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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The deadline for paper submission for the ABMTRANS'13 workshop has been postponed to 28 December 2012 (instead of 8 December). The ABMTRANS'13 workshop is co-located with the ANT-2013 conference. Please consider to submit your work and to exchange ideas with other domain experts via the ABMTRANS's platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please feel free to send us an email in case of any query or comments. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ir. Luk Knapen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dr. Ansar Yasar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Co-Organizers ABMTRANS'13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The 2nd International Workshop on Agent-based Mobility, Traffic and Transportation Models, Methodologies and Applications (ABMTRANS=9213)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.uhasselt.be/UH/datasim/datasim-ABMTRANS13.html">http://www.uhasselt.be/UH/datasim/datasim-ABMTRANS13.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>in conjunction with ANT-2013 conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>June 25-28, 2013, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The 2nd International Workshop on Agent-based Mobility, Traffic and Transportation Models, Methodologies and Applications (ABMTRANS 2013) provides an international forum on the latest technologies and research in the field of traffic and transportation modeling using an agent-based approach. ABMTRANS 2013 is organized in the context of the European FP7 project DATASIM (<a href="http://www.datasim-fp7.eu/">http://www.datasim-fp7.eu/</a>). ABMTRANS 2013 will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (25-28 June 2013) in conjunction with The 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SCOPE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This workshop provides a multidisciplinary collaborative forum for researchers and practitioners to submit papers presenting new research results and novel ideas related to the theory or the practice of agent-based traffic and transportation modeling. This workshop also invites researchers to submit their work focusing on the data mining, management and configuration for agent-based traffic and transportation modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Agent-based modeling and simulation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Agent-human interactions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Environment modeling and interaction protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Data mining, learning and adaptation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Marketing decision support<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Collaboration, cooperation, competition, coalitions in traffic and transportation models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Agent-based negotiation of QoS and SLAs in traffic and transportation models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Social and emergent behavior in MAS-T (multi-agent systems applied to traffic and transport)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Large scale simulation of agent-based microscopic traffic models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Calibration and validation of agent-based models for traffic and transportation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Role of multi-agent methodologies for complex systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Conceptual modeling of agent-based approach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Agent-based freight transportation modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Multi-modal routing of agents in a dynamic traffic environment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Agent-based scheduling to establish synthetic agenda for day-to-day activities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the ANT-2013 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow Elsevier guidelines as given in ANT-2013 website (<a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/</a> ). The number of pages for workshop papers is limited to 6 pages. Authors should submit their contributions electronically in PDF format at: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=abmtrans2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=abmtrans2013</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The submission processes will be managed by easychair.org. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The selective outstanding papers presented at the workshops, after further revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues. In case of any problem with submission, please contact the workshop chair for assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All workshops accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series (on-line). Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on <a href="http://www.Elsevier.com">www.Elsevier.com</a> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com">http://www.sciencedirect.com</a>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com">http://www.scopus.com</a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com">http://www.engineeringvillage.com</a>) . This includes EI Compendex (<a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex">http://www.ei.org/compendex</a>) . All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP ( <a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/">http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</a> ).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The selective outstanding papers presented at the workshops, after further revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues at ANT'13 and in IJFCST.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submission due: December 28, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Notification of acceptance: February 8, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Camera-ready due: March 5, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Workshop: 25-28 June, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PROGRAM COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Tom Bellemans, IMOB - Hasselt University (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Davy Janssens, IMOB - Hasselt University (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bruno Kochan, IMOB - Hasselt University (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Leo Rutten, KHLim (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Holvoet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rutger Claes, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Davy Preuveneers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Ghasan Bhatti, OKTAL / University of Toulouse (France)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Stephane Galland, UTBM (France)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Fabrice Marchal, CNRS (France)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Theo Arentze, Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Harry Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Michael May, Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Marco Luetzenberger, DAI-Labor (Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Anders Peterson, Linkoping University (Sweden)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Paul Davidsson, Malmo University (Sweden)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Rashid A. Waraich, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Carl Binding, IBM Research (Switzerland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PHUCV, Nguyen, Arkansas State University (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Assaf Schuster, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Daniel Keren, Haifa University (Israel)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>REGISTRATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please visit: <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/#registration">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/#registration</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>VENUE, ACCOMMODATION & VISA REQUIREMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please visit: <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/#conferenceVenue">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/#conferenceVenue</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dr. Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Transportation Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ansar.yasar@uhasselt.be">ansar.yasar@uhasselt.be</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ir. Luk Knapen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Transportation Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:luk.knapen@uhasselt.be">luk.knapen@uhasselt.be</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you have any further questions please contact one of the workshop organizers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>