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Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S)
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to take place during
The 4th Annual INDUSTRIAL SIMULATION CONFERENCE 2006 (ISC'06)
June 5-7, 2006, Palermo, Italy
http://biomath.ugent.be/~eurosis/conf/isc/isc2006/index.html
ISC'06
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The Industrial Simulation Conference 2006 (ISC'06) aims to give
a complete overview of industrial simulation related research and
to provide an annual status report on present day industrial simulation
research within the European Community and the rest of the world.
The exchange of techniques and ideas among the different disciplines,
universities and industry, which support the integration of simulation
in the everyday workplace, is the basic premise at the heart of ISC'06.
ISC'06 is sponsored by the EUROSIS (The European Multidisciplinary Society
for Modelling and Simulation Technology), and is hosted by the University
of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S'06)
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Multi-agent systems (MAS) provide powerful models for representing
real-world environments with an appropriate degree of complexity and dynamism.
Several industrial experiences have already shown that the use of MAS offers
advantages in manufacturing processes, e-Commerce, and network management.
Since MAS in such contexts are to be tested before their actual deployment
and execution, methodologies that support validation through simulation of
the MAS under development are highly required. In fact, MAS simulation cannot
only demonstrate that a MAS correctly behaves according to its
specifications but can also support the analysis of emergent properties of the
MAS under-test.
In this track we are interested in the combined issues of
multi-agent systems and simulation particularly in the context of
Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE).
Areas of interest
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We are interested in the following topic areas (although this list
should not be treated as exclusive):
* Agent-based simulation techniques and methodologies
* Discrete-event simulation of Multi-Agent Systems
* Simulation as Validation Tool for the development process of MAS
* Agent-oriented Methodologies incorporating Simulation tools
* MAS Simulation driven by formal models
* MAS Simulation toolkits and frameworks
* Testing vs. Simulation of MAS
* Agents as modeling concept enabling communication between domain experts and simulationists
* Industrial case studies based on MAS and simulation/testing
* Agent Computational Economics/Agent Computational Finance
Program Chairs
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Giancarlo Fortino - Università della Calabria, Italy
g.fortino@unical.it
Massimo Cossentino - ICAR/CNR and Università di Palermo, Italy
cossentino@pa.icar.cnr.it
Wilma Russo - Università della Calabria, Italy
w.russo@unical.it
Workshop Program Committee
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Carol Bernon Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, France
Giuseppe Di Fatta University of Konstanz, Germany and ICAR/CNR (Palermo), Italy
Salvatore Gaglio Università di Palermo, Italy
Alfredo Garro Università della Calabria, Italy
Paolo Giorgini Università di Trento, Italy
Marie-Pierre Gleizes Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, France
Brian Henderson-Sellers Sydney University of Technology, Australia
Franziska Kluegl University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Renato Levy Intelligent Automation, Inc, USA
Adolfo Lopez Paredes University of Valladolid, Spain
Vito Morreale Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA, Italy
Scott Moss Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Andrea Omicini Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy
Juan Pavón Mestras Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Paolo Petta Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
Erwan Tranvouez University Paul Cezanne, LSIS, France
Giuseppe Vizzari Università Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Franco Zambonelli Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Web Site
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Most recent information about this track may be found at
the MAS&S'06 web site at
http://lisdip.deis.unical.it/workshops/mass06/index.htm.
Submission Guidelines
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Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas
will be considered. This includes three categories of submissions:
1) original and unpublished research; 2) reports of innovative
computing applications in the sciences, engineering, business,
government, education and industry; and 3) reports of successful
technology transfer to new problem domains.
The following paper submission types are possible:
- FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references) During review,the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If excellent, full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper.
- EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages)
Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster.
- SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages)
Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or poster. ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the ISC'2006 Conference Proceedings.
Submit your paper electronically at mailto:Philippe.Geril@biomath.UGent.be?subject=ISC2006-multiagent.
Journal Special Issue
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We have also planned to have a SPECIAL ISSUE on IJAOSE (International Journal on Agent Oriented Software Engineering, Inderscience) with the best papers presented and discussed to the workshop.
Important Dates
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February 15, 2006: Submission of Papers
March 30, 2006: Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection
April 30, 2006: Submission of Camera-Ready Copies of Accepted Papers
June 5-7, 2006: ISC'06 Takes Place
