Note for the presenters: all the rooms will be equipped with both PC beamers and overhead projectors. Program Schedule 15 July 2002 Tutorial and Workshop (Day 1) — Faculty of Engineering Room 2.3 2.4 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.2 8:30 W8 W9 W2 W7 T2 T3 T1 W6 W3 W5 W4 W1 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 W8 W9 W2 W7 T2 T3 T1 W6 W3 W5 W4 W1 11:30 12:00 12:30 Lunch Break 13:00 13:30 W8 W9 W2 W7 T4 T5 T1 W6 W3 W5 W4 W1 13:45 14:30 15:00 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 W8 W9 W2 W7 T4 T5 T1 W6 W3 W5 W4 W1 16:30 17:00 17:30 End   16 July 2002 Tutorial and Workshop (Day 2) — Faculty of Engineering Room 2.3 2.4 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.2 8:30 W10 W11 T8 W13 T9 T7 W12 T6 W15 W17 W14 W16 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 W10 W11 T8 W13 T9 T7 W12 T6 W15 W17 W14 W16 11:30 12:00 12:30 Lunch Break 13:00 13:30 W10 W11 T12 W13 T13 T11 W12 T10 W15 W17 W14 W16 13:45 14:30 15:00 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 W10 W11 T12 W13 T13 T11 W12 T10 W15 W17 W14 W16 16:30 17:00 17:30 Compulsory End   Walk to Santa Lucia Opening of the Conference — Aula Santa Lucia 18:00 Opening Introduction by Dean and Major 18:20 Plenary Talk 1 19:20 End of Talk   Walk to Palazzo Re Enzo Welcome Reception — Palazzo Re Enzo 19:40 Welcome Party 21:00 Dinner on Your Own   17 July 2002 Main Conference (Day 1) — Palazzo Re Enzo Sala Podestà Sala Trecento Sala Seicento Cappella Farnese Sala Armi Sala Podestà (b) Patio 8:45 Session 1A Session 1B Session 1C Session 1D 10:45   Coffee Break 11:10 Session 2A Session 2B Session 2C Session 2D 13:00   Lunch Break 14:15 Session 3A Session 3B Session 3C 15:35   Posters and Demos 1 Coffee Break 16:30 Invited Talk 1 Session 4B Session 4C     17:30 End of Talk 17:45 Panel 1 19:00 End of day   18 July 2002 Main Conference (Day 2) — Palazzo Re Enzo Sala Podestà Sala Trecento Sala Seicento Cappella Farnese Sala Armi Sala Podestà (b) Patio 8:45 Session 5A Session 5B Session 5C Session 5D 10:40   Coffee Break 11:10 Invited Talk 2   Session 6C Session 6D 12:00 End of Talk 12:10 Session 6A Session 6B 13:00   Lunch Break 14:15 Session 7A Session 7B Session 7C 15:35   Posters and Demos 2 Coffee Break 16:30 Invited Talk 3 Session 8B Session 8C     17:30 End of Talk 17:45 End of day 20:00 Social Dinner   19 July 2002 Main Conference (Day 3) — Palazzo Re Enzo Sala Podestà Sala Trecento Sala Seicento Cappella Farnese Sala Armi Sala Podestà (b) Patio 8:45 Session 9A Session 9B Session 9C Session 9D 10:25   Coffee Break 11:00 Plenary Talk 2 12:00 Session 10A Session 10B Session 10C Session 10D 12:50   Lunch Break 14:10 Session 11A Session 11B Session 11C 15:50   Posters and Demos 3 Coffee Break 16:45   Session 12B Session 12C     17:45 Panel 2 19:00 Closing of the Conference   Plenary Talks Plenary Talk 1   The Evolution of the GPGP/TMS Domain-Independent Coordination Framework Victor R. Lesser (University of Massachusetts, USA) Plenary Talk 2   Agents Supporting Humans and Organizations in Open, Dynamic Environments Katia P. Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Invited Talks Invited Talk 1   The Social and Cultural Psychology of Autonomous Agents Clifford Nass (Stanford University, USA) Invited Talk 2   Planning and Execution, Life, the Solar System, and Everything Nicola Muscettola (NASA Ames Research Center, USA) Invited Talk 3   Toward Interactive Humanoid Robots: A constructive approach to developing intelligent robots Hiroshi Ishiguro (Wakayama University and ATR Media Information Science Laboratories, Japan) Panels Panel 1   [to be defined soon] Chair: Michael Georgeff (Agentis International Inc, USA) Panel 2   Bringing People and Agents Together Chair: W. Lewis Johnsson (University of Southern California, USA) Panelists: Milind Tambe, Rosaria Conte, Catherine Pelachaud, Mitsuru Ishizuka Invited Talk 3   Toward Interactive Humanoid Robots: A constructive approach to developing intelligent robots Hiroshi Ishiguro (Wakayama University and ATR Media Information Science Laboratories, Japan) Sessions Session 1A: Agent Oriented Software Engineering Session Chair: Nick Jennings   Title Author Papers ROADMAP: Extending the Gaia Methodology for Complex Open Systems Thomas Juan, Adrian Pearce, Leon Sterling   Multiagent Systems Specification by UML Statecharts Aiming at Intelligent Manufacturing Toshiaki Arai, Frieder Stolzenburg   The Cognitive Agents Specification Language and Verification Environment for Multiagent Systems Steven Shapiro, Yves Lesperance, Hector J. Levesque   From AOSE Methodology to Agent Implementation Massonet Philippe, Deville