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<p style="text-align:center"><b><a href="http://www.springer.com/10458" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk630054" previewremoved="true">Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems</a></b></p>
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<p style="text-align:center">Special Issue</p>
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<p style="text-align:center"><b>Current Trends in Research on Software Agents and </b></p>
<p style="text-align:center"><b>Agent-Based Software Development</b></p>
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<p style="text-align:center">Call for Papers</p>
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<p><b>About the Special Issue</b></p>
<p>After more than 20 years from the very first attempts at using software agents as building blocks of complex software systems, as advocated by relevant international initiatives like FIPA and by a significant body of literature, we witness today high-profile
applications of software agents, even if agent-based software development cannot be considered common practice. The special issue is intended to represent a milestone in the research on software agents and agent-based software development by clearly identifying
current trends and hot topics, and by providing a informed outlook on the future of discussed themes.</p>
<p>The special issue targets high-quality papers discussing relevant topics for the current research on software agents and agent-based systems. Submissions to the special issue may be in one of the following forms of papers that the journal accepts: original
research papers, surveys on areas of particular interest to the community, and viewpoints offering perspectives on the future of software agents and agent-based software development.</p>
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<p><b>Topics</b></p>
<p>The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics covered by the special issue:</p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt">Techniques and technologies for the engineering of MAS, including software engineering methodologies for agents and MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Programming languages for agents and MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Frameworks, architectures, and infrastructures for agents and MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Techniques for specification and verification of MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Pragmatic issues in the practical adoption of agents and MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Impact of reference tools, like JADE, Jason, SARL, and many others, on the practice of software agents and agent-based </span><span style="font-size:12pt">software development</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Performance, load balancing, scalability, and fault-tolerance of agents and MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Interoperability and standardisation</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Integration with mainstream technologies and with legacy systems</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">High-profile applications of agents and MAS, including relevant projects and case studies</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Benchmarking and testbeds for agents and MAS</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Techniques and technologies for the integration of software agents in the IoT</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Impact of reference tools, like JADE, Jason, SARL, and many others, on teaching agent-based software development and </span><span style="font-size:12pt">related topics</span></li></ul>
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<p><b>Issue Editors</b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt">Federico Bergenti, Università degli Studi di Parma</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Matteo Baldoni, Università degli Studi di Torino</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Michael Winikoff, University of Otago</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Sorbonne Université</span><br>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Submissions and Reviews Procedures
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<p>Special issues are handled in the normal way via the online Editorial Manager system found at
<a href="https://agnt.edmgr.com" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk404166" previewremoved="true">
https://agnt.edmgr.com</a>. <span style="font-size:12pt">Please choose the article type
</span><i style="font-size:12pt">S.I. : Software Agents and Agent-Based Software Development</i><span style="font-size:12pt">.</span></p>
<p>Special issue articles should fulfill all the standard requirements of any JAAMAS article. Authors should note that the same criteria apply to articles in special issues as to regular articles.</p>
<p>All papers will undergo the same rigorous JAAMAS review process. Please refer to the JAMAAS website
<a href="https://www.springer.com/10458" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk701163" style="font-size:12pt" previewremoved="true">
https://www.springer.com/10458</a> <span style="font-size:12pt">for detailed instructions on paper submission.</span></p>
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<p><b>Deadline for Submissions</b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt">June 12, 2019</span><br>
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