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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
International Journal on Multiagent and Grid Systems (IOS Press)
Special Issue on ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTS FOR MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS
Eds. Danny Weyns and Andrea Omicini
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~distrinet/events/e4mas/2006/mags/
http://www.iospress.nl/html/15741702.php
Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline : January 30, 2007
Paper notification : March 15, 2007
Camera ready paper : April 30, 2007
Planned publication : September, 2007
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INTRODUCTION
The successful series of workshops on Environments for Multiagent Systems
(E4MAS) at the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and
Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) 2004, 2005, and 2006 have put the environment
on the agenda of the multiagent system research community. Research on
environments recognizes the environment as a first-class abstraction in
multiagent systems. On the one hand, the environment is an essential part
of any multiagent system, it is the part of the world in with which the
agents interact and in which the effects of the agents will be observed
and evaluated. On the other hand, the environment can also be used
creatively in the design of multiagent systems. Agents can exploit the
environment to share information and coordinate their behavior. A clean
separation of agent and environment concerns helps to manage the huge
complexity of engineering complex real-world applications.
GOAL AND SCOPE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE
The goal of the special issue is to give an overview of state-of-the-art research on environment engineering in multiagent systems. Topics include:
- Responsibilities of environments in multiagent systems
- Modularization of environments
- Architectural patterns and software architecture for environments
- Aspect-oriented software development for environments
- Middleware support for environments, object/tuplespace-like
infrastructure
- Technologies for the practical implementation of environments
- Implementation frameworks
- Description languages and design support for environments engineering
- Design and implementation of:
- infrastructure for perception, actions and communication
- indirect interaction through the environment, stigmergic approaches:
use of marks, digital pheromones, field-based approaches, overhearing,
tag-based interaction, etc.
- role of the environment in social structures (roles, organizations,
etc.)
- role of the environment in self-organizing systems (self-configuration,
self-tuning, self-healing, etc.)
- environment mediation, law-goverened interaction
- electronic institutions
- topology and distribution of environments
- mobility
- environment engineering and practical applications
- environment engineering for MAS simulation
SUBMISSIONS
We welcome the submission of original research papers that are not
under review for a workshop, conference or other journal. We seek
theoretical, experimental, methodological as well as application papers.
Submissions will be peer reviewed by at least reviewers. Selection
criteria include: relevance, technical correctness, originality of
the contribution and quality of exposition.
The submission should be 15-18 pages in length, including figures and
references. The paper must be formatted according to the MAGS style
(http://www.iospress.nl/html/15741702_ita.html).
Submissions must be sent in PDF format to mags-e4mas@cs.kuleuven.be.
GUEST EDITORS
Danny Weyns, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Andrea Omicini, Universit� di Bologna, Italy
INFO - CONTACT
Website: http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~distrinet/events/e4mas/2006/mags/
Email: mags-e4mas@cs.kuleuven.be
REVIEWERS
- Sven Brueckner, USA
- Yves Demazeau, France
- Marco Dorigo, Belgium
- Alexis Drogoul, France
- Jacques Ferber, France
- Tom Holvoet, Belgium
- Franziska Kluegl, Germany
- Marco Mamei, Italy
- Fabien Michel, France
- James Odell, USA
- Eugenio Oliveira, Spain
- H. Van Dyke Parunak, USA
- John Sauter, USA
- Carles Sierra, Spain
- Karl Tuyls, The Netherlands
- Adelinde Uhrmacher, Germany
- Paul Valckenaers, Belgium
- Mirko Viroli, Italy
- Franco Zambonelli, Italy
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