Yves, Neve Cédric Poster Announcements The Tropos Software Development Methodology: Processes, Models and Diagrams Fausto Giunchiglia, John Mylopoulos, Anna Perini   Prometheus: A Methodology for Developing Intelligent Agents Lin Padgham, Michael Winikoff   Towards Industrially Applicable Modeling Technique for Agent-Based Systems Arnon Sturm, Onn Shehory   Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Successful TAC Participation Clemens Fritschi, Klaus Dorer   HAMAC: an agent-based programming method Gilles Klein, Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni, Patrick Taillibert   P2P Based Knowledge Source Discovery on Research Support System Papits Tadachika Ozono, Shoji Goto, Nobuhiro Fujimaki, Toramatsu Shintai   Specifying Agents with UML in Robotic Soccer Jan Murray Session 1B: Bidding and Bargaining Agents I Session Chair: Makoto Yokoo   Title Author Papers A Negotiation Model of Incomplete Information Under Time Constraints Cao Da-Jun, Xu Liang-xian   An Alternating Offers Bargaining Model for Computationally Limited Agents Kate Larson, Tuomas Sandholm   Multi-Issue Negotiation Under Time Constraints S. Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings   A Peer-to-Peer Agent Auction Elth Ogston, Stamatis Vassiliadis Poster Announcements Bidders with Hard Valuation Problems Kate Larson, Tuomas Sandholm   Randomized Strategic Demand Reduction: Getting More by Asking for Less Paul S.A. Reitsma, Peter Stone, Janos A. Csirik, Michael L. Littman   Caching in Multi-unit combinatorial auctions Kidane Asrat Ghebreamlak, Arne Andersson   A Strategy-Proof Multiunit Double Auction Mechanism Pu Huang, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Katia Sycara   Preference Elicitation in Combinatorial Auctions Wolfram Conen, Tuomas Sandholm   A Multi-agent Queuing model for Resource Allocations in a Non-Cooperative Game Pinata Winoto, Tiffany Ya Tang   KODAMA Project: from Design to Implementation of a Distributed Multi-Agent System Guoqiang Zhong, Kenìchi Takahashi Takahashi, Satoshi Amamiya, Tsunenori Mine, Makoto Amamiya   Kodama: Towards a Distributed Web Searching Tarek Helmy, Satoshi Amamiya, Makoto Amamiya Subsession: Multi-agent Coordination Coordination Mechanisms for Dependency Relationships among Multiple Agents Wei Chen, Keith S. Decker   Modeling Multi-Agent Communication Contexts Antonella Di Stefano, Corrado Santoro Session 1C: Trust and Reputation Session Chair: Rino Falcone   Title Author Papers Supervised Interaction - Creating a Web of Trust for Contracting Agents in Electronic Environments Martin J. Kollingbaum, Timothy J. Norman   Robustness of Reputation-based Trust: Boolean Case Sandip Sen, Neelima Sajja   An Evidential Model of Distributed Reputation Management Bin Yu, Munindar P. Singh Poster Announcements A Multi-Agent Bioinformatics Integration System with Adjustable Autonomy Konstantinos Karasavvas, Albert Burger, Richard Baldock   Developing Trust in Recommender Agents Miquel Montaner, Beatriz López, Josep Lluís de la Rosa   A Coalition Formation Mechanism Based on Inter-Agent Trust Relationships Silvia Breban, Julita Vassileva   Equilibrium Reputation Mechanism for Mobile Agent based Electronic Commerce XiaoFeng Wang, Kartik Hosanagar, Rammayya Krishnan, Pradeep K Khosla   Incentive Compatible Trading Mechanism for Trust Revelation Sviatoslav Braynov, Tuomas Sandholm Subsession: Evolution, adaptation, and learning On-Line Incremental Learning in Bilateral Multi-issue Negotiation Von-Wun Soo, Chun-An Hung   A Domain-Independent Diagnosis Tool to Adapt Organizations in Learning Scenarios Bazzan, A.L.C., Lindemann, V., Lesser, V.R. Session 1D: Self-Organizing Systems Session Chair: Jiming Liu   Title Author Papers Programmable Self-Assembly Using Biologically-Inspired Multiagent Control Radhika Nagpal   How social spiders inspired an approach for region detection Bourjot Christine, Chevrier Vincent, Thomas Vincent   Evolving Adaptive Pheromone Path Planning Mechanisms John A. Sauter, Robert Matthews, H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner   Combining amorphous computing and reactive agent-based systems: a paradigm for pervasive intelligence? David Servat, Alexis Drogoul Poster Announcements Digital Pheromone Mechanisms for Coordination of Unmanned Vehicles H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner, John A. Sauter, Robert Savit   Dynamic Organization of Multi-Agent Systems P. Mathieu, JC. Routier, Y. Secq   The Effects of Cooperation on Multiagent Search in Task-Oriented Domains Jose M Vidal   From Design to Intention: Signs of a Revolution Franco Zambonelli, H. Van Dyke Parunak   Understanding