POSTERS
SESSION 1a: embodied, emotional and believable agents I
Humans and Agents in 3D Electronic Institutions (page 1093)
Anton Bogdanovych (University of Technology Sydney), Helmut Berger, Carles Sierra, Simeon Simoff
Design and Evaluation of Expressive Gesture Synthesis for Embodied Conversational Agents (page 1095)
Bjoern Hartmann (Stanford University IUT Montreuil University of Paris 8), Maurizio Mancini, Stéphanie Buisine, Catherine Pelachaud
Controlling the Focus of Perceptual Attention in Embodied Conversational Agents (page 1097)
Youngjun Kim (USC / Institute for Creative Technologies), Randall Hill, David Traum
Evaluating the Interaction with Synthetic Agents Using Attention and Affect Tracking (page 1099)
Helmut Prendinger (National Institute of Informatics), Chunling Ma, Jin Yingzi, Kushida Kazutaka, Mitsuru Ishizuka
SESSION 1b: learning (Return to Top)
Adaptive Agent’s Integration in a New Environment: Interactions as a Source of Learning (page 1103)
Isabelle Jars (LASS), Nadia Kabachi, Michel Lamure
Coordinated Exploration in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: An Application to Load-balancing (page 1105)
Katja Verbeeck (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Ann Nowe, Karl Tuyls
Sharing Information for Qlearningbased Network Bandwidth Estimation and Network Failure Detection (page 1107)
Partha Dutta (University of Southampton), Nicholas Jennings, Luc Moreau
GACS an Evolutionary Approach to the Spatial Coordination of Agents (page 1109)
Fabien Flacher (AnimatLab-LIP6 Paris France Dassault-Aviation St-Cloud France), Olivier Sigaud
Automatic Computer Game Balancing: A Reinforcement Learning Approach (page 1111)
Gustavo Andrade (Geraldo Vanderlei de Andrade Letícia Danzi de Andrade), Geber Ramalho, Hugo Santana, Vincent Corruble
SESSION 1c: ACL and protocols (Return to Top)
Communication Management Using Abstraction in Distributed Bayesian Networks (page 1115)
Jiaying Shen (Department of Computer Science University of Massachusetts Amherst), Victor Lesser
A Software Tool for the Development of MAS Communication Protocols based on Conversations (page 1117)
Madieyna Lamine Fall (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières), Sylvain Delisle
Reliable Group Communication and Institutional Action in a Multi-Agent Trading Scenario (page 1119)
Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago)
Hermes: A Methodology for GoalOriented Agent Interactions (page 1121)
Christopher Cheong (RMIT University), Michael Winikoff
An Integrated Framework for Adaptive Reasoning About Conversation Patterns (page 1123)
Michael Rovatsos (University of Edinburgh), Felix Fischer, Gerhard Weiss
SESSION 1d: logical foundations I (Return to Top)
Temporal Logics for Normative Agent Communication Protocols (page 1127)
Ulle Endriss (Imperial College London)
Bounded Model Checking Knowledge and Branching Time in Synchronous Multiagent Systems (page 1129)
Xiangyu Luo (Dept. of Computer Science Sun Yat-sen Univ.), Kaile Su, Abdul Sattar, Qingliang Chen, Guanfeng Lv
Model Generation for PRS-like Agents (page 1131)
Wayne Wobcke (University of New South Wales), Marc Chee, Krystian Ji
Recognition of the Intention to Perform a Procedure: a Method Based on Probabilities (page 1133)
Robert Demolombe (ONERA Toulouse), Ana Maria Otermin Fernandez
A Logic of Reasoning, Communication and Cooperation with Syntactic Knowledge (page 1135)
Thomas Agotnes (Department of informatics University of Bergen), Michal Walicki
SESSION 2a: collective and emergent behavior (Return to Top)
Emergent Programming Feasibility Study using SelfOrganizing
InstructionAgents (page 1139)
Jean-Pierre Georgé (IRIT), Marie-Pierre Gleizes
Using Decision-Theoretic Models to Enhance Agent
System Survivability (page 1141)
Anthony Cassandra (Telcordia Technologies), Marian Nodine, Shilpa Bondale, Steve Ford, David Wells
Stability and Control of Agent Ecosystems (page 1143)
Maxim Peysakhov (Drexel University), Robert Lass, William Regli
SESSION 2b: cooperation I (Return to Top)
Study of Virtual Organizations Using MultiAgent System (page 1147)
Qinhe Zheng (University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth), Xiaoqin (Shelley) Zhang
A Hybrid Transfer of Control Model for Adjustable Autonomy Multiagent Systems (page 1149)
Michael Cheng (University of Waterloo School of Computer Science), Robin Cohen
Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid (page 1151)
