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CALL FOR PAPERS
4th International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and
Simulation (MAS&S)
Engineering Complex Systems through Agent-Based Modeling
and Simulation
to be held at
MALLOW (Multi-Agent Logics, Languages, and Organisations
Federated Workshops) 2010, Lyon (France), 30 Aug.-03 Sept.
Multi-agent systems (MASs) provide powerful models for International Program Committee
representing both real-world systems and applications with an Jean-Paul Arcangeli, Université Paul Sabatier, France
appropriate degree of complexity and dynamics. Several research Juan Antonio Botía Blaya, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
and industrial experiences have already shown that the use of Paul Davidson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
MASs offers advantages in a wide range of application domains Paolo Giorgini, Università di Trento, Italy
(e.g. financial, economic, social, logistic, chemical, engineering). Samer Hassan, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
When MASs represent software applications to be effectively
Vincent Hilaire, Université de Belfort-Montbéliard, France
delivered, they need to be validated and evaluated before their
deployment and execution, thus methodologies that support Franziska Klügl, Örebro Universitet, Sweden
validation and evaluation through simulation of the MAS under Adolfo López-Paredes, University of Valladolid, Spain
development are highly required. In other emerging areas (e.g. Muaz Niazi, Foundation University, Pakistan
ACE, ACF), MASs are designed for representing systems at Michael J. North, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
different levels of complexity through the use of autonomous, Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy
goal-driven and interacting entities organized into societies which Paolo Petta, OFAI, Austria
exhibit emergent properties The agent-based model of a system Gauthier Picard, ENSM, Saint-Etienne, France
can then be executed to simulate the behavior of the complete Sébastien Picault, LIFL, Lille, France
system so that knowledge of the behaviors of the entities (micro- Luca Sabatucci, ITC-irst, FBK, Italy
level) produce an understanding of the overall outcome at the
Valeria Seidita, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
system-level (macro-level). In both cases (MASs as software
Pietro Terna, Università di Torino, Italy
applications and MASs as models for the analysis of complex
systems), simulation plays a crucial role which needs to be further Erwan Tranvouez, LSIS, France
investigated. Giuseppe Vizzari, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Areas of Interest Web Site
http://lisdip.deis.unical.it/workshops/mass10/
MAS&S'10 aims at providing a forum for discussing recent
MALLOW web site: http://mallow2010.emse.fr/
advances in Engineering Complex Systems by exploiting Agent-
Based Modeling and Simulation. In particular, the areas of interest
Submission Guidelines
are the following (although this list should not be considered as
exclusive): Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas
* Agent-based simulation techniques and methodologies will be considered. Please submit full papers: 8 pages maximum in
* Discrete-event simulation of Multi-Agent Systems IEEEtran style and PDF format. You can find styles for LaTeX,
* Simulation as validation tool for the development process of BibTeX and documentations at the following address:
MAS http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/. Each submission will
* Agent-oriented methodologies incorporating simulation tools be reviewed by at least two members of the International Program
* MAS simulation driven by formal models Committee. The submission link will be at
* MAS simulation toolkits and frameworks http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mass10atmallow10
* Testing vs. simulation of MAS
* Agents as modeling concept enabling communication between Publication
domain experts and simulation experts The workshop proceedings will be published and distributed at the
* Industrial case studies based on MAS and simulation/testing conference.
* Agent-based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS)
* Agent Computational Economics (ACE) Journal Special Issue
* Agent Computational Finance (ACF) Selected papers presented at the workshop will be invited to a
* Agent-based simulation of networked systems special issue on “Engineering Complex Systems through Agent-
* Scalability in agent-based simulation Based Modeling and Simulation” of a premier International
Journal which is under selection; the chosen journal will be
Program Chairs communicated on the Workshop Web Site.
Carole Bernon - Université Paul Sabatier, IRIT (France) Important Dates
carole.bernon@irit.fr
JUNE 10, 2010: Submission of Papers (deadline EXTENDED!)
Alfredo Garro - Università della Calabria (Italy)
July 08, 2010: Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection
alfredo.garro@unical.it
July 30, 2010: Submission of Camera-Ready Copies
Jorge J. Gomez-Sanz - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
30 Aug – 03 Sept, 2010: Workshop Takes Place
jjgomez@sip.ucm.es