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Agent simulation: call for papers and advance table of contents
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The forthcoming fall issue of Social Science Computer Review,
guest edited by David L. Sallach and Charles N. Macal, treats the
growing field of social agent simulation. This e-mail contains an
advance table of contents and is a call for further contributions on
this topic, for which our journal seeks continued coverage.
The editorial address is at the bottom of this message.
For journal sample copies, contact jsamples@sagepub.com.
Additional information, including style guide, is at
http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/sscore/
and at
http://www.sagepub.com/shopping/journal.asp?id=4706
Social Science Computer Review
Volume 19, No. 3
Fall, 2001
Special Issue on the Simulation of Social Agents
The Simulation of Social Agents: An Introduction / David L.
Sallach and Charles N. Macal
Dynamics of Status Symbols and Social Complexity / Roberto
Pedone and Rosario Conte
Studying Performance and Learning with ABIR: The Effects of
Knowledge, Mobilizing Agents, and Predictability / A. Maurits van
der Veen, Ian S. Lustick, and Dan Miodownik
Toward a Socio-generic Solution: Examining Language
Formation Processes through Swarm Modeling / Teresa Satterfield
Simulation of the Learning of Norms / Harko Verhagen
Towards Strength and Stability: Agent-Based Modeling of
Infrastructure Markets / Michael J. North
[Additional article not part of symposium]
The Impacts of Emoticons on Message Interpretation in Computer-
Mediated Communication / Joseph B. Walther and Kyle P.
D'Addario
Reports and Communications
The Acquisition of Computer-Aided Dispatch Systems:
Administrative and Political Considerations / Dale Nesbary
Resources for Computerized Crime Mapping / G. David Garson
and Irvin Vann
Creativity-Aiding Software / Stuart Nagel
News and Notes / G. David Garson
Software Reviews
Latent Gold / reviewed by G. David Garson
Metanoia: A Fundamental Transformation of the Mind /
reviewed by Pam Gauvreau
Book Reviews
Two Reviews of Science, Technology, and Democracy, by
Daniel Lee Kleinman, ed. / reviewed by John W. Murphy and Carl
Grafton
Mapping Cyberspace: Social Research on the Electronic
Frontier, by Joseph Behar, ed. / reviewed by Carl Grafton
Human Services Technology: Understanding, Designing, and
Implementing Computer and Internet Applications in the Social
Sciences, Second Edition, by Dick Schoech / reviewed by G.
David Garson
VBA for Modelers: Developing Decision Support Systems with
Microsoft Excel, by S. Christian Albright / reviewed by Carl Grafton
__________________________________________________________
G. David Garson Editor, Social Science Computer Review
NCSU Box 8102 Full Professor, Department of Political
Raleigh, NC 27695-8102 Science & Public Administration, NCSU
Express Mail, add: Tel. 919-515-3067
106 Caldwell (PSPA) Fax 919-515-7333 or 7856
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