© AAMAS-05

 



posters


The list of papers accepted as posters for AAMAS-05 is the following (ordered by session):

SESSION 1a: embodied, emotional and believable agents I
(Wednesday, July 27 10:30-12:30)
  • Humans and Agents in 3D Electronic Institutions
    Anton Bogdanovych, Helmut Berger, Carles Sierra, Simeon Simoff
  • Design and Evaluation of Expressive Gesture Synthesis for Embodied Conversational Agents
    Bjoern Hartmann, Maurizio Mancini, Stéphanie Buisine, Catherine Pelachaud
  • Controlling the Focus of Perceptual Attention in Embodied Conversational Agents
    Youngjun Kim, Randall Hill, David Traum
  • Evaluating the Interaction with Synthetic Agents Using Attention and Affect Tracking
    Helmut Prendinger, Chunling Ma, Jin Yingzi, Kazutaka Kushida, Mitsuru Ishizuka
SESSION 1b: learning
(Wednesday, July 27 10:30-12:30)
  • Adaptive Agent’s Integration in a New Environment: Interactions as a Source of Learning
    Isabelle Jars, Nadia Kabachi, Michel Lamure
  • Coordinated Exploration in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: An Application to Load-balancing
    Katja Verbeeck, Ann Nowe, Karl Tuyls
  • Sharing Information for Qlearningbased Network Bandwidth Estimation and Network Failure Detection
    Partha Dutta, Nicholas Jennings, Luc Moreau
  • GACS an Evolutionary Approach to the Spatial Coordination of Agents
    Fabien Flacher, Olivier Sigaud
  • Automatic Computer Game Balancing: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
    Gustavo Andrade, Geber Ramalho, Hugo Santana, Vincent Corruble
SESSION 1c: ACL and protocols
(Wednesday, July 27 10:30-12:30)
  • Communication Management Using Abstraction in Distributed Bayesian Networks
    Jiaying Shen, Victor Lesser
  • A Software Tool for the Development of MAS Communication Protocols based on Conversations
    Madieyna Lamine Fall, Sylvain Delisle
  • Reliable Group Communication and Institutional Action in a Multi-Agent Trading Scenario
    Stephen Cranefield
  • Hermes: A Methodology for Goal¬Oriented Agent Interactions
    Christopher Cheong, Michael Winikoff
  • An Integrated Framework for Adaptive Reasoning About Conversation Patterns
    Michael Rovatsos, Felix Fischer, Gerhard Weiss
SESSION 1d: logical foundations I
(Wednesday, July 27 10:30-12:30)
  • Temporal Logics for Normative Agent Communication Protocols
    Ulle Endriss
  • Bounded Model Checking Knowledge and Branching Time in Synchronous Multiagent Systems
    Xiangyu Luo, Kaile Su, Abdul Sattar, Qingliang Chen, Guanfeng Lv
  • Model Generation for PRS-like Agents
    Wayne Wobcke, Marc Chee, Krystian Ji
  • Recognition of the Intention to Perform a Procedure: a Method Based on Probabilities
    Robert Demolombe, Ana Maria Otermin Fernandez
  • A Logic of Reasoning, Communication and Cooperation with Syntactic Knowledge
    Thomas Agotnes, Michal Walicki
SESSION 2a: collective and emergent behavior
(Wednesday, July 27 13:30-15:00)
  • Emergent Programming Feasibility Study using SelfOrganizing
    InstructionAgents

    Jean-Pierre Georgé, Marie-Pierre Gleizes
  • Using Decision-Theoretic Models to Enhance Agent
    System Survivability

    Anthony Cassandra, Marian Nodine, Shilpa Bondale, Steve Ford, David Wells
  • Stability and Control of Agent Ecosystems
    Maxim Peysakhov, Robert Lass, William Regli
SESSION 2b: cooperation I
(Wednesday, July 27 13:30-15:00)
  • Study of Virtual Organizations Using MultiAgent System
    Qinhe Zheng, Xiaoqin (Shelley) Zhang
  • A Hybrid Transfer of Control Model for Adjustable Autonomy Multiagent Systems
    Michael Cheng, Robin Cohen
  • Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid
    Jigar Patel, Luke Teacy, Nicholas Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, Alun Preece, Peter M. D. Gray, Gareth Shercliff, Patrick J. Stockreisser, Jianhua Shao, W. Alex Gray, Nick J. Fiddian, Simon Thompson
SESSION 2c: AOSE I
(Wednesday, July 27 13:30-15:00)
  • From Concepts to Agents: Towards a Framework for
    Multi-Agent System Modelling