Emergent Web Regularities with Information Foraging Agents Jiming Liu, Shiwu Zhang, Yiming Ye   Self Reordering in Polynomial Space Asynchronous Search Silaghi, Marius-Calin, Faltings, Boi   Agent Organizations with Utility-Based Fuzzy Coalitions Leonid B. Sheremetov, José C Romero Cortés   A Fuzzy System Based Approach to Social Modeling in Multi-Agent Systems Esteve del Acebo, Peplluís de la Rosa   Embodied Intentional Dynamics of Bacterial Behaviour C.M. Jonker, J.L. Snoep, J. Treur, H.V. Westerhoff, W.C.A. Wijngaards Session 2A: Markets and Auctions I Session Chair: Jeff Rosenschein   Title Author Papers Risk and Expectations in a-priori Time Allocation in Multi-Agent Contracting Alexander Babanov, John Collins, Maria Gini   Designing an Auction Protocol under Asymmetric Information on Nature's Selection Takayuki Ito, Makoto Yokoo, Shigeo Matsubara   Winner Determination in Combinatorial Auction Generalizations Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri, Andrew Gilpin, David Levine   Protocols and Strategies for Automated Multi Attributes Auctions Esther David, Rina Azulay, Sarit Kraus     Subsession: Agent Architectures Agent Behavior Architectures, A MAS Framework Comparison Steven P. Fonseca, Martin L. Griss, Reed Letsinger   A Multi-level Infrastructure for Agent-oriented Development Martin Purvis, Stephen Cranefield, Mariusz Nowostawski   Architecting Agents Using Core Competencies K. S. Barber, D. N. Lam   Towards a Real-time Architecture for Time-aware Agents Konstantinos Prouskas, Jeremy Pitt   Multi-Agent and Software Architectures Paolo Giorgini, Manuel Kolp, John Mylopoulos Session 2B: Multiagent Simulation Session Chair: Alexis Drogoul   Title Author Papers Multi Agent Simulation Of Unorganized Traffic Praveen Paruchuri, Alok Reddy Pullalarevu, Kamalakar Karlapalem   Agent-based interaction analysis of consumer behavior Lamjed Ben Said, Alexis Drogoul, Thierry Bouron   ACUMEN: Amplifying Control and Understanding of Multiple ENtities Jan Allbeck, Karin Kipper, Charles Adams, William Schuler, Elena Zoubanova, Norman Badler, Martha Palmer, Aravind Joshi   Simulation Level of Detail for Multiagent Control David C. Brogan, Jessica K. Hodgins Poster Announcements Two Multi-Agent Model of Gender Interaction in Artificial Society Julia V. Frolova, Victor V. Korobitsin   Variance in Converging Puck Cluster Sizes Amos Zhang, Michael Chung, Brian Lee, Ryan Cho, Sanza Kazadi, Rahul Vishwanath   An Agent-Based Simulation for Water Sharing Between Different Users. Marjorie LE BARS, Jean-Marie ATTONATY, Suzanne Pinson   Assimilation and Survival in Cyberspace Robert Ghanea-Hercock   A Multiagent Interaction Paradigm for Physiological Process Control Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Gatti, Marco Somalvico   Simulation of Adaptive Agents: Learning Heuristics for Route Choice in a Commuter Scenario Franziska Kluegl, Ana Lucia C. Bazzan Session 2C: Life-Like and Believable Qualities Session Chair: Jeff Rickel   Title Author Papers Interacting with Virtual Characters in Interactive Storytelling Marc Cavazza, Fred Charles, Steven J. Mead   Using an Ethologically-Inspired Model to Learn Apparent Temporal Causality for Planning in Synthetic Creatures Robert Burke, Bruce Blumberg   A step toward irrationality: using emotion to change belief Stacy Marsella, Jonathan Gratch   Believability through Context: Using "knowledge in the world" to create intelligent characters Patrick Doyle Poster Announcements SCREAM: Scripting Emotion-based Agent Minds Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishizuka   Increasing the Coherence between Human Beings and Virtual Agents Pilar Herrero, Angelica de Antonio, Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh   Virtual Humans Personified Sumedha Kshirsagar, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann   A Motivational System That Drives the Development of Activity Matthew D. Schmill, Paul R. Cohen   Emotions, Personality and Feelings in Agent Design Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz, Christine L. Lisetti Session 2D: Group and Organizational Dynamics Session Chair: Munindar Singh   Title Author Papers Extracting Reputation in Multi Agent Systems by means of Social Network topology Josep M. Pujol, Ramon Sanguesa, Jordi Delgado   Reputation and Social Network Analysis in Multi-Agent systems Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra   Multi-Agent Dependence by Dependence Graphs Jaime Simao Sichman, Rosaria Conte   Group delegation and responsibility Timothy J Norman, Chris Reed Poster Announcements A Robust Cooperation Architecture for Teams of UCAVs François Legras   