This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social
Computing Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction SBP 2015 held in Washington DC USA
in March April 2015. The 24 full papers presented together with 36 poster papers were carefully
reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. The goal of the conference was to advance our
understanding of human behavior through the development and application of mathematical
computational statistical simulation predictive and other models that provide fundamental
insights into factors contributing to human socio-cultural dynamics. The topical areas
addressed by the papers are social and behavioral sciences health sciences engineering
computer and information science.