    Richard Hill, Simon Polovina, Martin Beer
  • Multi-agent Concepts as Basis for Dynamic Plug-in Software Architectures
    Lawrence Cabac, Michael Duvigneau, Daniel Moldt, Heiko Rölke
  • Comparative Analysis of Top–Down and Bottom–up
    Methodologies for Multi–Agent System Design

    Valentino Crespi, Aram Galstyan, Kristina Lerman
SESSION 2d: negotiation and agreement I
(Wednesday, July 27 13:30-15:00)
  • A RealWorld Approach to Secure and Trusted Negotiation in MASs
    Roberto Bianchi, Andrea Fontana, Federico Bergenti
  • A Verifiable Protocol for Arguing about Rejections in Negotiation
    Jelle van Veenen, Henry Prakken
  • Negotiating Agents: From Full Autonomy to Dynamic Degrees of Delegation
    Diemo Urbig, Kay Schröter
SESSION 3a: learning and emergent behavior
(Wednesday, July 27 15:30-17:00)
  • Pheromone Model: Application to Traffic Congestion Prediction
    Osamu Masutani, Hiroshi Sasaki, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Yasushi Ando, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, Shinichi Honiden
  • Simulating Data Dissemination Techniques for Local Reputation Systems
    Andreas Schlosser, Marco Voss
  • On Decentralised Clustering in Self-monitoring Networks
    Piraveenan Mahendra, Mikhail Prokopenko, Peter Wang, Don Price
  • Discovering Strategic Multi-Agent Behavior in a Robotic Soccer Domain
    Andraz Bezek
  • Intelligent Agents for Wireless Sensor Networks
    Richard Tynan, David Marsh, Donal O'Kane, Gregory O'Hare
SESSION 3b: cooperation II
(Wednesday, July 27 15:30-17:00)
  • Task and Social Coordination in Agent Organizations
    Virginia Dignum, Frank Dignum
  • Towards a Formal Model for Task Allocation via Coalition Formation
    Leila Amgoud
  • Reducing Coalition Structures via Agreement Specification
    Guido Boella, Sauro Luigi, Leon van der Torre
  • An Organisation Infrastructure for Multi-Agent Systems based on Agent Coordination Contexts
    Mirko Viroli, Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Omicini
  • A Framework for Specifying Group Decision-Making Mechanisms
    Luke Hunsberger
SESSION 3c: voting
(Wednesday, July 27 15:30-17:00)
  • Strategy/Falsename Proof Protocols for Combinatorial Multi-Attribute Procurement Auction: Handling Arbitrary Utility of the Buyer
    Takayuki Suyama, Makoto Yokoo
  • Cooperation In Stochastic Games Through Communication
    Raghav Aras, Alain Dutech, François Charpillet
  • Using Tags to Evolve Trust and Cooperation Between Groups
    Aviv Zohar, Jeffrey Rosenschein
  • An analysis of the Shapley value and its uncertainty for the voting game
    Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas Jennings
  • Optimizing Auctioneer’s Revenues in Expanding Multi-Unit Auctions
    Onn Shehory, Eran Dror
  • Computing the Communication Costs of Item Allocation
    Timothy Rauenbusch, Stuart Shieber, Barbara Grosz
SESSION 3d: negotiation and agreement II
(Wednesday, July 27 15:30-17:00)
  • Experimental Analysis of Negotiation Meta Strategies
    Raquel Ros Espinoza, Carles Sierra
  • A Negotiation Model for Autonomous Agents: Key Features and Comparison with Existing Models
    Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede, Augusto Novais, Helder Coelho
  • A Decentralized Bargaining Protocol on Dependent Continuous Multi-Issue for Approximate Pareto Optimal Outcomes
    Nicola Gatti, Francesco Amigoni
  • Strategical Considerations for Negotiating Agents
    Leila Amgoud, Souhila Kaci
  • Balancing Conflict and Cost in the Selection of Negotiation Opponents
    Steve Munroe, Michael Luck
SESSION 4a: coordination and planning
(Thursday, July 28 10:30-12:30)
  • Coordination of Quantum Internet Agents
    Matthias Klusch
  • A Simulator for Multi-Agent Partnership Formation Based on Dependence Graphs
    Júlio Monteiro, Jaime Sichman
  • Buyer’s Coalition for Optimal Search