Jigar Patel (University Of Southampton), 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 (Return to Top)
From Concepts to Agents: Towards a Framework for
Multi-Agent System Modelling (page 1155)
Richard Hill (Sheffield Hallam University), Simon Polovina, Martin Beer
Multi-agent Concepts as Basis for Dynamic Plug-in Software Architectures (page 1157)
Lawrence Cabac (University of Hamburg), Michael Duvigneau, Daniel Moldt, Heiko Rölke
Comparative Analysis of Top–Down and Bottom–up
Methodologies for Multi–Agent System Design (page 1159)
Valentino Crespi (california state university los angeles), Aram Galstyan, Kristina Lerman
SESSION 2d: negotiation and agreement I (Return to Top)
A RealWorld Approach to Secure and Trusted Negotiation in MASs (page 1163)
Roberto Bianchi (Parma University), Andrea Fontana, Federico Bergenti
A Verifiable Protocol for Arguing about Rejections in Negotiation (page 1165)
Jelle van Veenen (Tilburg University), Henry Prakken
Negotiating Agents: From Full Autonomy to Dynamic Degrees of Delegation (page 1167)
Diemo Urbig (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Kay Schröter
SESSION 3a: learning and emergent behavior (Return to Top)
Pheromone Model: Application to Traffic Congestion Prediction (page 1171)
Osamu Masutani (Denso IT Laboratory Inc. Research and Development Group), Hiroshi Sasaki, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Yasushi Ando, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, Shinichi Honiden
Simulating Data Dissemination Techniques for Local Reputation Systems (page 1173)
Andreas Schlosser (Darmstadt University of Technology), Marco Voss
On Decentralised Clustering in Self-monitoring
Networks (page 1175)
Piraveenan Mahendra (University of Adelaide), Mikhail Prokopenko, Peter Wang, Don Price
Discovering Strategic Multi-Agent Behavior in a Robotic Soccer Domain (page 1177)
Andraz Bezek (Jozef Stefan Institute)
Intelligent Agents for Wireless Sensor Networks (page 1179)
Richard Tynan (UCD), David Marsh, Donal O'Kane, Gregory O'Hare
SESSION 3b: cooperation II (Return to Top)
Task and Social Coordination in Agent Organizations (page 1183)
Virginia Dignum (Utrecht University), Frank Dignum
Towards a Formal Model for Task Allocation via Coalition
Formation (page 1185)
Leila Amgoud (IRIT - CNRS)
Reducing Coalition Structures via Agreement Specification (page 1187)
Guido Boella (dipartimento informatica università di torino), Sauro Luigi, Leon van der Torre
An Organisation Infrastructure for Multi-Agent Systems based on Agent Coordination Contexts (page 1189)
Mirko Viroli (DEIS Università di Bologna), Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Omicini
A Framework for Specifying Group Decision-Making Mechanisms (page 1191)
Luke Hunsberger (Vassar College)
SESSION 3c: voting (Return to Top)
Strategy/Falsename Proof Protocols for Combinatorial Multi-Attribute
Procurement Auction: Handling Arbitrary Utility of the Buyer (page 1195)
Takayuki Suyama (NTT Communication Science Laboratories), Makoto Yokoo
Cooperation In Stochastic Games Through Communication (page 1197)
Raghav Aras (Loria \ Inria-Lorraine), Alain Dutech, François Charpillet
Using Tags to Evolve Trust and Cooperation Between Groups (page 1199)
Aviv Zohar (The Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel), Jeffrey Rosenschein
An analysis of the Shapley value and its uncertainty
for the voting game (page 1201)
Shaheen Fatima (University of Liverpool), Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas Jennings
Optimizing Auctioneer’s Revenues in Expanding Multi-Unit
Auctions (page 1203)
Onn Shehory (IBM Haifa Research Labs), Eran Dror
Computing the Communication Costs of Item Allocation (page 1205)
Timothy Rauenbusch (SRI International), Stuart Shieber, Barbara Grosz
SESSION 3d: negotiation and agreement II (Return to Top)
Experimental Analysis of Negotiation Meta Strategies (page 1209)
Raquel Ros Espinoza (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute CSIC), Carles Sierra
A Negotiation Model for Autonomous Agents: Key Features and Comparison with Existing Models (page 1211)
Fernando Lopes (INETI), Nuno Mamede, Augusto Novais, Helder Coelho
A Decentralized Bargaining Protocol on Dependent Continuous Multi-Issue for Approximate Pareto Optimal Outcomes (page 1213)
Nicola Gatti (Politecnico di Milano DEI), Francesco Amigoni
Strategical Considerations for Negotiating Agents (page 1215)
Leila Amgoud (IRIT - CNRS), Souhila Kaci
Balancing Conflict and Cost in the Selection of Negotiation Opponents (page 1217)
