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Third International Workshop on
Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2006)
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[>>> NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 01 FEB 2006 <<<]
8 May 2006, Future University, Hakodate, Japan
In Conjunction with AAMAS 2006
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/argmas/argmas06/
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Argumentation can be abstractly defined as the interaction of
different arguments for and against some conclusion. Over the last
few years, argumentation has been gaining increasing importance in
multi-agent systems, mainly as a vehicle for facilitating "rational
interaction" (i.e., interaction which involves the giving and
receiving of reasons). This is because argumentation provides tools
for designing, implementing and analysing sophisticated forms of
interaction among rational agents. Argumentation has made solid
contributions to the practice of multi-agent dialogues. Application
domains include: legal disputes, business negotiation, labor
disputes, team formation, scientific inquiry, deliberative democracy,
ontology reconciliation, risk analysis, scheduling, and logistics. A
single agent may also use argumentation techniques to perform its
individual reasoning because it needs to make decisions under complex
preferences policies, in a highly dynamic environment.
This workshop builds on two successful workshops:
* ArgMAS 2005 held in conjunction with AAMAS 2005,
in Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
* ArgMAS 2004 held in conjunction with AAMAS 2004,
in Columbia University, New York, USA
The workshop will be concerned with the use of the concepts, theories,
methodologies, and computational models of argumentation in building
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The workshop will solicit
papers looking at both theory and practice. In particular, the
workshop aims at bridging the gap between the vast amount of work on
argumentation theory and the practical needs of multi-agent systems
research.
The workshop will be co-located with the fourth international
conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems AAMAS 2006.
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TOPICS
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We solicit papers dealing with, but not limited to, the following areas:
* Computational models for argumentation
* Argumentation-based decision making
* Argumentation-based joint deliberation
* Argumentation-based persuasion
* Argumentation-based inquiry
* Argumentation-based negotiation and conflict resolution
* Argumentation and risk assessment
* Argumentation for legal reasoning
* Argumentation for electronic democracy
* Argumentation for coordination, cooperation and team formation
* Argumentation and game theory in multi-agent systems
* Human-agent argumentation
* Argumentation and preferences modelling
* Strategic behaviour in argument-based dialogues
* Deception, trust, reputation in argument-based interaction
* Computational complexity of argumentation dialogues
* Properties of argumentation dialogues (termination, success)
* Hybrid argumentation-based models
* Implemented argumentation-based multi-agent systems
* New application areas
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Note that the dates are fixed by the AAMAS conference:
01 Feb 2006 > Submission Deadline
19 Feb 2006 > Notification
12 Mar 2006 > Camera Ready Due
08 May 2006 > Workshop
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PUBLICATION
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The proceedings of ArgMAS will be printed and distributed at the workshop.
As we did for ArgMAS 2004 and ArgMAS 2005, it is planned to publish
revised versions of the accepted full papers in an edited book as
part of the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)
series. This publication would have an ISBN number, and would be
available both in printed form, as well as electronically on the
SpringerLink online library.
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SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
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Contributors may submit either full papers (no longer than 5000 words,
not including figures) or a two page position statement that outlines
their interests, background, and discussion of an aspect of the
workshop theme.
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers in the Springer Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) style, since this will be the format
required for the planned post-proceedings book. Formatting
instructions, as well as the style and sample files, can be found
here: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
All submissions should be sent either in PostScript format or in PDF
format by email to Nicolas Maudet on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At least one author of each accepted papers must register for the
workshop.
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COMMITEES
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Co-Chairs:
* Nicolas Maudet
LAMSADE
University Paris-Dauphine
75775 Paris Cedex 16
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Simon Parsons
Department of Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College
City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, 11210 NY
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Iyad Rahwan
(Corresponding Organiser)
Institute of Informatics
The British University in Dubai
P.O.Box 502216 Dubai, UAE
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steering Committee
* Antonis Kakas (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
* Nicolas Maudet (Universite Paris-Dauphine, France)
* Peter McBurney (University of Liverpool, UK)
* Pavlos Moraitis (University R. Descartes-Paris 5, France)
* Simon Parsons (City University of New York, USA)
* Iyad Rahwan (The British University in Dubai, UAE,
and University of Edinburgh, UK)
* Chris Reed (University of Dundee, UK)
Programme Committee
* Leila Amgoud (IRIT, Toulouse, France)
* Katie Atkinson (University of Liverpool, UK)
* Jamal Bentahar (Laval University, Canada)
* Carlos Chesnevar (Universitat de Lleida, Spain)
* Frank Dignum (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
* Rogier van Eijk (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
* Anthony Hunter (University College, London, UK)
* Antonis Kakas (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
* Nikos Karacapilidis (University of Patras, Greece)
* Nicolas Maudet (University Paris-Dauphine, France)
* Peter McBurney (University of Liverpool, UK)
* Jarred McGinnis (University of Edinburgh, UK)
* Pavlos Moraitis (University R. Descartes, France)
* Xavier Parent (King's College, UK)
* Simon Parsons (City University of New York, USA)
* Philippe Pasquier (University of Melbourne, Australia)
* Henry Prakken (Utrecht University,
and University of Groningen,The Netherlands)
* Iyad Rahwan (British University in Dubai, UAE,
and University of Edinburgh, UK)
* Chris Reed (University of Dundee, UK)
* Carles Sierra (IIIA, Spain)
* Guillermo Simari (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina)
* Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
* Francesca Toni (Imperial College, London, UK)
* Paolo Torroni (Università di Bologna, Italy)
* Bart Verheij (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
* Gerard Vreeswijk (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
* Mike Wooldridge (University of Liverpool, UK)
