Topics

We favour paper presentations on a variety of research subjects related to social simulation, whether theoretical, experimental, practical, or technical. The topics include, but are not limited to:

  • General social models and their properties:
    • Social networks and their dynamics
    • Information and opinion dynamics
    • Trust and norm dynamics
    • Conflict and cooperation
    • Coupling social and natural dynamics
    • Group decisions and collective behaviours
    • Emergence and evolution of institutions
  • Specific models derived from case studies or experiments:
    • Resource management and environnemental practices
    • Market dynamics and consumer behaviour
    • Simulation of experimental studies (experimental economics, psycho-sociology)
    • Innovation diffusion
    • Policy impact simulation
    • Electronically mediated social systems (social networking, web2.0 etc.)
  • Tools and methods:
    • Programming computational frameworks
    • Simulation experiment software
    • Role playing games and social simulation
    • Socially inspired software applications (peer-to-peer, distributed trust etc.)
    • Model replication and validation