Call for Papers: AMAS 2003 - Track on “Agents and Multi-Agent Systems”
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Integrated on the
10th ISPE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
Carlton Madeira Hotel - Madeira Island, Portugal
26 - 30 JULY, 2003
The Due Date of Paper Submission is March 24, 2003
AMAS - Agents and Multi-Agent Systems track - aims at discussing
Relevant aspects of both agents and multi-agent systems technology.
There is a growing interest in the use of the agent-based metaphor to
specify, model and implement computer systems displaying autonomy,
intelligence and distributed control to solve complex problems in
dynamic environments. The study of agents and multi-agent system
techniques is increasingly becoming and inter-disciplinary area where
research from computer science, economics game theory and social
simulation converge to enable efficient agent-based systems to be
feasible and deployed. The main objective of this conference track is to
bring together Contributions from agent-based system developers showing
how either new or current techniques can be useful for practical
applications.
Relevant topics that are welcome include, but are not limited to, the
following:
- learning and adaptive agents
- negotiation protocols
- ontologies
- strategies for cooperation
- game theoretic based agents
- agent based models of social behaviors and emotion
- agent communication
- formalisms and languages for agents and multi-agent systems
- agent architectures
- agent based applications
- human interfaces
This track will include the following three sessions:
Agent mediated electronic commerce
Although electronic commerce is reaching a critical mass worldwide,
research is still required to overcome important drawbacks associated
with current state-of-the-art. Research in the domain is most active in
topics like, among others, sophisticated negotiation strategies, agent
architectures and ontologies. Through this session we aim at exchange
ideas about how these recent research developments can contribute to the
advance of this important area and its applications.
Learning and adaptive agents
The success of software entities such as intelligent agents in open,
dynamic environments greatly depend on their adaptive capabilities. Only
continuous learning and adaptation to the environment can provide agents
with the capabilities to survive and be successful specially in
competitive societies of self-interested entities. In this session we
aim at the discussion of how techniques such as distributed learning,
reinforcement learning, agent-based knowledge discovery and data mining,
emergent behavior and co-evolution can contribute to the design of more
flexible and self-evolving agents.
Cooperative multi-agent systems
In many domains and in particular in concurrent engineering, cooperation
among designers or manufacturers is required. One approach is to develop
cooperative environments based on multi-agent systems. In this session,
we aim at discussing various approaches leading to the development of
such environments, as well as their potential application to the
training of young specialists, or the possibility to use them for
recording, organizing and managing knowledge.
Organization:
Chair: Eugénio de Oliveira
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia
Co-chairs: Jean-Paul Barthès
Université de Technologie de Compiègne
José Manuel Fonseca
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e
Tecnologia
Important dates:
Full paper submission: 24th March 2003
Notice of acceptance: 31st March 2003
Camera ready: 14th April 2003
Paper submission:
The papers must contain unpublished work, not under submission elsewhere
and are to be submitted electronically to the e-mail jmf@uninova.pt.
Venue
The conference will take place on the beautiful Madeira island. More
information about registration, traveling, accommodation and social
program can be found on the conference’s official web page
http://isg.uninova.pt/ce2003
For additional information please contact:
Professor José Manuel Fonseca
Dept. Engenharia Electrotécnica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2829-516 Caparica
PORTUGAL
Phone: +351-212948380 Fax: +351-212941253
E-mail: jmf@uninova.pt
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