    David Sarne, Sarit Kraus
  • Individual Beliefs and Group Acceptances within Agent Organizations
    Ioannis Partsakoulakis, George Vouros
  • The DEFACTO System for Human Omnipresence to Coordinate Agent Teams: The Future of Disaster Response
    Nathan Schurr, Janusz Marecki, Nikhil Kasinadhuni, J.P. Lewis, Milind Tambe, Paul Scerri
SESSION 4b: agent applications
(Thursday, July 28 10:30-12:30)
  • Untraceability of Mobile Agents
    Rafal Leszczyna, Janusz Gorski
  • Access Control with Safe Role Assignment for Mobile Agents
    Guillermo Navarro, Joan Borrell, Jose Antonio Ortega-Ruiz, Sergi Robles
  • Just in Time Mobile Agent Generation and Management
    Glenn Jayaputera, Seng Loke, Arkady Zaslavsky
  • Attacking the Migration Bottleneck of Mobile Agents
    Peter Braun, Steffen Kern, Ingo Mueller, Ryszard Kowalczyk
  • Efficient Information Retrieval Using Mobile Agents
    Irene Sygkouna, Miltiades Anagnostou
SESSION 4c: trust and reputation I
(Thursday, July 28 10:30-12:30)
  • Formalising Trust for Online Communities
    Ali Shaikh Ali, Omer Rana
  • Fuzzy Number Approach to Trust in Coalition Environment
    Martin Rehak, Michal Pechoucek, Petr Benda
  • Trusted Intermediating Agents in Electronic Trade Networks
    Tomas B. Klos, Floortje Alkemade
  • Trust-Based Contracting in Supply Chains
    Sandip Sen, Sabyasachi Saha, Dipyaman Banerjee
  • A Framework for Decomposing Reputation in MAS into Competence and Integrity
    Michael Smith, Marie des Jardins
SESSION 4d: argumentation and dialog
(Thursday, July 28 10:30-12:30)
  • Law-Governed Linda as a Semantics for Agent Dialogue Protocols
    Sylvie Doutre, Peter McBurney, Michael Wooldridge
  • Liberalizing Protocols for Argumentation in Multi-agent Systems
    Gerard A.W. Vreeswijk
  • Generating Intentions Through Argumentation
    Katie Atkinson, Trevor Bench-Capon, Peter McBurney
  • A Drosophila for Computational Dialectics
    Simon Wells, Chris Reed
SESSION 5a: AOSE II
(Thursday, July 28 14:00-15:30)
  • Agent Synthesis: Partnership and Agreement in Cooperative Mobile Agents
    Fuyuki Ishikawa, Nobukazu Yoshioka, Yasuyuki Tahara, Shinichi Honiden
  • Integrating a MAS and a Pandemonium: the Open-Source Framework AKIRA
    Giovanni Pezzulo, Calvi Gianguglielmo, Rino Facone
  • SEAGENT: A Platform for Developing Semantic Web Based Multi Agent Systems
    Oguz Dikenelli, Riza Cenk Erdur, Ozgur Gumus, Erdem Eser Ekinci, Önder Gürcan, Geylani Karda, Ínanç Seylan, Ali Murat Tiryaki
SESSION 5b: information agents, brokering and matchmaking
(Thursday, July 28 14:00-15:30)
  • Handling Information Overload:A MAS Architecture For Distributed Information Brokering
    Klaus Stein, Christoph Schlieder
  • Agent-based Matchmaking of Mathematical Web Services
    Simone Ludwig, Omer Rana, Bill Naylor, Julian Padget
SESSION 5c: auctions and mechanism design
(Thursday, July 28 14:00-15:30)
  • Usability of Dial-a-Ride Systems
    Itsuki Noda, Masayuki Ohta, Yoichiro Kumada, Kosuke Shinoda, Hideyuki Nakashima
  • Distributed Network Scheduling
    Brad Clement, Steven Schaffer
SESSION 5d: norms, social laws and social structures
(Thursday, July 28 14:00-15:30)
  • Agent-Oriented Context-Aware Platforms Supporting Communities of Practice in Health Care
    Luiz Olavo Silva Santos, Renata Guizzardi, Marten van Sinderen
  • An Operational Approach to Norms in Artificial Institutions
    Francesco Vigano', Nicoletta Fornara, Marco Colombetti
  • Norm Compliance of Protocols in Electronic Institutions
    Huib Aldewereld, Javier Vazquez-Salceda, Frank Dignum, John-Jules Meyer
SESSION 6a: logical foundations II
(Thursday, July 28 16:00-17:00)
  • A BDI Architecture for Goal Deliberation
    Alexander Pokahr, Lars Braubach, Winfried Lamersdorf
  • Towards An Agent Oriented Programming Language with Caste and Scenario Mechanisms