MOISE+: Towards a structural, functional, and deontic model for MAS organization Jomi Fred Hubner, Jaime Simao Sichman, Olivier Boissier   Integrative Negotiation In Complex Organizational Agent Systems Xiaoqin Zhang, Victor Lesser, Tom Wagner   A Multi-Agent Architecture to Support Synchronous Collaborative Learning in an International Environment Martin D. Beer, Janice E. Whatley   The Integrated Modeling of Multi-Agent Systems and their Environment Sehl Mellouli, Guy W. Mineau, Daniel Pascot Session 3A: Markets and Auctions II Session Chair: Sarit Kraus   Title Author Papers Congregating and Market Formation Christopher H. Brooks, Edmund H. Durfee   An Average-case Budget-Non-Negative Double Auction Protocol Yuko Sakurai, Makoto Yokoo   Secure Multi-agent Dynamic Programming based on Homomorphic Encryption and its Application to Combinatorial Auctions Makoto Yokoo, Koutarou Suzuki   Algorithm for Combinatorial Coalition Formation and Payoff Division in an Electronic Marketplace Cuihong Li, Katia Sycara Session 3B: Robot Architectures Session Chair: Elisabeth André   Title Author Papers A Hybrid Mobile Robot Architecture with Integrated Planning and Control Kian Hsiang Low, Wee Kheng Leow, Marcelo H. Ang, Jr.   A Hierarchical Architecture for Behavior-Based Robots Monica N. Nicolescu, Maja J. Mataric   On the Development of Cooperative Behavior-Based Mobile Manipulators Bruno Santos Pimentel, Guilherme Augusto Silva Pereira, Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos   Finding Optimal Path in Unknown Physical Environments Ariel Felner, Roni Stern, Sarit Kraus Session 3C: Evolution, Adaption and Learning I Session Chair: Sandip Sen   Title Author Papers Mutual online concept learning for multiple agents Jun Wang, Les Gasser   A Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm using Extended Optimal Response Nobuo Suematsu, Akira Hayashi   Learning Sequences of Actions in Collectives of Autonomous Agents Kagan Tumer, Adrian Agogino, David Wolpert   A bartering approach to improve multiagent learning Santiago Ontañon, Enric Plaza Session 4B Multiagent Resource Allocation Session Chair: Tuomas Sandholm   Title Author Papers Effort Profiles in Multi-Agent Resource Allocation H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner, John A. Sauter, Robert Savit   Collaborative Assignment :  A Multiagent Negotiation Approach Using BDI Concepts Kiam Tian Seow, Khee Yin How   Negotiating Complex Contracts Mark Klein, Peyman Faratin, Hiroki Sayama, Yaneer Bar-Yam Session 4C: Argumentation, Persuasion, and Deception Session Chair: Carles Sierra   Title Author Papers An analysis of formal inter-agent dialogues Simon Parsons, Michael Wooldridge, Leila Amgoud   Desiderata for Agent Argumentation Protocols Peter McBurney, Simon Parsons, Michael Wooldridge   Argument Exchange in Heterogeneous Electronic Commerce Environments Luis Brito, Jose Neves Session 5A: Agent Communication Languages and Protocols Session Chair: Michael Huhns   Title Author Papers Open Protocol Design for complex Interactions in Multi-agent Systems Hamza Mazouzi, Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni, Serge Haddad   Flexible Protocol Specification and Execution: Applying Event Calculus Planning using Commitments Pinar Yolum, Munindar P. Singh   Operational Specification of a Commitment-Based Agent Communication Language Nicoletta Fornara, Marco Colombetti   Representing and Executing Protocols as Joint Actions Sanjeev Kumar, Marcus J. Huber, Philip R. Cohen Poster Announcements CASA: A Distributed Holonic Multi-Agent Architecture for Timber Production Andreas Gerber, Nils Kammenhuber, Matthias Klusch   Implementing agent communication languages directly from UML specifications Stephen Cranefield, Mariusz Nowostawski, Martin Purvis   The Design of Agent Communication Languages: An Organizational Approach Juan Manuel Serrano, Sascha Ossowski   Proving Properties of Open Agent Systems Frank Guerin, Jeremy Pitt   Negotiation as a Mechanism for Language Evolution Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz   Facilitating Message Exchange through Middle Agents Terry R. Payne, Massimo Paolucci, Rahul Singh, Katia Sycara   Automatic ontology mapping for agent communication F. Wiesman, N. Roos, P. Vogt   Supporting Software Agents on Small Devices Sasu Tarkoma, Mikko Laukkanen   Direct Execution of Team Specifications in STAPLE Sanjeev Kumar, Philip R. Cohen, Marcus J. Hube Session 5B: Mobile Software Agents Session Chair: Franco Zambonelli   Title Author Papers Core Specification and Experiments in DIET: A Decentralised Ecosystem-inspired Mobile Agent System Cefn Hoile, Fang