From: Eric Bonabeau Subject: PUB: New journal - Journal of Complex Systems Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 16:44:34 -0700 Organization: The Santa Fe Institute We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. - PLEASE DIFFUSE - PLEASE DIFFUSE - PLEASE DIFFUSE - ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ___________________________________ JOURNAL OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS ___________________________________ The Journal of Complex Systems is a new journal, published by HERMES Publishing Co. Web page: http://www.santafe.edu/~bonabeau. Subscriptions: hermes@iway.fr, Attn: Subscriptions Dept. _________________ AIMS and SCOPES _________________ The Journal of Complex Systems aims to provide a medium of communication for multidisciplinary approaches, either empirical or theoretical, to the study of complex systems in such diverse fields as biology, physics, engineering, economics, cognitive science and social sciences, so as to promote the cross- fertilization of ideas among all the scientific disciplines having to deal with their own complex systems. By complex system, it is meant a system comprised of a (usually large) number of (usually strongly) interacting entities, processes, or agents, the understanding of which requires the development, or the use of, new scientific tools, nonlinear models, out-of equilibrium descriptions and computer simulations. Understanding the behavior of the whole from the behavior of its constituent units is a recurring theme in modern science, and is the central topic of the Journal of Complex Systems. Papers suitable for publication in the Journal of Complex Systems should deal with complex systems, from an empirical or theoretical viewpoint, or both, in biology, physics, engineering, economics, cognitive science and social sciences. This list is not exhaustive. Papers should have a cross-disciplinary approach or perspective, and have a significant scientific and technical content. ____________________ EDITORIAL BOARD ____________________ Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel Aviv University, Israel Eric Bonabeau (Editor-in-Chief), Santa Fe Institute, USA Jean-Louis Dessalles, Telecom Paris, France Nigel R. Franks, University of Bath, UK Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan Paolo Gaudiano, Boston University, USA Alfred Hubler, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign, USA Cliff Joslyn, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Alan Kirman, GREQAM EHESS, France Erik Mosekilde, The Technical University of Denmark Avidan U. Neumann, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Scott Page, University of Iowa, USA Diana Richards, University of Minnesota, USA Frank Schweitzer, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Ricard V. Sole,Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Spain Peter Stadler, University of Vienna, Austria Luc Steels, Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Guy Theraulaz, Paul Sabatier University, France Andreas Wagner, Santa Fe Institute, USA Gerard Weisbuch, Ecole Normale Superieure, France Yi-Cheng Zhang, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland ______________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS for prospective AUTHORS ______________________________________ Original papers can be submitted as regular papers or as letters. Regular papers report detailed results, whereas letters are short communications, not exceeding 3000 words, that report important new results. Ideally, regular papers should contain between 3000 and 12000 words, but the editors may consider the publication of shorter or longer papers if necessary. Short reviews and tutorials will also be considered. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief (bonabeau@santafe.edu) before embarking on a review or tutorial. It is extremely important that papers contain a sufficiently long introduction accessible to a wide readership, and that results be put in broader perspective in the conclusion. However, the main body of a paper should not have a low technical content under the pretext that the journal is multi-disciplinary. The submission of a manuscript will be taken to imply that thematerial is original and has not been and will not be (unless not accepted in the Journal of Complex Systems) submitted in equivalent form for publication elsewhere. Papers will be published in English. The American or the British forms of spelling may be used, but this usage must be consistent throughout the manuscript. Electronic submission is requested. Authors that use LaTex should use the template files which are available at the journal's web page (http://www.santafe.edu/~bonabeau. Authors using word processors should conform to the style given in the sample postscript file (jcs.ps) which can also be downloaded from the journal's web page. A postscript file is sufficient for the first submission. Source files will be requested when the paper is accepted for publication. To submit a paper, upload it by ftp: > ftp ftp.santafe.edu > Name: anonymous > Password: you email address > cd pub/bonabeau/incoming > mput files > bye Files cannot be downloaded from there, and directories cannot be created. After uploading your files, send an email to bonabeau@santafe.edu including a list of all uploaded files, a brief description of the paper and a list of keywords. _______________ SCHEDULE _______________ The first issue will be launched in late Spring 1998, based primarily on refereed papers contributed by members of the editorial board. However, papers for future issues can already be considered. 4 issues yearly. Subscriptions: hermes@iway.fr, Attn: Subscriptions Dept.