[alife] Call for Chapter - Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems

A. Yang ayang at itee.adfa.edu.au
Thu May 18 03:49:24 PDT 2006


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CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Proposal submission deadline: August 15, 2006

Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems
Editor: Ang Yang & Yin Shan, University of New South Wales, Australia
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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 15, 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
March 31, 2007:  Revised chapter due
May 31, 2007:  Final accepted chapter deadline


Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded to:
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Ang Yang
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
University of New South Walese
Australian Defence Force Academy
Northcott Drive, Canberra ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA
Tel.: (+61) (2) 62688189    Fax: (+61) (2) 62688581
E-mail: ayang at tst.adfa.edu.au





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