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Call for Papers: Special Issue<br>
First Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered
Autonomy (AREA) <br>
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Info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The Special Issue seeks original contributions that address
but are not limited to the following topics:</p>
<ul>
<li>Agent-based modular architectures applicable to robots;</li>
<li>Agent oriented software engineering to model high-level
control in robotic development;</li>
<li>Agent programming languages and tools for developing
robotic or intelligent autonomous systems;</li>
<li>Coordination, interaction and negotiation protocols for
agents and robots;</li>
<li>Distributed problem solving and automated planning in
autonomous systems;</li>
<li>Fault tolerance, health-management and long-term autonomy;</li>
<li>Real world applications of autonomous agents and
multiagent systems in robotics;</li>
<li>Real-time multiagent systems;</li>
<li>Reliable software engineering of autonomy;</li>
<li>Runtime verification of autonomous agents and robotic
systems;</li>
<li>Task and resource allocation in multirobot systems;</li>
<li>Verification and validation of autonomous systems;</li>
<li>Testing and simulation tools and techniques for autonomous
or robotic systems;</li>
<li>Self-healing entities and systems.</li>
</ul>
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This Special Issue is based on the First International Workshop
on “Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA)”,
<a href="https://area2020.github.io/">https://area2020.git </a>
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Call for Papers: Special Issue<br>
First Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered
Autonomy (AREA) <br>
<br>
Info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/special_issues/REA">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/special_issues/REA</a></div>
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href="mailto:area2020.workshop@gmail.com">area2020.workshop@gmail.com</a>
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<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 12px;" lang="x-unicode">
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The Special Issue seeks original contributions that
address but are not limited to the following topics:</p>
<ul>
<li>Agent-based modular architectures applicable to
robots;</li>
<li>Agent oriented software engineering to model
high-level control in robotic development;</li>
<li>Agent programming languages and tools for developing
robotic or intelligent autonomous systems;</li>
<li>Coordination, interaction and negotiation protocols
for agents and robots;</li>
<li>Distributed problem solving and automated planning in
autonomous systems;</li>
<li>Fault tolerance, health-management and long-term
autonomy;</li>
<li>Real world applications of autonomous agents and
multiagent systems in robotics;</li>
<li>Real-time multiagent systems;</li>
<li>Reliable software engineering of autonomy;</li>
<li>Runtime verification of autonomous agents and robotic
systems;</li>
<li>Task and resource allocation in multirobot systems;</li>
<li>Verification and validation of autonomous systems;</li>
<li>Testing and simulation tools and techniques for
autonomous or robotic systems;</li>
<li>Self-healing entities and systems.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 12px;" lang="x-unicode"><br>
This Special Issue is based on the First International
Workshop on “Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered
Autonomy (AREA)”, <a href="https://area2020.github.io/">https://area2020.github.io/</a>,
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.</div>
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with ECAI 2020. Authors of selected papers from the workshop are
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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.</p>
<p>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
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/instructions">Instructions
for Authors</a> page. <a
href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/"><em>Journal of
Sensor and Actuator Networks</em></a> is an international
peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.</p>
<p> Please visit the <a
href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/instructions">Instructions
for Authors</a> page before submitting a manuscript. The <a
href="https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/">Article Processing
Charge (APC)</a> for publication in this <a
href="https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/">open access</a>
journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be
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