MABS 2016 - Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS) workshop

The Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS) workshop is the 17th of a series that began in 1998 (http://www.pcs.usp.br/~mabs/). The MABS workshop series aims to bring together researchers engaged in modeling and in analyzing multi-agent systems, and those interested in applying agent-based simulation techniques to real-world problems. Its scientific focus lies in the confluence of socio-technical-natural sciences and multi-agent systems, with a strong application/empirical vein. Lately, its emphasis is stressed on (i) exploratory agent-based simulation as a principled way of undertaking scientific research in the social sciences, and (ii) using social theories as an inspiration to new frameworks and developments in multi-agent systems.