Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VII International Workshop, MABS 2006, Hakodate, Japan, May 8, 2006, Revised and Invited Papers

Invited Papers.- Exploring the Vast Parameter Space of Multi-Agent Based Simulation.- Applications of Agent Based Simulation.- Empirical Cross Studies.- Analyzing Dynamics of Peer-to-Peer Communication -From Questionnaire Surveys to Agent-Based Simulation.- Modeling Human Education Data: From Equation-Based Modeling to Agent-Based Modeling.- Experimental Ecology.- Contrasting a System Dynamics Model and an Agent-Based Model of Food Web Evolution.- Roost Size for Multilevel Selection of Altruism Among Vampire Bats.- Experimental Economics.- Tactical Exploration of Tax Compliance Decisions in Multi-agent Based Simulation.- Learning to Use a Perishable Good as Money.- Foundations and Methodologies.- A Holonic Approach to Model and Deploy Large Scale Simulations.- Concurrent Modeling of Alternative Worlds with Polyagents.- Learning.- Integrating Learning and Inference in Multi-agent Systems Using Cognitive Context.- Can Agents Acquire Human-Like Behaviors in a Sequential Bargaining Game? – Comparison of Roth’s and Q-Learning Agents –.- Social Dependence.- Quantifying Degrees of Dependence in Social Dependence Relations.