Wang, Erwin Bonsma, Paul Marrow   ACQUIRE: Agent-based Complex QUery and Information Retrieval Engine Subrata Das, Kurt Shuster   An optimal location update and searching algorithm for tracking mobile agent Li Tie Yan, Lam Kwok Yan   Just-In-Time Information Sharing Architectures in Multiagent Systems Jonathan Carter, Ali A. Ghorbani, Stephen Marsh Poster Announcements Detecting Anomalous Agents in Mobile Agent System: A Preliminary Approach Tie-Yan Li, Kwok-Yan Li   On Splitting BDI Agents Xiaocong Fan   An Agent Based Framework for Virtual Medical Devices Zeljko Obrenovic, Dusan Starcevic, Emil Jovanov, Vlada Radivojevic   Autonomous Mobile Objects In CORBA-Based Distributed Systems Armin Stranjak, Igor Cavrak, Damir Kovacic, Mario Zagar   Mobile Agents point the WAY: Context Sensitive Service Delivery through Mobile Lightweight Agents T.D. Lowen, P.T.  O' Hare, G.M.P O' Hare   Software Agents to Support Mobile Services Zakaria Maamar, Wathiq Mansoor Subsession: Scaleability, robustness, and complexity BDI Agents for Game Development Arran Bartish, Charles Thevathayan   A Knowledge-Based Methodology for Designing Robust Multi-Agent Systems Mark Klein, Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Aguilar   A fault-tolerant open MAS Laurent Vercouter   A Fault-Tolerant MultiAgent Framework Z. Guessoum, J.-P. Briot, S. Charpentier, O. Marin, P. Sens Session 5C: Conversational Agents Session Chair: Candace Sidner   Title Author Papers Embodied Contextual Agent in Information Delivering Application Catherine Pelachaud, Valeria Carofiglio , Berardina De Carolis, Fiorella de Rosis, Isabella Poggi   Embodied Agents for Multi-party Dialogue in Immersive Virtual Worlds David Traum, Jeff Rickel   A Problem Solving Model for Collaborative Agents James Allen, Nate Blaylock, George Ferguson   A Plug-in Architecture for Generating Collaborative Agent Responses Charles Rich, Neal Lesh, Jeff Rickel Poster Announcements Multiple Character-agents Interface: An Information Integration Platform Where Multiple Agents and Human User Collaborate Yasuhiko Kitamura, Hideki Tsujimoto, Teruhiro Yamada, Taizo Yamamoto   DOrAM: Real Answers to Real Questions Taras Mahlin, Claudia V. Goldman, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein   Helping Conversational Agents to find Informative Responses: Query Expansion Methods for Chatterbots Marcello L'Abbate, Ulrich Thiel   Modeling Dialogues in Multi-Agent Systems Karacapilidis Nikos, Moraitis Pavlos   Users Talk to their Model Trains: Interaction with a Speech-based Multi-Agent System Alexander Huber, Bernd Ludwig   RCal: A Case Study on Semantic Web Agents Terry R. Payne, Rahul Singh, Katia Sycara Session 5D: Formalisms and Logics I Session Chair: John-Jules Meyer   Title Author Papers What does it mean that an agent is performing a typical procedure? A formal definition in Situation Calculus Robert Demolombe, Erwan Hamon   Agents dealing with Time and Uncertainty Juergen Dix, Sarit Kraus, VS Subrahmanian   A logic of intention with cooperation principles and with assertive speech acts as communication primitives Andreas Herzig, Dominique Longin   Deduction Systems for BDI Logics Using Sequent Calculus Nide Naoyuki, Shiro Takata Poster Announcements Expressing Systems Capabilities for Knowledge Coordination Eudenia Xavier Meneses, Flávio Soares Correa da Silva   Agent Negotiation as Proof Search in Linear Logic James Harland, Michael Winikoff   Coordinating the Safe Execution of Tasks in a Constrained Multi-Agent System Anna Ciampolini, Evelina Lamma, Paola Mello, Paolo Torroni   Fuzzy argumentation for negotiating agents Michael Schroeder, Ralf Schweimeier   Planning in a Multi-Agent Environment: Theory and Practice Juergen Dix, Hector Munoz-Avila, Dana Nau, Lingling Zhang   The Bit Transmission Problem Revisited Alessio Lomuscio, Marek Sergot   A Logic for Semi-Public Communication in Multi-Agent Systems Laszlo Aszalos, Andreas Herzig Session 6A: Applications Session Chair: James Allen   Title Author Papers The Techsat-21 Autonomous Science Agent Steve Chien, Robert Sherwood, Rebecca Castano, Brian Williams, Paul Zetocha, Pat Capaellare   An Open Agent Architecture for Assisting Elder Independence Karen Z Haigh, John Phelps, Christopher W Geib Poster Announcements Personal Access to a Worlwide Agent Network António Lopes, Sérgio Gaio, Luís Botelho   A first step towards providing health-care agent-based services to mobile users Antonio Moreno, David Isern Session 6B: Social Order Session Chair:   Title Author Papers Constraining Autonomy through Norms Fabiola Lopez y Lopez, Michael Luck, Mark d'Inverno   An Approach to the Analysis and