[agents] CFP: the 18th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2015)

[Qingliang Chen]

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Call for Papers: PRIMA 2015 - the18th International Conference on
Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems

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Dates: 26th-30th October 2015

Location: Bertinoro, Italy

http://prima2015.apice.unibo.it



Agent-based Computing addresses the challenges in managing distributed
computing systems and networks through monitoring, communication,
consensus-based decision-making and coordinated actuation. As a result,
intelligent agents and multi-agent systems have demonstrated the capability
to use intelligence, knowledge representation and reasoning, and other
social metaphors like 'trust', 'game' and 'institution', not only to
address real-world problems in a human-like way but also to transcend human
performance. This has had a transformative impact in many application
domains, particularly in e-commerce, and also in planning, logistics,
manufacturing, robotics, decision support, transportation, entertainment,
emergency relief & disaster management, and data mining & analytics. As one
of the largest and still growing research fields of Computer Science,
agent-based computing today remains a unique enabler of inter-, multi- and
trans-disciplinary research.



The PRIMA 2015 Program Committee invites submissions of original,
unpublished, theoretical and applied work on any such topic, and encourages
reports on the development of prototype and deployed agent systems, and of
experiments that demonstrate novel agent system capabilities, which include
the topics given below.

There will be a best paper award. Award winner(s) will be invited to submit
extended versions of their work to the Journal of Autonomous Agents and
Multi-Agent Systems, where they will enter a fast publication track if the
extended version of the paper is considered of the adequate quality. Other
topical special issues are also being planned with well-known journals in
the AI and MAS domain.





Topics (not limited to the following):

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- Foundations of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

- Agent and Multi-Agent System Architectures

- Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

- Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

- Cooperation/Collaboration, Coordination/Communication

- Hybrid Technologies for Multi-Agent Systems

- Application Domains for Multi-Agent Systems

- Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems





Paper Submission

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Two types of contributions are solicited:



- Full papers, up to 16 pages in LNCS format, should present original
theoretical and/or experimental research in any of the areas listed above
that has not been previously published, accepted for publication, or is not
currently under review by another conference or journal.



- Short papers (early innovation papers), up to 8 pages in LNCS format
showcasing works-in-progress (will be reviewed with an emphasis on
novelty/originality of the idea).



Papers are to be submitted through the Easychair Conference Management
System:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=prima2015



Both full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings
by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series
(LNCS/LNAI). Authors of both types of papers are required to present their
work at the conference.



The authors of a selection of best papers will be invited to submit a
revised and extended version of their papers for publication consideration
in special issues on international journals. Best paper award winners will
be invited to submit an extended version to a fast publication track with
JAAMAS. More details about the selected journals will be provided soon.





Important Dates

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Submissions Due: 15th, May 2015

Rebuttal Phase: 16th-19th July 2015

Notifications: 31st July 2015

Conference: 26th-30th October 2015

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