MATES 2007

 MATES 2007
September 24 - 26, 2007 in Leipzig, Germany
Important Dates:
Submission of papers:
April 15, 2007
Notification of authors:
June 11, 2007
Camera-ready papers:
July 2, 2007
Conference:
September 24-26, 2007
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The following table shows the technical programme of MATES'2007. In addition, we are happy to announce two excellent Invited Talks to be given by:

Monday, 24/9, 10:30 am:

Michael Georgeff, Monash University (AUS): Software Agents and the Transformation of Healthcare

Tuesday, 25/9, 3:00 pm:

Rafael Bordini, University of Durham (UK): Trends in Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Oriented Programming

Please watch the SABRE main programme page for detailed information on invited speakers!

Monday, September 24, 2007
13:30 - 15:30

Session 1: Doctoral Mentoring Session (Chair: Franziska Klügl)

Endrass, Birgit:

Implementation and Evaluation of social group dynamics for Multiagent Systems

Lorenz, Martin:

Risk Management for Enhanced Agent Dependability in Dynamic Environments

Triebig, Cornelia:

Reusability of Multiagent Simulations: From Complete Model Reuse To Building Blocks

Bieser, Thomas:
Flexible and Reliable Grid Service Coordination
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
10:00 - 11:30
Welcome

Session 2: Engineering multiagent systems (Chair: Michael Georgeff)

Cabac, Lawrence:

Multi-Agent System: A Guiding Metaphor for Organization of Software Development Projects

Kardas, Geylani; Goknil, Arda; Dikenelli, Oguz; Topaloglu, N. Yasemin:

Model Transformation for Model Driven Development of Semantic Web Enabled Multi-Agent Systems

Katasonov, Artem; Terziyan, Vagan:

SmartResource Platform and Semantic Agent Programming Language (S-APL)

12:00 - 13:30

Session 3: Multi-agent planning and learning (Chair: Cees Witteveen)

Chiu, Chung-Cheng; Soo, Von-Wun:

Subgoal Identification for Reinforcement Learning and Planning in Multiagent Problem Solving

Benamrane, Nacera; Nassane,Samir:
Medical Image Segmentation by a Multi-agent System Approach
de Jonge, Femke; Roos, Nico; Aldewereld, Huib:

Using DESs for temporal diagnosis of multi-agent plan execution

16:00 - 17:30

Session 4: Multiagent communication, interaction, and coordination (Chair: Hans Czap)

León Soto, Esteban:

Agent communication using Web Services, a new FIPA Message Transport Service for Jade

Braubach, Lars; Pokahr, Alexander:
Goal-Oriented Interaction Protocols

Hamraz, Seyed Hamid; Minaei-Bidgoli, Behrouz; Punch, William F.:

VWM: An Improvement to Multiagent Coordination in Highly Dynamic Environments

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
10:00 - 11:30

Session 5: Multi-agent resource allocation (Chair: Santtu Toivonen)

Murillo, Javier; Munoz, Víctor; López, Beatriz; Busquets, Dídac:

Dynamic configurable auctions for coordinating industrial waste discharges

Schuldt, Arne; Werner, Sven:

Distributed Clustering of Autonomous Shipping Containers by Concept, Location, and Time

Mao, Xiaoyu; ter Mors, Adriaan; Roos, Nico; Witteveen, Cees:

Coordinating Competitive Agents in Dynamic Airport Resource Scheduling

12:00 - 13:30

Session 6: Multiagent planning and simulation (Chair: Lars Braubach)

Klügl, Franziska; Rindsfüser, Guido:
Large-Scale Agent-Based Pedestrian Simulation
Roos, Nico; Witteveen, Cees:
Diagnosis of Plan Structure Violations
Micalizio, Roberto; Torasso, Pietro:
Team Cooperation for Plan Recovery in Multi-Agent Systems
16:00 - 17:30
Session 7: Trust and Reputation (Chair: Rune Gustavsson)
Caballero, Alberto; Botia, Juan A.; Gomez-Skarmeta, Antonio:
On the Behaviour of the TRSIM Model for Trust and Reputation
König, Stefan; Kaffille, Sven; Wirtz, Guido:

Implementing ReGreT in a Decentralized Multi-Agent Environment

Discussion and Wrap-Up