Design of Multiagent Systems Based on Interaction Frames Michael Rovatsos, Gerhard Weiss, Marco Wolf   Methodological principles in construction and observation of open computational systems Martin Fredriksson, Rune Gustavsson   Towards an Organizational Model for Agent Societies Using Contracts Virginia Dignum, John-Jules Meyer, Hans Weigand Session 6C: Mobile Embodied Agents Session Chair: Hideyuki Nakashima   Title Author Papers The AGILO Autonomous Robot Soccer Team: Computational Principles, Experiences, and Perspectives Michael Beetz, Sebastian Buck, Robert Hanek, Thorsten Schmitt   How to Make a Self-Reconfigurable Robot Run Kasper Stoy, Wei-Min Shen, Peter Will   Anticipating Where to Look: Predicting the Movements of Mobile Agents in Complex Terrain Randall W. Hill, Jr., Youngjun Kim, Jonathan Gratch   Real-time Multi-target Tracking by Cooperative Distributed Active Vision Agents Norimichi Ukita, Takashi Matsuyama Poster Announcements Multiagent Reactive Plan Application Learning in Dynamic Environments Huseyin Sevay, Costas Tsatsoulis   Reinforcement learning for landmark-based robot navigation Didac Busquets, Ramon Lopez de Mantaras, Carles Sierra, Thomas G. Dietterich   Coevolutive Planning In Markov Decision Processes Bruno Scherrer, François Charpillet Session 6D: Agent Analysis and Validation Session Chair: Jan Treur   Title Author Papers Model checking multiagent systems with MABLE Michael Wooldridge, Michael Fisher, Mac-Philippe Huget, Simon Parsons   Debugging Multi-Agent Systems Using Design Artifacts:  The Case of Interaction Protocols David Poutakidis, Lin Padgham, Michael Winikoff   An Approach to Conforming a MAS into a FIPA-compliant system Christos Georgousopoulos, Omer F. Rana   The Computational Complexity of Boolean and Stochastic Agent Design Problems Paul E. Dunne, Michael Wooldridge, Michael Laurence Poster Announcements   Subsession: Distributed Problem Solving Interaction Graphs for Planning Problem Decomposition Mark Iwen, Amol D. Mali   An analysis of Multi-Agent Diagnosis Nico Roos, Annette ten Teije, Andre Bos, Cees Witteveen   Distributed Problem Solving in Sensor Networks Weixiong Zhang, Zhidong Deng, Guandong Wang, Lars Wittenburg, Zhao Xing   Using Agents to Reach an Ontology Consensus Andrew Brent Williams, Todd Krygowski, George Thomas Session 7A: Bidding and Bargaining Agents II Session Chair: Katia Sycara   Title Author Papers Strategic Sequential Bidding in Auctions using Dynamic Programming Gerald Tesauro, Jonathan L. Bredin   The Eager Bidder Problem: A Fundamental Problem of DAI and Selected Solutions Michael Schillo, Klaus Fischer, Christian Kray   Optimal sequencing of individually rational contracts Partha Sarathi Dutta, Sandip Sen   Decision Procedures for Multiple Auctions Andrew Byde, Chris Preist, Nicholas R Jennings Session 7B: Agent Analysis and Design Session Chair: Liz Sonenberg   Title Author Papers Skeleton-based Agent Development for Electronic Institutions Wamberto W. Vasconcelos, Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra, Joaquim Queirol   Extreme Programming of Multi-Agent Systems Holger Knublauch   Specifying agent observable behaviour Mirko Viroli, Andrea Omicini   ViP: A Visual Programming Language for Plan Execution Systems David Kinny Session 7C: Theories of Agency, Autonomy, and Teamwork Session Chair: Milind Tambe   Title Author Papers The ABC of Rational Agent Modelling Michael Fisher, Chiara Ghidini   Why the Elf Acted Autonomously: Towards a Theory of Adjustable Autonomy Paul Scerri, David V. Pynadath, Milind Tambe   A Dynamic Perspective on an Agent's Mental States and Interaction with its Environment C.M. Jonker, J. Treur   Multiagent Teamwork: Analyzing the Optimality and Complexity of Key Theories and Models David V. Pynadath, Milind Tambe Session 8B: Scalability and Robustness Session Chair: Ed Durfee   Title Author Papers Towards Robust Teams with Many Agents Gal A. Kaminka   Improving Fault Tolerance by Replicating Agents Alan Fedoruk, Ralph Deters   MACE3J: Fast, Flexible Distributed Simulation of Large, Large-Grain Multi-Agent Systems Les Gasser, Kelvin Kakugawa   An Industrial Application of Agents for Dynamic Planning and Scheduling Min-Jung Yoo Session 8C: Formalisms and Logics II Session Chair: Alessio Lomuscio   Title Author Papers Ascribing beliefs to resource bounded agents Natasha Alechina, Brian Logan   Iterated belief changed in MAS Jan-Willem Roorda, Wiebe van der Hoek, John-Jules Meyer   Speculative Computation with Multi-Agent Belief Revision Ken Satoh, Keiji Yamamoto Session 9A: Applications in Commerce Session Chair: Catholijn Jonker   Title Author Papers IntelliShopper: