[alife] Call for chapter: Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems

[Ang Yang]

APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS

 

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposal submission deadline: August 31, 2006

 

Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems

Editor: Ang Yang, University of New South Wales, Australia

        Yin Shan, The Australian National University, Australia

Publisher: Idea Group Inc. (www.idea-group.com)

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Introduction

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The universe is a big system of systems. It has for example, ecological
systems, social systems, commodity and stock market, etc. These systems are
complex and constantly adapting to their environment. Many of these systems
are essential to the very existence of human beings. They cannot be fully
understood by isolating their components or applying simple cause and effect
reasoning due to the complexity and intensive interactions among these
components. These systems can be examined by looking for patterns within
their behaviour. The Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) research uses systemic
inquiry to build multi-level and multi-disciplinary representations of
reality to study these systems. Recently, it has been a focus across a
number of disciplines. 

 

The Overall Objective of the Book

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The use of the theory of CAS is prevalent in most areas of scientific
endeavour. However, most papers on the application of CAS are scattered
around in different journals and conference proceedings. As such, journal
and conference publications tend to focus on a very special and narrow
topic. It is therefore vital to have a book which summarizes the
state-of-art in this highly-evolving area.

 

This special volume will consist of open-solicited and invited papers
written by leading researchers in the field. All papers will go through a
peer review process by at least three recognised reviewers and one of the
editors. The book will cover the foundation as well as the practical side of
the topic. This represents a balance between technicality of specialists,
and readability of a larger audience. 

 

This work will raise the profile of the contribution that complex adaptive
systems can make toward better understanding of the various critical systems
around us. In doing so, this work should encourage both further research
into this area and also the practical implementation of the results derived
from this area.

 

The Target Audience

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Researchers working in the field of complex adaptive systems and related
fields such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, multi-agent
systems, data mining, as well as professionals in related applications such
as defence, bioinformatics and sociology will find this book an
indispensable state-of-art reference. Because of the comprehensive coverage
of the book, the book can also be used as a text at the post-graduate level.

 

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

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.    Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems

.    Complex Adaptive System Tools

    o      Network Theory

    o      Multi-Agent Systems

    o      Learning Methods

    o      Simulation Models

    o      Evolutionary Game

    o      Data Mining and Data Farming

    o      Visualization and Virtual Environments

.    Applications

    o      Ecosystem

    o      Economic systems (market, finance, stock market)

    o      Energy (e.g. power grid)

    o      Bioinformatics (e.g. genomics)

    o      Health (e.g. epidemiology)

    o      Sociology (e.g. social networks)

    o      Defence and homeland security

 

Submission Procedure

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Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 15,
2006, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be
notified by September 15, 2006 about the status of their proposals and sent
chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by December 15, 2006. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea
Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing,
Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea
Group Reference imprints.

 

Timeline

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August 31, 2006:           Chapter proposal due

September 15, 2006:      Notifying authors of acceptance/rejection of the
proposal

December 15, 2006:       Full chapter due

February 15, 2007:         Notifying authors for revision

February 15, 2007:         Notifying authors of the review results

April 30, 2007:               Notifying authors of acceptance/rejection of
the revised chapter

 

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded to:

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Ang Yang

Artificial Life and Adaptive Robotics Laboratory

School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

University of New South Wales

Australian Defence Force Academy

Northcott Drive, Canberra ACT 2600

AUSTRALIA

Tel.: (+61) (2) 62688189     Fax: (+61) (2) 62688581

E-mail: a.yang at adfa.edu.au