[agents] [AREA 2020] - Special Issue of the First Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy

[Angelo Ferrando]

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this CFP]

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Call for Papers: Special Issue
First Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA)

Info: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/special_issues/REA
Contact: area2020.workshop at gmail.com

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Autonomous agents are a well-established area that has been researched 
for decades, both from a design and implementation viewpoint. 
Nonetheless, the application of agents in real world scenarios is 
largely adopted when logical distribution is needed, while still limited 
when physical distribution is necessary. In parallel, robots are no 
longer used only in industrial applications but are instead being 
applied to an increasing number of domains, ranging from robotic 
assistants to search and rescue. Robots in these applications often 
benefit from (or require) some level (semi or full) of autonomy. Thus, 
multiagent solutions can be exploited in robotic scenarios, considering 
their strong similarity both in terms of logical distribution and 
interaction among autonomous entities.

The autonomous behaviour responsible for decision-making should 
(ideally) be verifiable since these systems are expensive to produce and 
are often deployed in safety-critical situations. Thus, verification and 
validation are important and necessary steps towards providing 
assurances about the reliability of autonomy in these systems. This 
Special Issue aims to bring together researchers from the autonomous 
agents, software engineering and the robotics communities, as combining 
knowledge coming from these two research areas may lead to innovative 
approaches that solve complex problems related with the verification and 
validation of autonomous robotic systems. Consequently, we encourage 
submissions that combine agents, robots and verification, but we also 
welcome papers focused on one of these areas, as long as their 
applicability to the other areas is clear.

The Special Issue seeks original contributions that address but are not 
limited to the following topics:

  * Agent-based modular architectures applicable to robots;
  * Agent oriented software engineering to model high-level control in
    robotic development;
  * Agent programming languages and tools for developing robotic or
    intelligent autonomous systems;
  * Coordination, interaction and negotiation protocols for agents and
    robots;
  * Distributed problem solving and automated planning in autonomous
    systems;
  * Fault tolerance, health-management and long-term autonomy;
  * Real world applications of autonomous agents and multiagent systems
    in robotics;
  * Real-time multiagent systems;
  * Reliable software engineering of autonomy;
  * Runtime verification of autonomous agents and robotic systems;
  * Task and resource allocation in multirobot systems;
  * Verification and validation of autonomous systems;
  * Testing and simulation tools and techniques for autonomous or
    robotic systems;
  * Self-healing entities and systems.


This Special Issue is based on the First International Workshop on 
“Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA)”, 
https://area2020.github.io/, co-located with ECAI 2020. Authors of 
selected papers from the workshop are invited to submit an extended 
version of their text and completely new submissions from the community 
are also welcome.

The organisers have also FREE vouchers to offer!

*Manuscript Submission Information*

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<https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=jsan>. 
Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be 
peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the 
journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special 
issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short 
communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short 
abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for 
announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be 
under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference 
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a 
single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant 
information for submission of manuscripts is available on the 
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<https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/> journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss 
Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. 
Authors may use MDPI's English editing service 
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author revisions.

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