Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VIII International Workshop, MABS 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, May 15, 2007, Revised and Invited Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2007, held in Honolulu, HI, USA in May 2007 as an associated event of AAMAS 2007, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections on architectures; teams, learning, education; economy, trust and reputation.

MABS Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary!.- MABS Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary!.- Architectures.- System Issues in Multi-agent Simulation of Large Crowds.- Middleware Support for Performance Improvement of MABS Applications in the Grid Environment.- E Pluribus Unum: Polyagent and Delegate MAS Architectures.- A Multi-agent Model for the Micro-to-Macro Linking Derived from a Computational View of the Social Systems Theory by Luhmann.- Teams, Learning, Education.- Agent-Based Simulation of Group Learning.- An Agent-Based Model That Relates Investment in Education to Economic Prosperity.- Economy, Trust and Reputation.- Trust-Based Inter-temporal Decision Making: Emergence of Altruism in a Simulated Society.- Multi-agent Model of Technological Shifts.- Beyond Accuracy. Reputation for Partner Selection with Lies and Retaliation.