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NISS EXPLORATION WORKSHOP on AGENT-BASED MODELING
Commonalities in Unconnected Problems - Applications Driving Theory
November 20-21, 2008 in Research
Triangle Park, NC
This workshop
is organized with one full day focused on substantive problems that
motivate the development of agent-based modeling and on formal characterization
of agent-based modeling by those working in the field and by statisticians
with specialized experience. The following day is a working meeting
– highly interactive, including both domain experts and mathematical
scientists, and restricted in size so that all participants are fully
engaged in characterization of high-priority open problems for both
theory and methodology. The output of these working groups will be a
white paper that identifies/outlines key open issues for statistical/mathematical/computational
development and to subjecting this draft to critique by substantive
area experts as well as statisticians. |
Location:
NISS
19 T.W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Ben Klemens, Brookings
Institute - Keynote Speaker |
Susie Bayarri, Statistics and Operations Research,
University of Valencia |
Georgiy Bobashev, RTI International |
Vanja Dukic, University of Chicago |
Elizabeth Groff, Temple University |
Nicolas Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratories |
Thomas Lucas, Naval Postgraduate School |
James Moody, Dept. of Sociology, Duke University |
Yasmin Said, George Mason University |
Susan Sanchez, Naval Postgraduate School |
David Wagner, Dept. of Combinatorics and Optimization,
University of Waterloo |
Invited Discussants |
| David Banks, Dept. of Statistics, Duke University |
| Leticia Cuellar, Los Alamos National Laboratories |
| Doug Kelly, Dept. of Mathematics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
| Ed Wegman, George Mason University |
AGENDA
Abstracts
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 | |
| 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45 Welcome | |
| 9:00 Keynote Address | Ben Klemens |
| 9:45 Formulating the Mathematics Agent-based models and interacting particle systems |
David Wagner |
| 10:30 Break | |
| 11:00 Defense Simulations Agent-based Models in the Department of Defense: Motivation, History, and Applications |
Thomas Lucas and Susan Sanchez |
| 11:45 Sociological Modeling Simulating Social Networks: Agent based models in Sociology |
James Moody |
| 12:30 Lunch | |
| 1:30 Crime Mapping Agent-based Models in Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Elizabeth Groff |
| 2:00 Human Behavior | Yasmin Said |
| 2:30 Epidemic Modeling | Nick Hengartner |
| 3:00 Break | |
| 3:30 Underlying Structures for Epidemic Models A Hybrid Epidemic Model: Combining the Advantages of Agent-based and Equation-based Approaches |
Georgiy Bobashev |
| 4:00 Uncertainties in Networks Managing uncertainties in traffic networks |
Susie Bayarri |
| 4:30 TBA | Vanja Dukic |
| 5:00 Discussion of Friday's Agenda | |
| 5:15 Adjourn | |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 (by invitation only) | |
| 8:30 Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 Synthesis and Panel Discussion | |
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| 10:00 Charge to Writing Groups (#1=Overview, #2=#4=Focused Problem Areas) | |
| 10:15 Break | |
| 10:30 White Paper Writing Groups | |
| 12:30 Lunch | |
| 2:30 White Paper Writing Groups | |
| 3:00 Break | |
| 3:30 Group Progress Presentations | |
| 4:30 Adjourn | |
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Hotel
Information: A block of rooms has been reserved for NISS at the Call 919-549-8631 to make your reservation! The rate is $115/night. |
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