ATPI 2007

Agents and multi-agent systems are a very attractive approach for dealing with complexity and have proved to be successful in many industrial domains. Building multi-agent systems is still a challenge because very few guidelines and methodologies exist on the topic; further advances are required in formalisms, methodologies and tools to cover the multi-agent systems development process in order to have successful applications. The special session on Agent Theories and Practice for Industry offers a forum for discussion and exchange on theoretical and experimental research and applications of agents applied to industrial problems and contexts.

• Agent based software engineering
• Agent architectures and architectural models
• Multi-agent based modelling and simulation of complex systems
• Coordination and cooperation
• Mobile agents
• Applications of multi-agent systems and case studies
• Industrial applications of multi-agent systems