Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VIII [electronic resource] : International Workshop, MABS 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, May 15, 2007, Revised and Invited Papers /

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.

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.