We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for the 27th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2026), a pivotal event that brings together leading researchers from Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) engineering and the social, economic, and organisational sciences.
MABS 2026 is part of the AAMAS 2026 conference taking place in Paphos, Cyprus from the 25th to the 29rd of May, 2026.
MABS 2026 continues its tradition of fostering cross-fertilisation and innovation in MAS engineering and complex social and sociotechnical systems modeling. The workshop encourages submissions in areas such as simulation methodology and tools, simulation of social and intelligent behaviour, diverse applications, and simulation analytics.
The MABS workshop has run alongside the main conference since AAMAS was first held in Bologna in 2002 and continues to attract a diverse and enthusiastic group of participants.
For the MABS workshop, we encourage submission of work that is in a less finished state than we would expect to see at the main conference. We particularly encourage the submission of work that has open questions which would be worthy of discussion at the workshop.
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Relevant topics
The range of technical issues that MABS has dealt with, and continues to deal with, is quite diverse and extensive. Topics relevant to this workshop include, but are not limited to:
Simulation methodologies and tools
- Standards for MABS
- Methodologies and modeling formalism for MABS
- Methodologies to combine MABS with other modeling approaches
- Simulation languages, platforms and tools for MABS
- Digital twins as MABS platforms
- Large-scale and distributed MABS
- Scalability and robustness in MABS
- Future challenges in MABS
Simulation of Social and Intelligent behavior
- Formal and agent models of social behavior
- Cognitive modeling and simulation
- Game theory and simulation
- Integration of LLMs and generative AI for agent behavior modeling
- Social structure, social networks and simulating organizations
- Simulating social complexity (e.g. structures and norms, social order, emergence of cooperation and coordinated action, self-organization, the micro-macro link)
Applications and Empirical Work
- MABS for socio-ecological systems
- MABS for socio-technical systems
- Agent-based experimental economics
- Participatory and Human-in-the-Loop simulation
- MABS and games
- MABS and cloud computing
- Digital twin applications in MABS
- MABS in governance and policy-making
- Applications of generative AI in MABS ecosystems
Simulation Analytics
- Visualization and analytic tools for MABS
- Experimental design for MABS
- Statistical and data analysis methods for MABS
- Data mining and machine learning methods for MABS
- LLM-assisted simulation analysis and interpretation
- AI-driven pattern recognition in simulation outcomes
Workshop Format and Location. MABS 2026 will be an in-person event in Paphos, Cyprus. The workshop will feature an invited speaker/s, paper presentations, and a concluding panel discussion. The workshop duration and presentation times will be contingent on the number of submissions.
Audience and Scope. MABS 2026 welcomes social scientists, policy-makers, AI, MAS, and simulation researchers and developers. It is an ideal platform for those engaged in modelling multi-agent systems and applying agent-based simulation in real-world scenarios.
Proceedings. Post-proceedings will be reviewed further and published in the Springer LNAI series under “Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XXVII, 27th International Workshop, Paphos, May 2026, Revised Papers”.
Target audience. The workshop will provide a forum for social scientists, policy-makers, and AI, MAS and simulation researchers and developers, to assess the current state of the art in the agent-based modeling and simulation of social and socio-technical systems, to identify where and discuss how existing approaches can be successfully applied, to learn about new approaches and explore future research challenges, and to exchange ideas and knowledge in an interdisciplinary environment.
The workshop will be of interest to researchers engaged in modeling and analyzing multi-agent systems, and those interested in applying agent-based simulation techniques to real-world problems. In addition, it will attract researchers committed to cross-cutting research that is complementary to more orthodox modeling approaches.
MABS intends to be a place where researchers can exchange ideas about their work and we are looking forward to the community meeting once again in person.
Submission guidelines
Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references formatted according to the Springer LNCS style and must be electronically submitted before the submission deadline through the workshop conference system, which is available here:
All contributions will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent PC members. The evaluation criteria of contributions will be based on originality, quality, clarity, and its relevance to the workshop.
Submission is single-blind, i.e., authors can include their names, affiliations, and other identifying information in the paper.
Supplementary material is allowed after the 12 pages of the main paper, in the same pdf. This can include external links, e.g., to GitHub repositories for code. However, reviewers are not required to look at the supplementary material, so please make your main paper as self-contained as possible.
Publication
Following the tradition of the previous MABS workshops, we intend to publish the accepted papers, after a further reviewing process, in the Springer Multi-Agent-Based Simulation book series, LNAI.
Important Dates
Feb 4, 2026: Submission deadline (extended)
Mar 20: Acceptance/rejection notifications
Mar 30: Deadline for revised submissions
Apr 8: Preliminary program and online article availability
May 25/26: Workshop event
Aug-Dec: Preparation of Post-Proceedings for Springer LNAI
Submission Page
More information
For more information or if you have queries relating to the workshop, please contact our 2026 MABS workshop Chairs:
Manon Prédhumeau
Jaime Simão Sichman
Samarth Swarup
You can reach the chairs by sending email to mabs2026workshop@gmail.com.