A Proactive, Personal, Private Shopping Assistant Filippo Menczer, Nick Street, Narayan Vishwakarma, Alvaro Monge', Markus Jakobsson   How valuable are shopbots? Panos M. Markopoulos, Jeffrey O. Kephart   Automating Supply-Chain Management Michael N. Huhns, Larry M. Stephens, Nenad Ivezic   A Multi-Agent Platform for a Corporate Semantic Web Fabien Gandon, Laurent Berthelot, Rose Dieng-Kuntz Poster Announcements Risk Management in Natural Gas Supply Chain Wei Yang, Katia Sycara   Bi-concurrent Layered Architecture for eCommerce Agents Onn Shehory, Maria Goldstein, Adi Shulman, Arnon Sturm, Boris Yurovitsky   Semantic Resolution for E-Commerce Yun Peng, Youyong Zou, Xiaocheng Luan, Nenad Ivezic, Michael Gruninger, Albert Jones   CoMMA A Multi-Agent System for Corporate Memory Management F. Bergenti, A. Poggi, G. Rimassa, P. Turci   Conflict Management for Agent Guidance Karen L. Myers, David N. Morley Session 9B: Coordination and Cooperation I Session Chair: Keith Decker   Title Author Papers Learning to Select a Coordination Mechanism Cora B. Excelente-Toledo, Nicholas R. Jennings   The evolution and stability of cooperative traits Sandip Sen, Partha Sarathi Dutta   Learning and Decision-Making for Intention Reconciliation Sanmay Das, Barbara Grosz, Avi Pfeffer   Vowels Co-ordination Model Joao Luis T. da Silva, Yves Demazeau Poster Announcements A Multi-agent System for Collaborative Bookmarking Rushed Kanawati, Maria Malek   The Mediation Algorithm for Real Time Negotiation Timothy Rauenbusch   Evolution of collective commitment during reconfiguration Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Rineke Verbrugge   An Architecture to Implement Agents co-operating in Dynamic Environments Andrea Bonarini, Marcello Restelli   Towards Any-Team Coaching in Adversarial Domains Patrick Riley, Manuela Veloso, Gal Kaminka   Hierarchical organizations for real-time large-scale task and team environments Osher Yadgar, Sarit Kraus, Charles L. Ortiz, Jr. Session 9C: Evolution, Adaptation, and Learning II Session Chair: Bernard Burg   Title Author Papers Learning and Exploiting Context in Agents Bruce Edmonds   Experience Generalization for Concurrent Reinforcement Learners: the Minimax-QS Algorithm Carlos H. C. Ribeiro, Rene Pegoraro, Anna H. Reali-Costa   Being the new guy in an experienced team - enhancing training on the job Joerg Denzinger, Sean Ennis   Modeling And Design Monitor Agent Using Layered Control Architecture Tang Chao, Feng Shan, Wang Pan Poster Announcements LEAF: A FIPA Compliant Software Toolkit for Learning Based MAS Steven Lynden, Omer F. Rana   Construction of a Learning Agent Handling Its Rewards According to Environmental Situations Koichi Moriyama, Masayuki Numao   Learning to weigh basic behaviors in Scalable Agents Olivier Buffet, Alain Dutech, François Charpillet   An Architecture of Active Agent Repository for Dynamic Networking Takahiro Uchiya, Takashi Katoh, Takuo Suganuma, Tetsuo Kinoshita, Norio Shiratori   Emergence and Evolution of Agent-based Referral Networks Bin Yu, Munindar P. Singh   Evolutionary Programming in SADDE Carles Sierra, Jordi Sabater, Jaume Agusti, Pere Garcia Session 9D: Embodied Agents Session Chair: Catherine Pelachaud   Title Author Papers Object Persistence for Synthetic Creatures Damian A. Isla, Bruce M. Blumberg   The COSIMA Prototype for Multi-Objective Bargaining Stefan Fischer, Werner Kießling, Stefan Holland, Michael Fleder   Learning Domain Knowledge for Teaching Procedural Skills Richard Angros, Jr., W. Lewis Johnson, Jeff Rickel, Andrew Scholer   Development of a Human Agent for a Multi-Agent Based Human-Robot Interaction Kazuhiko Kawamura, Tamara Rogers, Xinyo Ao Poster Announcements Proposal of a Script Language for Embodied Conversational Agents as an Asynchronous Conversational Media Toru Takahashi, Hideaki Takeda   Perceptually Driven Cognitive Mapping of Urban Environments Randall W. Hill, Jr., Changhee Han, Michael van Lent   Data-Driven Generation of Simulated Soccer Behaviors David C. Brogan, Yannick Loitiere   A Distributed Surveillance Task using Multiple Miniature Robots Paul E. Rybski, Maria Gini, Dean F. Hougen, Sascha A. Stoeter, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos   Segmentation of Environments using Hidden Markov Modeling of Other Agents Noda, Itsuki Session 10A: Specification of Social Structures Session Chair: Jaime Simão Sichman   Title Author Papers ISLANDER an electronic institution editor Marc Esteva, David de la Cruz, Carles Sierra   Animated  Specification  of  Computational  Societies Alexander Artikis, Jeremy Pitt, Marek Sergot Poster Announcements Satisficing Coalition Formation among Agents Leen-Kiat Soh, Costas Tsatsoulis   Engineering Agent Societies: a Case Study in Smart Environments Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Omicini, Enrico Denti Poster Announcements No Agent is an Island: A Framework for the Study of Inter Agent Behavior T.J.M. Bench-Capon, P.E. Dunne Session 10B: Philosophical Foundations Session Chair: David Traum   Title Author Papers An Agent Architecture for Long-Term Robustness John R. Rose, Michael N. Huhns, Soumik Sinha Roy, William H. Turkett, Jr.   