Simulation of Behavioral Processes: Studying Simulated Mobs Using Monte Carlo Method and the Theory of Collective Action -- Dynamic Approach to Modeling Hierarchical Conflict Situations in Small Groups -- A Cognitive Simulation Model of a Regional Higher Education System -- Behavioral Model of Interaction Between Economic Agents and the Institutional Environment -- Attitudes to Vaccination: How the Opinion Dynamics Affects the Influenza Epidemic Process -- Free-Rider Problem: Simulating of System Convergence to Stable Equilibrium State by Means of Finite Markov Chain Models -- Modeling of Sustainability: Econometric Modeling of Adaptation of the Russian Economy to Western Countries' Sanctions -- Improved Free Disposal Hull Methodology for China Provinces Effective Social-Economic Development Modeling -- Dynamics of the Long-Term Orientation in Russian Society Over the Past 100 Years: Results of the Analysis of the Russian Subcorpus of Google Books Ngram -- Sustainable Development Issues of the Belt and Road Initiative in Educational Modeling Cases -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions Modelling Along the Route Using Various Transportation Modes -- Data Science and Modeling: Research on the Prediction of Highly Cited Papers Based on PCA-BPNN -- Logical Dimension in Modeling -- Quantification of Textual Responses to Open-Ended Questions in Big Data Projects -- Optimization of Works Management of the Investment Project.

This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Social-Behavioral Phenomena in Creative Societies, MSBC 2022, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in September 2022. The 14 full papers and 1 short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: simulation of behavioral processes; modeling of sustainability; and data science and modeling.