[agents] CFP: Agent-based Approaches for Transportation Modelling and Optimisation (AATMO’2013) Workshop

[Jaroslaw Kozlak]

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First Call for Papers
Agent-based Approaches for Transportation Modelling and Optimisation
(AATMO’2013) Workshop, 22nd-24th May 2013, Salamanca, Spain.
http://www.paams.net/aatmo13/

The Agent-based Approaches for Transportation Modelling and Optimisation
(AATMO’2013) workshop, is associated with the 11th
Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
(PAAMS 2013), taking place on 22nd-24th May 2013 in Salamanca, Spain
(http://www.paams.net/).

The aim of the workshop is to gather and present different types of the
applications of multi-agent and agent-based approaches for modelling and
solving problems related to transport  and traffic modelling and
optimisation.  The nature of this group of problems makes them an
interesting field for applying multi-agent systems because of  the
varying degree of  autonomy of their  decision elements interacting with
each other, their distributed and decentralised character, as well as of
the dynamics and  varying levels of reliability and correctness of the
knowledge constructing their environment models.

We especially encourage the submission of papers  concerning methods of
constructing vehicle paths, taking into consideration different aspects
which influence the attractiveness of selected roads and locations, as
well as of the dynamics of the criterions and conditions of the
environment. Different models determining destinations to be visited may
be taken into account, including sets of shipments to be delivered,
public transport schedules, individual preferences for leisure
itineraries or pedestrian behaviours.  Special attention is given to the
aspects of construction  and  optimisation  of multi-modal paths.
The methods of traffic optimisation using intelligent road information
systems and advanced adaptive mechanisms of intersection control are
also a domain of interest. In order to solve these problems, different
methods in agent-based and multi-agent systems may be applied, which
include negotiations, planning, organisation models, as well as
heuristic, machine learning and data mining algorithms.

The scope of interest includes, however is not limited to the
application of agent-based technologies to:
* Route planning, scheduling and their dynamic modification,
* Construction of multimodal paths,
* Line planning for public transport,
* The choice of optimal and efficient decision strategies in
transportation and traffic systems using machine learning and
data-mining methods,
* Autonomy/decentralisation of decision entities and quality of
solutions in transportation systems,
* Intelligent traffic control systems based on agents,
* Adaptation to new decision strategies and changing state of the
environment in transportation systems,
* Intelligent composition  and management of transportation units,
* Intelligent management of shipment composition, storing, freight
handling and trans-shipments,
* Modelling human agent  (pedestrian, driver, …) behaviour,
* Agent coordination, platoons, groups,
* Innovative services in transportation, public transport, traffic control.

Scientific Committee (Tentative - to be completed)
  Jean-Michel Auberlet - IFSTTAR (France)
  Flavien Balbo  - Université Paris-Dauphine (France)
  Didac Busquets - Imperial College of London (U.K.)
  Emmanuelle Grislin-Le Strugeon - University of Valenciennes (France)
  Otthein Herzog - University of Bremen (Germany)
  Abder Koukam - UTBM (France)
  Jaroslaw Kozlak - AGH-UST (Poland)
  Jörg P. Müller -  Clausthal University of Technology (Germany)
  Sascha Ossowski - University Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
  Rosaldo Rossetti - University of Porto - LIACC/FEUP (Portugal)
  Bartlomiej Sniezynski - AGH-UST (Poland)
  Janusz Wojtusiak  - George Mason University (USA)
  Mahdi Zargayouna - IFSTTAR (France)

Organising Committee
  Jean-Michel Auberlet - IFSTTAR (France)
  Flavien Balbo - Université Paris-Dauphine (France)
  Jaroslaw Kozlak - AGH-UST (Poland)

Dates
* Paper submission deadline: 17 December 2012
* Notification date: 28 January 2013
* Final version  submission deadline: 25 February 2013
* Conference date: 22-24 May 2013

Publication
The accepted papers will be published in Workshop Proceedings by
Springer Verlag.