A systematic methodology for cognitive modelling
Artificial Intelligence - Special volume on empirical methods
Canonical Tasks, Environments and Models for Social Simulation
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Towards a Descriptive Model of Agent Strategy Search
Computational Economics
Understanding Climate Policy Using Participatory Agent-Based Social Simulation
MABS '00 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation-Revised and Additional Papers
Modeling a Virtual Food Court Using DECAF
MABS '00 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation-Revised and Additional Papers
Effects of Interaction Topology and Activation Regime in Several Multi-Agent Systems
MABS '00 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation-Revised and Additional Papers
Simulating Emergence and Downward Causation in Small Groups
MABS '00 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation-Revised and Additional Papers
Sexual Attraction and Inter-sexual Dominance among Virtual Agents
MABS '00 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation-Revised and Additional Papers
Computationally Grounded Theories of Agency
ICMAS '00 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on MultiAgent Systems (ICMAS-2000)
Characterizing Simple Negotiation as Distributed Agent-Based Theorem-Proving - A Preliminary Report
ICMAS '00 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on MultiAgent Systems (ICMAS-2000)
The Computational Complexity of Agent Design Problems
ICMAS '00 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on MultiAgent Systems (ICMAS-2000)
Using model replication to improve the reliability of agent-based models
SBP'10 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction
A case study in model selection for policy engineering: simulating maritime customs
AAMAS'11 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Advanced Agent Technology
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The use of MABS (Multi-Agent Based Simulations) is analysed as the modelling of distributed (usually social) systems using MAS (Multi-Agent Systems) as the model structure. It is argued that rarely is direct modelling of target systems attempted but rather an abstraction of the target systems is modelled and insights gained about the abstraction then applied back to the target systems. The MABS modelling process is divided into six steps: abstraction, design, inference, analysis, interpretation and application. Some types of MABS papers are characterised in terms of the steps they focus on and some criteria for good MABS formulated in terms of the soundness with which the steps are established. Finally some practical proposals that might improve the informativeness of the field are suggested.