An Analysis of Agent Speech Acts as Institutional Actions Marco Colombetti, Mario Verdicchio Poster Intentions: first choice, commitment follows Guido Boella Session 10C: Information Sharing Session Chair: Thomas Rist   Title Author Papers I-Gaia: an Information Processing Layer for the DIET Platform A.Gallardo-Antolín, A. Navia-Vázquez, H.Y. Molina-Bulla, A.B. Rodríguez-González, F.J. Valverde-Albacete, J. Cid-Sueiro, A.R. Figueiras-Vidal, T. Koutris, C. Xirouhaki, M. Koubarakis   Channeled Multicast for Group Communications Paolo Busetta, Antonia Donà, Michele Nori Poster Announcements Agent-Based Transactions into Decentralised P2P Loris Penserini, Maurizio Panti, Luca Spalazzi   The Impact of InfoCenters on E-Marketplaces Itai Yarom, Claudia V. Goldman, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein   Defining Like-minded Agents with the Aid of Visualization Penny Noy, Michael Schroeder Session 10D: Management of Computation Session Chair: Onn Shehory   Title Author Papers Self-organized Autonomous Web Proxies Markus J. Kaiser, Kwok Ching Tsui, Jiming Liu   Intelligent Agents for QoS Management Krunoslav Trzec, Darko Huljenic Poster Announcements Self-Stabilization as Multiagent Systems Property Petra Funk, Ingo Zinnikus   Towards bringing heterogeneous agents to cooperation: an architecture for multimedia services Romaric Charton, Anne Boyer, François Charpillet   A Multi-agent system architecture for active networks Mohamed Mostagir, Keith Decker   Application of a Distributed Data Mining Approach to Network Intrusion Detection J. Bala, S. Baik, A. Hadjarian, BK Gogia, C. Manthorne Session 11A: Coordination and Cooperation II Session Chair: David Pynadath   Title Author Papers Designing Agent Collectives for Systems with Markovian Dynamics David H. Wolpert, John W. Lawson   A Multi-Agent Method for Forming and Dynamic Restructuring of Pareto Optimal Coalitions Caillou, Aknine, Pinson   Non-Cooperative Formation of Multi-Agent Teams Robert L. Axtell   Efficiency and Robustness of Threshold-Based Distributed Allocation Algorithms in Multi-Agent Systems William Agassounon, Alcherio Martinoli   Multi-Agent Polices: From Centralized Ones to Decentralized Ones Ping Xuan, Victor Lesser Session 11B: Distributed Problem Solving Session Chair: Tom Wagner   Title Author Papers Tractable Multiagent Planning for Epistemic Goals Wiebe van der Hoek, Michael Wooldridge   Collective Perception in Massive, Open, and Heterogeneous Multi-agent Environment Yiming Ye, Steven J. Boies, Jiming Liu, Xun Yi   Dealing with Space in Multi-Agent System: a model for Situated MAS Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni, Carla Simone   A Scalable, Distributed Algorithm for Efficient Task Allocation Pedro V. Sander, Denis Peleshchuk, Barbara J. Grosz   Local Search for Distributed SAT with Complex Local Problems Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo Session 11C: Decision Making Session Chair: Jürgen Dix   Title Author Papers AgentSpeak(XL): Efficient Intention Selection in BDI Agents via Decision-Theoretic Task Scheduling Rafael H. Bordini, Ana L. C. Bazzan, Rafael de O. Jan, Daniel M. Basso, Rosa M. Vicari, Victor R. Lesser   Task Selection Problem under Uncertainty as Decision-Making Hanna, Mouaddib   Automatic Orchestration of Behaviours through the management of Resources and Priority Levels Lamarche, Donikian   Satisficing Strategies for Resource-Limited Policy Search in Dynamic Environments Dimitri A. Dolgov, Edmund H. Durfee Session 12B: Negotiation Session Chair: Tuomas Sandholm   Title Author Papers Multi-Linked Negotiation in Multi-Agent System Xiaoqin Zhang, Victor Lesser   Structured Negotiation Charles L. Ortiz, Jr., Eric Hsu   A study on the termination of negotiation dialogues Paolo Torroni Session 12C: Middle Agents Session Chair: Leon Sterling   Title Author Papers Self-organising Communities Formed by Middle Agents Fang Wang   An Improved Matchmaking Algorithm for Middle Agents Zili Zhang, Chengqi Zhang   Supporting Nomadic Agent-based Applications in FIPA Agent Architecture Mikko Laukkanen, Heikki Helin, Heimo Laamanen