Computational social science PhD fellowship opportunity for fall 2008, George Mason University

The PhD program in computational social science at George Mason, for a student to begin studies in fall 2008.  



-Network structures in International Relations - network-based  

imperialism, structural properties of international agreements and alliances, economic interdependence networks, agent-based models of evolving relations;

- Evolution of social networks - dynamic network models, cascades and avalanche processes in networks;



More information about the program and center is available at:

http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/



For specific questions related to the graduate program, contact Dawn Parker, acting director for the CSS PhD program, at cssgrad@gmu.edu.



Full application instructions are available at:

http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/phd.php

Multi-Agent Simulation Suite (MASS)

Multi-Agent Simulation Suite (MASS), the agent-based modeling toolset developed at AITIA International.



MASS contains a dedicated programming language for agent-based simulations (FABLES), which is compiled to RePast 3.1. (So, you can continue editing it and add advanced features, or you can directly develop your model in Repast and use the other components of MASS). FABLES has an integrated development environment (called FABLES IME) built on top of the Eclipse

platform. The MASS suite contains further modules as well, like a

graphing/visualization package with wizards, a tool for running and processing batch experiments (the Model Exploration Module or MEME), and a web interface to web-enable your simulation (also useful for doing lab experiments with human subjects -- ie. mixing them with your artificial agents). Unfortunately, this last module (the Participatory Extension or PET) is not yet available in the public release.



The public release of MASS is free, but not open source. It does not contain all the latest features, but we believe it is generally usable.



The suite is available at

http://www.aitia.ai/services_and_products/simulation_systems