The 2026 Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS) workshop is the 27th of the MABS series, which began in 1998. Its scientific focus lies in the confluence of social sciences and multi-agent systems, with a strong application/empirical vein, and it emphasizes, (i) exploratory agent-based simulation as a principled way of undertaking scientific research in the social sciences and (ii) using social theories as an inspiration for new frameworks and developments in multi-agent systems.

The excellent quality level of this workshop has been recognized since its inception and its proceedings have been regularly published in Springer’s Lecture Notes series. MABS 2026 will be hosted at AAMAS 2026 (25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems), which will take place in Paphos, Cyprus, from May 25th to 29rd, 2026. The MABS workshop will be held on May 26, 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. See the detailed call for papers from the link above.

Important Dates
Feb 4: Submission deadline (extended)
Mar 20: Acceptance/rejection notifications
Mar 30: Deadline for revised submissions
May 26: Workshop event

Topics
MABS has a diverse and extensive list of topics which include the general areas of: Simulation methodologies and tools, Formal and agent models of social behavior, MABS for socio-ecological systems, Visualization and analytic tools and LLM-assisted simulation analysis and interpretation methods. A full list of topics and instructions for authors can be found here: https://mabsworkshop.github.io/.

We encourage submission of work that is in a less finished state than we would expect to see at the main conference and particularly the submission of work that has open questions which would be worthy of discussion at the workshop.

If you have queries relating to the workshop, please consult the website or contact our 2026 MABS workshop Chairs at [email protected]

Program chairs
Manon Prédhumeau (Toulouse Capitole University, France)
Jaime Simão Sichman (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Samarth Swarup (University of Virginia)