Simulating societies: an introduction, Jim Doran and Nigel Gilbert; simulating of complex organizational processes - a review of methods and their epistemological foundations, Ann C. Seror; the evolution of technologies, Klaus G. Troitzsch; simulating the emergence of social order from individual behaviour, Andrzej Nowak and Bibb Latane; the architecture of society - stochastic simulation of urban movement, Alan Penn and Nick Dalton; multi-agent simulation as a tool for studying emergent processes in societies, Alexis Drogoul and Jacques Ferber; simulating fishermen society, F. Bousquet, C. Cambier, C. Mullon, P. Morand, J. Quensiere; Simulating prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies, Steven Mithen; the EOS project - modelling Upper Palaeolithic social change, Jim Doran, Mike Palmer, Nigel Gilbert, Paul Mellars; learning to co-operate using cultural algorithms, Robert G. Reynolds; the simulation of trade in oligopolistic markets Jose Castro Caldas and Helder Coelho; mind is not enough - the precognitive bases of social interaction, Rosaria Conte and Cristiano Castelfranchi.