[agents] CFP: JSEP Special Issue "Distributed Complex Systems: Governance, Engineering, and Maintenance"

[daniela briola]

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					Call for Papers - Special Issue
		       of the Wiley Journal of Software: Evolution and Process
							   on
Distributed Complex Systems: Governance, Engineering, and Maintenance 

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Aim and Scope

Distributed Complex Systems (e.g., Systems of Systems - SoSs) are gaining momentum due to the 
widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and the increasing interest for smart cities, 
digital twins, and industrial cyber physical systems. The heterogeneity and large scale of these systems 
require novel design techniques, architectures and software infrastructures able to integrate independent 
(sub)systems to support their seamless cooperation and to address their emergent behaviors. 
In addition, the continuous servicing process enabled by the recent micro-services paradigm leads to rely on 
evolving approaches able to anticipate, mitigate, or react to unplanned scenarios. 

Each part of a Distributed Complex System can both exist as an independent entity and become part of wider 
systems when needed. 

This vision radically changes the notion of “integrated” system: 
	(a) (sub)systems offer limited interaction capabilities and little possibility to be governed by other entities; 
	(b) cooperation can be ad-hoc and only needed in specific cases or conditions; 
	(c) in many cases there is no prior, complete, knowledge of the (sub)systems; 
	(d) the behavior can be partially unplanned to follow environment or requirement changes. 

The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together researchers and practitioners working on the design, 
the development, the validation, and the continuous maintenance of Distributed Complex Systems 
(e.g., SoSs, MultiAgent Systems, Adaptive Systems, Ambient Intelligent Systems). 

Indeed, topics on dynamic modules integration, autonomous reaction to unplanned or dynamic scenarios, 
or dynamic evolution of operational and managerial assets are in the scope of this special issue. 

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The list of relevant topics include but is not limited to:

Modeling, design, and engineering of Distributed Complex Systems
Architectures, architectural styles, architecture synthesis and middlewares for Distributed Complex Systems 
Foundations and formal methods for distributed complex systems 
Coordination and adaptation patterns 
Online V&V techniques for functional and non-functional assessment and dependability 
Online and offline testing techniques 
Context-awareness and context-aware adaptation techniques 
Reconfiguration and optimization techniques 
Self-* mechanisms 
Techniques for extracting behavior models from streams of continuous observations 
Applications, experiences, case studies, benchmarking, industrial perspectives of Distributed Complex Systems 
Distributed software engineering: strategies, processes, evaluation and methods 
Models of functional and non functional requirements, context and governance policies to support integration of Distributed Complex Systems 
Knowledge management and decision-making process in Distributed Complex Systems 
Ambient intelligent and multi-agent systems 
Interaction platforms enabling heterogeneous entities participation 
Knowledge bases integration support and exploitation for semantic interoperability 
Autonomic coordination, negotiation and interactions for multi-agent and complex systems 
Blockchain technology for distributed and heterogeneous systems 
Internet of Things-based Distributed Complex Systems 
Adaptive and reactive Distributed Complex Systems 

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Important Dates:
- Paper Submissions:  28 February 2021
- First Notification: 15 May 2021
- Revised papers Submission: 30 June 2021
- Final Notification: 10 August 2021

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Submission Guidelines:
Authors should prepare their manuscript according to the Author Guidelines for the journal “Software: Evolution and Process”, 
and that are available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/20477481/homepage/forauthors.html <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/20477481/homepage/forauthors.html> . 
The manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through the editorial system at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsme <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsme> . 

By following the submission instructions, please select “Distributed Complex Systems: Governance, Engineering, and Maintenance” when required by the system. 
All the papers will be peer-reviewed following the reviewing procedures in place for the journal “Software: Evolution and Process”. 
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. If the submission is an extended work of a 
previously published conference or workshop paper, you must submit a cover letter detailing:

  1) the “Summary of Differences” between the Conference/workshop paper and extended version paper
  2) a clear list of “new and original” contributions in the extended version paper (identifying sections where they are proposed/presented)
  3) confirmation of the percentage of new material (at least 30%), and 
  4) the related previously published conference/workshop papers. 

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Guest Editors:
- Pietro Braione, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. 
- Daniela Briola, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. 
- Guglielmo De Angelis, CNR-IASI, Italy. 
- Francesco Gallo, University of L’Aquila, Italy. 
- Francesco Poggi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. 
- Giovanni Quattrocchi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. 
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Contacts: jsep-si-dcs-2021 at iasi.cnr.it <mailto:jsep-si-dcs-2021 at iasi.cnr.it>
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