Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VII [electronic resource] : International Workshop, MABS 2006, Hakodate, Japan, May 8, 2006, Revised and Invited Papers / edited by Luis Antunes, Keiki Takadama.

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.