    Ji Wang, Rui Shen, Hong Zhu
  • On the Metaphysics of Agents
    Paul Davidsson, Stefan Johansson
  • Game Theoretic Golog under Partial Observability
    Alberto Finzi, Thomas Lukasiewicz
  • How Local Is That Optimum? k-Optimality for DCOP
    Jonathan Pearce, Rajiv Maheswaran, Milind Tambe
SESSION 6b: task and resource allocation I
(Thursday, July 28 16:00-17:00)
  • A Decentralized Variable Ordering Method for Distributed Constraint Optimization
    Anton Chechetka, Katia Sycara
  • Allocation Of Indivisible Goods: A General Model And Some Complexity Results
    Sylvain Bouveret, Hélène Fargier, Jérôme Lang, Michel Lemaître
  • Adaptive A*
    Sven Koenig, Maxim Likhachev
  • An Autonomous Performance Control Framework for Distributed Multi-Agent Systems: A Queueing Theory Based Approach
    Nathan Gnanasambandam, Seokcheon Lee, Soundar R.T. Kumara, Natarajan Gautam, Wilbur Peng, Vikram Manikonda, Marshall Brinn, Mark Greaves
SESSION 6c: ontologies
(Thursday, July 28 16:00-17:00)
  • OWL Ontology Translation based on the O3F Framework
    Luís Mota, Luís Botelho
  • Coordinating Change of Agents’ States in Situated Agents Models
    Giuseppe Vizzari, Stefania Bandini
  • Observation-Based Proactive Communication in Team Cooperation
    Yu Zhang, Richard A. Volz, Thomas R. Ioerger
  • Layered Message Semantics using Social Commitments
    Roberto Flores, Philippe Pasquier, Brahim Chaib-draa
  • Engineering Agent Interactions from ACL-based Reusable Connectors
    Juan Manuel Serrano, Sascha Ossowski, Sergio Saugar
SESSION 7a: argumentation and dialog
(Friday, July 29 10:30-12:30)
  • Protocol Synthesis with Dialogue Structure Theory
    Jarred McGinnis, David Roberston, Chris Walton
  • ArgumentBased Negotiation in a Social Context
    Nishan Karunatillake, Nicholas Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Timothy Norman
SESSION 7b: multi-agent plans and planning
(Friday, July 29 10:30-12:30)
  • Real-time Dense Communication among Agents for Active Tracking
    Norimichi Ukita
  • Multiagent Planning through Plan Repair
    Roman van der Krogt, Mathijs de Weerdt, Nico Roos, Cees Witteveen
  • Data Storage in Unreliable Multiagent Networks
    Filip Miletic, Patrick Dewilde
  • Service-Based Computing for Agents on Disruption and Delay Prone Networks
    Joseph Kopena, Guarav Naik, Maxim Peysakhov, Evan Sultanik, William Regli, Moshe Kam
SESSION 7c: task and resource allocation II
(Friday, July 29 10:30-12:30)
  • Agent-Based Integration of Web Services with Workflow Management Systems
    Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis, Stephen Cranefield
  • Evaluating the Minority Game Strategy in Agent Role Assignments
    Tingting Wang, Jiming Liu
SESSION 7d: robotics
(Friday, July 29 10:30-12:30)
  • Construction of Numerical Potential Fields with Reactive Agents
    Olivier Simonin
  • Physical Deployment of Digital Pheromones Through RFID Technology
    Marco Mamei, Franco Zambonelli
  • Towards Flexible Teamwork in Behavior-Based Robots: Extended Abstract
    Gal Kaminka, Inna Frenkel
SESSION 7e: embodied, emotional and believable agents II
(Friday, July 29 10:30-12:30)
  • Intentional Adequacy of Computer Programs as the Experimental Reference of Agent-Based Social Simulation
    Nuno David, Jaime Sichman, Helder Coelho
  • An Artificial Maieutic Approach for Eliciting Experts’ Knowledge in Multi-agent Simulations
    Francois Sempe, Minh Nguyen-Duc, Alain Boucher, Alexis Drogoul
  • TACOP: A Cognitive Agent for a Naval Training Simulation Environment
    Willem van Doesburg, Egon van den Broek, Annerieke Heuvelink
  • Validation of an Agent Based System Using Petri Nets
    Thomas Moncion, Guillaume Hutzler, Patrick Amar


Posters will be displayed in a special area of the conference venue. For more information about the poster sessions please consult the presenters guide.