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CALL FOR PAPERS
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12th International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation
(MAS&S 2018)
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Toledo, Spain, 20-22 June 2018
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WWW: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.paams.net/workshops/mass">https://www.paams.net/workshops/mass</a>
and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.paams.net/">https://www.paams.net/</a>
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E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@paams.net">info@paams.net</a>
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We would like to invite you cordially to consider contributing a
paper to MAS&S 2018 - held as a part of the 16th International
Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent
Systems (PAAMS 2018).
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Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) provide powerful models for representing
both real-world systems and applications with an appropriate degree
of complexity and dynamics. MASs are designed for representing
systems at different levels of complexity. They use agents as
autonomous, goal-driven and interacting entities, which are
organized into societies that exhibit emergent properties The
agent-based model of a system can then be executed to simulate the
behavior of the complete system, so that knowledge of the behaviors
of the entities (micro-level) produces an understanding of the
overall outcome at the system-level (macro-level).
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Several research and industrial experiences have already shown that
the use of MASs offers advantages in a wide range of application
domains (e.g. financial, economic, social, logistic, chemical,
engineering, or Internet of Things). When MASs represent software
applications, they need to be validated and evaluated before their
deployment and execution. Thus, methodologies that support these
processes through simulation of the MAS under development are highly
required. In both cases (MASs as software applications and MASs as
models for the analysis of complex systems), simulation plays a
crucial role that needs to be further investigated.
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KEYWORDS
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Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS), Multi-Agent Systems
(MAS), Model, Simulation, Agent-Oriented Software Engineering,
Methodology, Case study
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TOPICS
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MAS&S'18 aims at providing a forum for discussing recent
advances in Engineering Complex Systems by exploiting Agent-Based
Modeling and Simulation. In particular, the areas of interest are
the following (although this list should not be considered as
exclusive):
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- Agent-based simulation techniques and methodologies
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- Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS)
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- MAS simulation driven by formal models
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- MAS simulation toolkits and frameworks
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- Agent-oriented methodologies incorporating simulation tools
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- Testing and validation of MASs through simulation
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- Discrete-event simulation of MASs
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- Scalability in agent-based simulation
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- Industrial case studies based on MAS and simulation/testing
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- Agent-based simulation for Internet of Things
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- Agent-based Ambient Systems
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- Agent-based modeling of intelligent social phenomena
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- Agent Computational Economics (ACE)
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- Agent Computational Finance (ACF)
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- Agent-based simulation for energy systems
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- Agent-based simulation of networked systems
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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Papers should be submitted by 5 February 2018. You can find the
instructions at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.paams.net/submission">https://www.paams.net/submission</a>
. All papers must be formatted according to the LNCS/LNAI/AISC
template, with a maximum length of 12 pages. All proposed papers
must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the PAAMS
2018 conference management system at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=paams18">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=paams18</a>
using the track “WS11-MAS&S.- Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems
and Simulation (MAS&S)”.
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All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process. Each
paper will be refereed by at least three experts in the field based
on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity.
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PUBLICATION
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Accepted papers will be included in PAAMS 2018 Proceedings,
published by Springer in the Communications in Computer Information
Science (CCIS) series.
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At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend
the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in
the conference proceedings.
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Authors of selected papers from PAAMS 2018 and co-located events
will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to
special issue in different journals: Neurocomputing (JCR 2016,
3.317) and Knowledge and Information Systems (JCR 2016, 2.146).
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IMPORTANT DATES
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- Paper submission: 5 February 2018 (strict deadline)
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- Acceptance decision: 12 March 2018
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- Final version of paper submission: 26 March 2018
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- Conference dates: 20-22 June 2018
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EVENT CHAIRS
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- Fuentes-Fernández, Rubén, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Frédéric Migeon, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de
Toulouse, France
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- Seidita, Valeria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
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STEERING COMMITTEE
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- Cossentino, Massimo, ICAR-CNR, Italy
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- Fortino, Giancarlo, Universita della Calabria, Italy
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- Gleizes, Marie-Pierre, Université Paul Sabatier, France
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- Pavón, Juan, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Russo, Wilma, Università della Calabria, Italy
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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- Antunes, Luis, Universidade de Lisboa
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- Argente Villaplana, Estefanía, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
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- Bernon, Carole, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
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- Davidsson, Paul, Malmö University
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- De Loor, Pierre, École National d'Ingénieurs de Brest
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- Gaudou, Benoit, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
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- Gómez Rodríguez, Alma, Universidad de Vigo
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- Gravina, Raffaele, Università della Calabria
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- Jamont, Jean Paul, Université Grenoble Alpes
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- Lorscheid, Iris, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
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- Molesini, Ambra, Università di Bologna
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- Petta, Paolo, OFAI
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- Rodríguez Aguilar, Juan Antonio, IIIA-CSIC
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- Sabatucci, Luca, ICAR-CNR
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- Savaglio, Claudio, Università della Calabria
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- Silva, Viviane Torres da, IBM Research Brazil
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- Vizzari, Giuseppe, Università di Milano Bicocca
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CHAIRS OF PAAMS CONFERENCE SERIES
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
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Yves Demazeau, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
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Bo An, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
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Antonio Fernández-Caballero, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Elena Navarro, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Pascual González López, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Javier Bajo, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
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Fernando De la Prieta, University of Salamanca, Spain
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Contact MAS&S 2018 at: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@paams.net">info@paams.net</a>
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MAS&S 2018 web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.paams.net/workshops/mass">https://www.paams.net/workshops/mass</a>
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MAS&S on Twitter: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/grasia_ucm">https://twitter.com/grasia_ucm</a>
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Contact PAAMS 2018 at: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@paams.net">info@paams.net</a>
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