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From: WERNER@rz.informatik.uni-hamburg.dbp.de (Eric Werner)
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Date: 18 Feb 91 14:10 +0100
Subject: <mod-ki 0656> MAAMAW-91 (call)
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		  	                      CALL FOR PAPERS

                              MAAMAW-91
                      Third European Workshop on
           Modelling Autonomous Agents in Multi-Agent Worlds

	          5-8 August 1991, DFKI, Kaiserslautern, Germany

PURPOSE
The purpose of the Workshop is to stimulate exchange and  discussion  of
research in the multi-agent area. A multi-agent system  consists  of  at
least two agents who  are  engaged  in  some  tasks  which  may  require
coordination, cooperation and/or competition. An  autonomous  agent  has
its own goals, capabilities and knowledge. The actions of an agent occur
in the context of other agents that may have structures  and  strategies
different from the agent's own. Multi-agent problems arise when  several
autonomous agents share a common environment. These problems may  result
from limited resources, shared or competing goals, etc. While  classical
Distributed Artificial Intelligence  (DAI)  was  mainly  concerned  with
distributed problem solving leading to a common  global  goal,  recently
DAI and the multi-agent perspective have been  moving  closer  together.
However, we emphasize multi-agent systems of all sorts from very  simple
to very complex agents and agent organizations.  

TOPICS
As the area is new and vital we want to encourage novel theoretical  and
practical approaches to the multi-agent area. The following is a list of
suggested topics but all other relevant work is welcome.  

 * Agents architectures (high-level, reactive, situated agents)
 * Artificial life from a multi-agent perspective 
 * Cooperation, coordination, and conflict (generation, evolution,
   resolution)
 * Communication (protocols, linguistic strategies, negotiation
   approaches) 
 * Distributed multi-agent planning and collaboration 
 * Distributed algorithms for multi-agent interaction 
 * Learning of cooperation and coordination
 * Hardware (robotics, vision, etc.) based on a multi-agent perspective 
 * Multi-Agent Testbeds for simulating multi-agent interactions 
 * Social simulation and formalization of social concepts 
 * Systems and simulations that apply the multi-agent paradigm
 * Formal specification and verification of agents and systems of agents 
 * Conceptual and theoretical foundations of multi-agent systems 

Leading experts of the domain will be  invited  to  give  presentations.
Preprints of the proceedings will be available at the  workshop.  Papers
from the Proceedings will be revised and published as a book.

MULTI-AGENT OLYMPICS
There will be  a  competition  (and  possibly  a  prize)  for  the  most
interesting multi-agent system (software, hardware).

COCHAIRS
Yves Demazeau        (LIFIA/IMAG University of Grenoble, France)
Eric Werner          (University of Hamburg, Germany)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
John Campbell        (University College of London, United Kingdom)
Rosaria Conte        (CNR Rome, Italy)
David Connah         (AI Group, Philips, United Kingdom)
Mauro Di Manzo       (University of Ancona, Italy)
Jean Erceua          (ONERA D.M.I./G.I.A., France)
Jacques Ferber       (LAFORIA/University of Paris 6-7, France)
Julia Galliers       (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Heikki Hammainen     (Helsinki Universtiy of Technology, Finland)
Frank v. Martial     (GMD, Germany)
Jean-Pierre Muller   (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Juergen Mueller      (DFKI, Germany)
Martin Nilsson       (SICS, Sweden)
John Perram          (University of Odense, Dennmark)
Nigel Seel           (STC Technology Ltd. Harlow, United Kingdom)
Genevieve Teil       (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, France)
Walter Van de Velde  (Belgium - CEAB Blanes)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Donald Steiner and Juergen Mueller  (DFKI, Kaiserslautern, Germany)

PAPER SUBMISSION
The contributed papers are to be written in English. Five copies of  the
paper, no longer than 5000 words (12 pages) should be mailed  either  to
Dr. Yves Demazeau or to Dr. Eric Werner at one of the  addresses  below.
Papers must be received by May 2, 1991. The title page must include  the
title, the names of the authors, their full address, phone  number,  fax
number, electronic mail address, and  an  abstract  of  the  paper.  The
notification of acceptance will be made by the 15th  of  June.  Accepted
papers are due by July 15., 1991.

DATES
   Deadline for submission
   (5 copies, length 12 pages (5000 words)) .............. May   2, 1991 
   Notification of acceptance ............................ June 15, 1991
   Accepted papers for Workshop Proceedings .............. July 15, 1991  

SEND PAPERS TO THE COCHAIRMEN:
Yves Demazeau                    demazeau@lifia.imag.fr
Laboratoire LIFIA/IMAG           tel ~33 76574654 
46 avenue Felix Viallet          fax ~33 76574602
F-38031 Grenoble Cedex
FRANCE

Eric Werner                      werner@rz.informatik.uni-hamburg.dbp.de
MAAMAW-91
University of Hamburg            Tel +49 40 4123-6152
FB Informatik                        +49 40 821185
Bodenstedtstr. 16                fax +49 40 4123-6530
D-2000 Hamburg 50                sec +49 40 4123-6161 
GERMANY

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION:  
For  registration  forms  and  other  information  contact   the   local
organization chair:  

Donald Steiner                    email: steiner@dfki.uni-kl.de
DFKI                              tel.  +49 631 205-3501
P.O. 2080                         fax   +49 631 205-3210
D-6750 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY

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PREVIOUS MAAMAW WORKSHOPS
A  Conference  Report  on  the  "1st  European  Workshop  on   Modelling
Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World" has been given by  Nigel  SEEL
in the AICOM, European Journal on Artificial Intelligence,  pp. 164-167,
volume 2, No 3/4, Sept/Dec 1989.

The papers presented at the 1st European Workshop have been published by
Elsevier/North-Holland:

 	DECENTRALIZED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 
 	Proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on
 	Modelling an Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World,
 	DEMAZEAU, Y. & MULLER, J-P, eds.
 	Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. / North-Holland

The papers presented at the 2nd European  Workshop  have  been  revised,
collected  and  structured  in  a  book  that  will  be   published   at
Elsevier/North-Holland by the 1st of July 91 :

 	DECENTRALIZED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Vol 2, 
 	Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop on
 	Modelling an Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World,
 	DEMAZEAU, Y. & MULLER, J-P, eds.
 	Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. / North-Holland
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