziska.klugl@oru.se

and

Carole Bernon
Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, University of Toulouse III, France
bernon@irit.fr