[agents] MAS&S'09 Workshop

[Massimo Cossentino]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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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 representing  
real-world applications with an appropriate degree of complexity and  
dynamic. Several industrial experiences have already shown that the  
use of MAS offers advantages in many different areas such as  
manufacturing processes, e-Commerce, network management, etc. Since  
MASs in such contexts need to be tested before their deployment and  
execution, methodologies that support validation through simulation  
(e.g. discrete-event simulation, agent-based simulation, etc.) of the  
MAS under development are highly required. In fact, simulation of a  
MAS 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.


Areas of Interest
MAS&S'09 aims at providing a forum for discussing recent advances  
about the integration of Simulation and Agent Oriented Software  
Engineering (AOSE) methodologies and techniques for the analysis,  
design, validation and implementation of MASs. In particular, the  
areas of interest are the following (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 simulation experts
* Industrial case studies based on MAS and simulation/testing
* Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS)
* Agent Computational Economics (ACE)
* Agent Computational Finance (ACF)
* Agent-based simulation of networked systems
* Scalability in agent-based simulation


Program Chairs
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Giancarlo Fortino - University of Calabria (Italy) g.fortino at unical.it
Massimo Cossentino - ICAR/CNR (Italy) cossentino at pa.icar.cnr.it
Juan Pav¢n - Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) jpavon at fdi.ucm.es
Marie-Pierre Gleizes - UniversitÇ Paul Sabatier (France) Marie-Pierre.Gleizes at irit.fr

International Program Committee
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Jean-Paul Arcangeli, UniversitÇ Paul Sabatier, France
Carol Bernon, UniversitÇ Paul Sabatier, France
Paul Davidson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK
Alfredo Garro, Universita' della Calabria, Italy
Paolo Giorgini, Universia' di Trento, Italy
Samer Hassan, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Vincent Hilaire, Universite'Ç de Belfort-MontBÇliard, France
Franziska Klugl, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Adolfo Lopez Paredes, University of Valladolid, Spain
Muaz Niazi, Foundation University, Pakistan
Michael J. North, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Andrea Omicini, Universiya' di Bologna, Italy
Paolo Petta, OFAI, Austria
Luca Sabatucci, ITC-irst, FBK, Italy
Valeria Seidita, Universita' degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Wilma Russo, Universita' della Calabria, Italy
Pietro Terna, Universita' di Torino, Italy
Erwan Tranvouez, LSIS, France
Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany
Giuseppe Vizzari, Universita' di Milano Bicocca, Italy

Web Site and Contact Email for Inquiries
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http://lisdip.deis.unical.it/workshops/mass09/
MALLOW web site: http://agents009.di.unito.it/
email: g.fortino at unical.it

Submission Guidelines
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Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas will  
be considered. Please submit full papers: 7 pages maximum in IEEEtran  
style. You can find styles for LaTeX, BibTeX and documentations at the  
following address: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/. Each  
submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the  
International Program Committee. The submission link will be at http://agents009.di.unito.it/

Publication
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The workshop proceedings will be published and distributed at the  
conference.

Journal Special Issue
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Selected papers presented at the workshop will be invited to the  
special issue on Simulation-based Design and Evaluation of Multi-Agent  
Systems?, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory Journal, Elsevier.

Important Dates
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June 10, 2009:	 Submission of Papers
July 1, 2009:	 Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection
July 15, 2009: 	 Submission of Camera-Ready Copies
Sept 7-11, 2009: Workshop Takes Place