Ctr Policy Modelling

The Centre for Policy Modelling is a research unit of the MMU Business School that has focused on complexity science and social simulation since 1992.

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

The best social simulation conference anywhere, Delft 25-29th Aug 2025. Paper deadline 11th Apr. See great list of special tracks and workshops in the program. https://t.co/vwwYiEEbtG #simulation #socialscience #abm #ssc2025

[Review of Artificial Societies & Social Simulation @RofASSS]

A summary of the work and influence of Rosaria Conte (1952-2016) by Mario Paolucci. #abm #socialsimulation #psychology #immergence #agentbasedmodelling https://t.co/2cc9YpSZGt

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

The slides from my talk at the "Culture of the artificial" workshop in Copenhagen. Available at https://t.co/8ipYTcoc7O #narrative #simulation #socialscience #ABM #agentbased #stakeholders #policy #culture #LLM

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

Online festival of social simulation 2024: May 14&15th. Inspirational talks and discussions. All free but you need to register: see https://t.co/QTcVI2mIRt for details.

[𝐷𝑖𝑛𝑜.𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠( ) @JustaNormalDino]

🔥Call for papers on empirical Agent-based modelling! 🔥

We are calling for papers reporting on modelling work that is strongly related to empirical evidence, i.e. the opposite of theoretical explorations. This relationship might be done in a variety of ways, including (but not limited to): data-led simulation, evidence-based specific of simulations, independent validation checks, pattern-based validation, cross-validation or any combination of these. Since this area of research is still underexplored, we do not have strict standards. Instead, we provide a series of examples of what might be in scope:

Qualitatively comparing multiple outcomes against multiple datasets
Quantitatively comparing the micro dynamics against empirical data
Quantitatively comparing model’s outputs with macroscopic patterns to observe the model’s predictive ability
Quantitatively deriving an ABM from dynamic data
Comparing to data multiple models sharing same assumptions
Exploring the effect of data properties and measurement errors on models

Critiques, reviews, philosophical or methodological papers that significantly advance the science of strongly empirical simulation will be considered but we would prefer work doing strongly empirical simulation. Works whose only relationship to empirical data consists of empirical calibration - i.e. fitting models to some data - are not in scope here.

Submission
This special track is part of the Social Simulation Conference 2024, 16-20 September, Cracow, Poland. Thus, you can apply through the respective portal.
https://t.co/qRjL93WrtG

Please note the following dates
Submission Deadline: 08 May 2024
Notification of Acceptance: 30 June 2024
Final Version Submission: 05 September 2024

Best regards

Dino and Bruce

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

Social Simulation 2024, 16-20 Aug, Cracow. https://t.co/3BJ3ODIqzl

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

A challenge to my colleagues to apply their skills to help people agree so that we can move forward with collective action to better mitigate and adapt to things like climate change. Details at: https://t.co/oQ6FSTZTuy #abm #socialsimulation #ssc23 #eurosocsim #adapt #agreement

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

A Declaration of Social Simulator Rights! These rights are necessary if modellers are to do their job properly: honestly, transparently and reliably. (as the COVID policy models showed) Please add your name! https://t.co/bMQbefwgLl #ssc2023 @eurosocsim #socialsimulation #policy

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

New joint paper in Environmental Modelling & Software: "What do you want theory for? - A pragmatic analysis of the roles of “theory” in agent-based modelling". #theory #abm #generalisation @GaryPolhill @ajheppenstall @nandaWijermans https://t.co/dSFcfvc1o8

[Bruce Edmonds @BruceEdmonds]

Abstract and slides from my invited talk at MABS2023: "Combining Constraint-Based and Imperative Programming in MABS for More Reliable Modelling" #abm #simulation #agents #imperative #declarative https://t.co/5rZLKDKiGv

[Sara Mehryar, PhD @SaraMehryar]

Join the ESSA Summer School in Social Simulation at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen (28 Aug-1 Sept) for a comprehensive one-week course on agent-based modelling. A limited number of bursaries are available. #SocialSimulation #ESSASummerSchool
https://t.co/TYMSjzOBNR

[Review of Artificial Societies & Social Simulation @RofASSS]

"Making Models FAIR: An educational initiative to build good ABM practices" by Janssen, Claborn, Edmonds, Shahbaznezhadfard and Vanegas-Ferro to coincide with the https://t.co/g5ohbWqpUn site. #abm #simulation #fair #tobefair #goodpractice https://t.co/U11UrP2FVb

[Jan Lorenz @[email protected] @jalorenz]

📢 2 days left!
Submit your contribution to ODCD'23 by Apr 14

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Opinion Dynamics and Collective Decision
💭💬🗯️🗳️
https://t.co/cXBrmx4ZBd

[European Social Simulation Association @EuroSocSim]

The 18th Social Simulation Conference, Uni. Glasgow, 4-8 Sept 2023. Full paper deadline 28 Apr. Workshop proposals 13 April. All aspects of simulation interaction between actors. All welcome. #socialsimulation #abm https://t.co/T378Om3Tmr

[Ctr Policy Modelling @cfpm_org]

We are trying to find a community of simulation modellers who are interested in developing simulation models that exhibit alternative processes that leads to inequality (of whatever kind). https://t.co/OfkLxu4EIX #inequality #abm #simulation #socialsimulation

[Ctr Policy Modelling @cfpm_org]

Just posted: New paper "Cognition and Hypocognition: Discursive and simulation-supported decision-ma... https://t.co/VYRO1kDcQ8 #cfpm

[European Social Simulation Association @EuroSocSim]

Online Social Simulation Fest 2023. A mixture of inspirational talks and wide-ranging discussions. 14/15 March - free but need registration. See programme at https://t.co/FVVjpb9Uat All welcome! #socialsimulation #abm #modelling #essa

[Review of Artificial Societies & Social Simulation @RofASSS]

New contribution: 'The inevitable “layering” of models to extend the reach of our understanding' by Bruce Edmonds #metamodelling #abm #complexity #partialunderstanding #layering https://t.co/xbFhNpZ0ar

[Ctr Policy Modelling @cfpm_org]

@JASSSJournal The new issue URL is: https://t.co/BbYbmoZEKQ

[JASSS @JASSSJournal]

The first issue of 2023 has been published! It includes 8 peer reviewed articles and 1 book review! https://t.co/Bhrt17u6Ts