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3rd International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and
Simulation (MAS&S)
Towards an Integration of Agent-Oriented Software
Engineering and Simulation
to be held at
MALLOW (Multi-Agent Logics, Languages, and Organisations
Federated Workshops) 2009, Turin (Italy), Sept. 7-11
Multi-agent systems (MASs) provide powerful models for International Program Committee
representing real-world applications with an appropriate degree of Jean-Paul Arcangeli, Université Paul Sabatier, France
complexity and dynamic. Several industrial experiences have Carol Bernon, Université Paul Sabatier, France
already shown that the use of MAS offers advantages in many Paul Davidson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
different areas such as manufacturing processes, e-Commerce, Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK
network management, etc. Since MASs in such contexts need to Alfredo Garro, Università della Calabria, Italy
be tested before their deployment and execution, methodologies
Paolo Giorgini, Università di Trento, Italy
that support validation through simulation (e.g. discrete-event
simulation, agent-based simulation, etc.) of the MAS under Samer Hassan, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
development are highly required. In fact, simulation of a MAS Vincent Hilaire, Université de Belfort-MontBéliard, France
cannot only demonstrate that a MAS correctly behaves according Franziska Klügl, University of Würzburg, Germany
to its specifications but can also support the analysis of emergent Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
properties of the MAS under-test. Adolfo López Paredes, University of Valladolid, Spain
Muaz Niazi, Foundation University, Pakistan
Michael J. North, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Areas of Interest Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy
MAS&S'09 aims at providing a forum for discussing recent Paolo Petta, OFAI, Austria
advances about the integration of Simulation and Agent Oriented Luca Sabatucci, ITC-irst, FBK, Italy
Software Engineering (AOSE) methodologies and techniques for Valeria Seidita, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
the analysis, design, validation and implementation of MASs. In Wilma Russo, Università della Calabria, Italy
particular, the areas of interest are the following (although this list Pietro Terna, Università di Torino, Italy
should not be treated as exclusive): Erwan Tranvouez, LSIS, France
Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany
* Agent-based simulation techniques and methodologies Giuseppe Vizzari, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
* Discrete-event simulation of Multi-Agent Systems
* Simulation as validation tool for the development process of Web Site and Contact Email for Inquiries
MAS http://lisdip.deis.unical.it/workshops/mass09/
* Agent-oriented methodologies incorporating simulation tools MALLOW web site: http://agents009.di.unito.it/
email: g.fortino@unical.it
* MAS simulation driven by formal models
* MAS simulation toolkits and frameworks Submission Guidelines
* Testing vs. simulation of MAS Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas
* Agents as modeling concept enabling communication between will be considered. Please submit full papers: 7 pages maximum in
domain experts and simulation experts IEEEtran style. You can find styles for LaTeX, BibTeX and
documentations at the following address:
* Industrial case studies based on MAS and simulation/testing http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/. Each submission will
* Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) be reviewed by at least two members of the International Program
* Agent Computational Economics (ACE) Committee. The submission link will be at
http://agents009.di.unito.it/
* Agent Computational Finance (ACF)
* Agent-based simulation of networked systems Publication
* Scalability in agent-based simulation The workshop proceedings will be published and distributed at the
conference.
Program Chairs Journal Special Issue
Selected papers presented at the workshop will be invited to the
Giancarlo Fortino - University of Calabria (Italy) special issue on “Simulation-based Design and Evaluation of
g.fortino@unical.it Multi-Agent Systems”, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
Massimo Cossentino - ICAR/CNR (Italy) Journal, Elsevier.
cossentino@pa.icar.cnr.it
Juan Pavón - Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) Important Dates
jpavon@fdi.ucm.es
June 26, 2009: Submission of Papers
Marie-Pierre Gleizes - Université Paul Sabatier (France)
July 15, 2009: Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection
Marie-Pierre.Gleizes@irit.fr
Aug 1, 2009: Submission of Camera-Ready Copies
Sept 7-11, 2009: Workshop Takes Place