Preface.- Chapter 1. Catastrophes and agent-based models.- Chapter 2. BLUESSS simulation package.- Chapter 3. Behavior patterns of an artificial society.- Chapter 4. Extended prey-predator model.- Chapter 5. Stock market: Uncertainty and catastrophes.- Chapter 6. Epidemics.- Chapter 7. Growing organism and cancer.- Chapter 8. Work, salary and Gini.- Chapter 9. Waiting lines.- Chapter 10. Simultaneous events, semi-discrete events and chicken.- Index.

Stanislaw Raczynski received his master degree from the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH) in Krakow Poland, his Ph.D, and Habilitation degree from the same Academy, in the area of control theory and optimization methods. He was the head of the Computer Center of the AGH. and of the Systems Analysis Group at the AGH. Dr. Raczynski worked as a researcher in the International Research Group in Moscow USSR, and participated in the activities of the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems. He was a visiting professor of the National University of Mexico, and then a professor of the Panamericana University in Mexico City. Dr. Raczynski also has been the International Director of the Society for Computer Simulation. He wrote three books on computer simulation (Wiley UK, BrownWalker Press and Springer Nature) and has more than 140 articles and papers published in professional journals and conference proceedings.