Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS'08)

Part of the 2008 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'08)

 

Sponsored by: The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS)

in collaboration with
ACM/SIGSIM

 

Tutorial

Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 8:30am-12:00pm

 

Modeling and Simulation with the Brahms Agent Environment

 

Maarten Sierhuis, Ph.D.

USRA/RIACS - NASA Ames Research Center

Maarten.Sierhuis-1@nasa.gov

 

 

Conference Program

 

Session 1: Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:30am-12:00pm

Session Chair: Dr. Tuncer ren, University of Ottawa

Title:

Validation of Two Distributed, Autonomous Self-Organisation Algorithms for 802.11 Mesh Networks by Simulation

Authors:  John Debenham and Ante Prodan (debenham@it.uts.edu.au)

Faculty of IT, University of Technology, Sydney

 

Title:

Agent Simulation of Collaborative Knowledge Processing in Wikipedia 

Authors:

Jinsheng Xu, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina A&T State University

Levent Yilmaz  Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University

Jinghua Zhang, Department of Computer Science, Winston‐Salem State University

(jxu@ncat.edu)

 

Title:

An Agent-Based System for Simulating Dynamic Choice-Sets Authors: Qi han, Theo Arentze, Harry Timmermans, Davy Janssens and Geert Wets (q.han@bwk.tue.nl)

Eindhoven University of Technology

 

  

 

Session 2: Monday, April 14, 2008, 1:30pm-3:00pm

Session Chair: Dr. Levent Yilmaz, Auburn University

Title:

A Geosimulation Approach Involving Spatially-Aware Agents A Case Study on the Identification of Risky Areas for Trains  Authors: Mehdi Mekni, Nabil Sahli and Bernard Moulin (mehdi.mekni.1@ulaval.ca)

Mehdi Mekni,Department of Computer Sciences and Software Engineering, Laval University
Nabil Sahli, Telematica Instituut
Bernard Moulin, Department of Computer Sciences and Software Engineering, Laval University

 

Title:

Using GIS Vector Data to Build Virtual Environments For Agent Based Models Authors: Karl Liebert, David Earnest and Andreas Tolk (klieb002@odu.edu)

Old Dominion University

 

Title:

An Agent-Based Geosimulation Multidisciplinary Approach to Support Scenarios Evaluation in Dynamic Virtual Geographic Environments Authors: Hedi Haddad and Bernard Moulin (hedi.haddad.1@ulaval.ca)

Laval University

 

 

 

Session 3: Monday, April 14, 2008, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Session Chair: Dr. Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University

Title:

To BDI, or Not to BDI: Design Choices in an Agent-Based Traffic Flow Management Simulation Authors: Shawn Wolfe, Maarten Sierhuis and Peter Jarvis (Shawn.R.Wolfe@nasa.gov)

NASA Ames Research Center

 

Title:

A Multi-Agent Simulation for Social Agents Authors: Yu Zhang, Phil Coleman, Mike Pellon and Jason Leezer (yzhang@cs.trinity.edu)

Department of Computer Science
Trinity University

 

Title:

The Difficulties with Validating Agent Based Simulations of Social Systems Authors: Lisa Moya and Eric Weisel (lmoya@werneranderson.com)

WernerAnderson, Inc.

 

Session 4: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 8:30am-10:00am

Session Chair: Dr. Maarten Sierhuis, NASA Ames Research Center

Title:

The Landscape Of Assumptions Authors: Robert King and Charles Turnitsa (robking@verizon.net)

Old Dominion University

 

Title:

Simulating New Markets by Introducing New Accepting Policies for the Conventional Continuous Double Auction

Authors: sina honari, Premier Ideas Support Center of the University of Shiraz

maziar gomrokchi, Computer Science and Software Engineering Department Concordia University

mojtaba ebadi, Premier Ideas Support Center of the University of Shiraz

amin foshati, Premier Ideas Support Center of the University of Shiraz

jamal bentahar, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University

(m_gomrok@mail.encs.concordia.ca)

 

 

Title:

Epidemic Propagation of West Nile Virus Using a Multi-Agent Geo-Simulation under various short-term climate scenarios. Authors: Mondher Bouden, Bernard Moulin and Pierre Gosselin (Mondher.Bouden@ift.ulaval.ca)

Laval University

 

 

  

  

Session 5: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 10:30am-12:00pm

Session Chair: Dr. Tuncer ren, University of Ottawa

Title:

Multi-Agent System and traffic Simulation Authors: Michal Radecky and Petr Gajdos (michal.radecky@vsb.cz)

Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Ostrava

 

Title:

Data Parallel Execution Challenges and Runtime Performance of Agent Simulations on GPUs Authors: Kalyan Perumalla and Brandon Aaby (perumallaks@ornl.gov)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

Title:

A Survey on the Need and Use of AI in Game Agents Authors: Sule Yildirim and Sindre Stene (suley@hihm.no)

Computer Science Department, Hedmark University College

 

 

Session 6: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 1:30pm-3:00pm

Session Chair: Dr. Levent Yilmaz, Auburn University

 

Title:

Prelude to Cultural Software Agents:Cultural Backgrounds in Agent Simulation

Authors:

Zeinab Mazadi, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan

Nasser Ghasem-Aghaee , Department of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan

Tuncer I ึren,  University of Ottawa

(z.mazadi@gmail.com)

 

Title:

Modeling culture in trade: uncertainty avoidance

Authors:

Gert Jan Hofstede, Wageningen University

Catholijn M. Jonker, Delft University of Technology

Tim Verwaart, Wageningen University

(tim.verwaart@wur.nl)

 

Title:

A Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture for Intelligent Navigation of Mobile Robots Authors: Amar Khoukhi (khoukhi@encs.concordia.ca)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Concordia University

 

 

Session 7: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Session Chair: Dr. Maarten Sierhuis, NASA Ames Research Center

 

Title:

Granularity and the Validation of Agent-based Models Authors: Zaiyi Guo and Joc Cing Tay (asjctay@ntu.edu.sg)

Nanyang Technological University

 

Title:

Predicting Hepatic Disposition Properties of Cationic Drugs Using a Physiologically Based, Agent-Oriented In Silico Liver

Authors:

Li Yan, The UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering

Sunwoo Parks, University of California, San Francisco

Shahab Sheikh-Bahaei, The UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering

Glen E. P. Ropella, Tempus Dictum, Inc

Anthony Hunt, University of California, San Francisco

(a.hunt@ucsf.edu)

 

Title:

In Silico White Blood Cell: Mechanisms Underlying Leukocyte Rolling and Adhesion During Inflammation

Authors: Jonathan Tang,  The UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering

C. Anthony Hunt, University of California, San Francisco

(a.hunt@ucsf.edu)

 

 

Sessions 8,9: Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 8:30am-12:00pm

 

Tutorial

 

 

Modeling and Simulation with the Brahms Agent Environment

 

Maarten Sierhuis, Ph.D.

USRA/RIACS - NASA Ames Research Center

Maarten.Sierhuis-1@nasa.gov