Steve Munroe (University of Southampton), Michael Luck
SESSION 4a: coordination and planning (Return to Top)
Coordination of Quantum Internet Agents (page 1221)
Matthias Klusch (DFKI)
A Simulator for Multi-Agent Partnership Formation Based on Dependence Graphs (page 1223)
Júlio Monteiro (Escola Politécnica da USP), Jaime Sichman
Buyer’s Coalition for Optimal Search (page 1225)
David Sarne (Bar-Ilan University), Sarit Kraus
Individual Beliefs and Group Acceptances within Agent Organizations (page 1227)
Ioannis Partsakoulakis (University of the Aegean), George Vouros
The DEFACTO System for Human Omnipresence to
Coordinate Agent Teams:
The Future of Disaster Response (page 1229)
Nathan Schurr (University of Southern California), Janusz Marecki, Nikhil Kasinadhuni, J.P. Lewis, Milind Tambe, Paul Scerri
SESSION 4b: agent applications (Return to Top)
Untraceability of Mobile Agents (page 1233)
Rafal Leszczyna (Joint Research Centre), Janusz Gorski
Access Control with Safe Role Assignment for Mobile Agents (page 1235)
Guillermo Navarro (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Joan Borrell, Jose Antonio Ortega-Ruiz, Sergi Robles
Just in Time Mobile Agent Generation and Management (page 1237)
Glenn Jayaputera (Computer Science and Software Enggineering Monash University), Seng Loke, Arkady Zaslavsky
Attacking the Migration Bottleneck of Mobile Agents (page 1239)
Peter Braun (Swinburne University of Technology), Steffen Kern, Ingo Mueller, Ryszard Kowalczyk
Efficient Information Retrieval Using Mobile Agents (page 1241)
Irene Sygkouna (National Technical University of Athens NTUA), Miltiades Anagnostou
SESSION 4c: trust and reputation I (Return to Top)
Formalising Trust for Online Communities (page 1245)
Ali Shaikh Ali (Cardiff University School of Computer Science), Omer Rana
Fuzzy Number Approach to Trust in Coalition Environment (page 1247)
Martin Rehak (Department Of Cybernetics Czech Technical University), Michal Pechoucek, Petr Benda
Trusted Intermediating Agents
in Electronic Trade Networks (page 1249)
Tomas B. Klos (Center for Mathematics and Computer Science), Floortje Alkemade
Trust-Based Contracting in Supply Chains (page 1251)
Sandip Sen (University of Tulsa Department of Mathematical & Computer Science), Sabyasachi Saha, Dipyaman Banerjee
A Framework for Decomposing Reputation in MAS
into Competence and Integrity (page 1253)
Michael Smith (UMBC), Marie des Jardins
SESSION 4d: argumentation and dialog (Return to Top)
Law-Governed Linda as a Semantics for Agent Dialogue Protocols (page 1257)
Sylvie Doutre (University of Liverpool), Peter McBurney, Michael Wooldridge
Liberalizing Protocols for Argumentation in Multi-agent Systems (page 1259)
Gerard A.W. Vreeswijk (Utrecht University)
Generating Intentions Through Argumentation (page 1261)
Katie Atkinson (Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool), Trevor Bench-Capon, Peter McBurney
A
Drosophila for Computational Dialectics
(page 1263)
Simon Wells (Division of Applied
Computing University of Dundee), Chris Reed
SESSION 5a: AOSE II (Return to Top)
Agent Synthesis: Partnership and Agreement in Cooperative Mobile Agents (page 1267)
Fuyuki Ishikawa (The University of Tokyo), Nobukazu Yoshioka, Yasuyuki Tahara, Shinichi Honiden
Integrating a MAS and a Pandemonium: the Open-Source Framework AKIRA (page 1269)
Giovanni Pezzulo (ISTC-CNR), Calvi Gianguglielmo, Rino Facone
SEAGENT:
A Platform for Developing Semantic Web Based Multi Agent Systems
(page 1271)
Oguz Dikenelli (Ege University Computer
Eng. Department), Riza Cenk Erdur, Ozgur Gumus, Erdem Eser Ekinci, Önder
Gürcan, Geylani Karda, Ínanç Seylan, Ali Murat Tiryaki
SESSION 5b: information agents, brokering and matchmaking (Return to Top)
Handling Information Overload:A MAS Architecture For Distributed Information Brokering (page 1275)
Klaus Stein (Uni Bamberg), Christoph Schlieder
Agent-based
Matchmaking of Mathematical Web Services
(page 1277)
Simone Ludwig (School of Computer
Science Cardiff Universit), Omer Rana, Bill Naylor, Julian Padget
SESSION 5c: auctions and mechanism design (Return to Top)
Usability of Dial-a-Ride Systems (page 1281)
Itsuki Noda (AIST JAPAN), Masayuki Ohta, Yoichiro Kumada, Kosuke Shinoda, Hideyuki Nakashima
Distributed Network Scheduling (page 1283)
Brad Clement (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Artificial Intelligence Group), Steven Schaffer
SESSION 5d: norms, social laws and social structures (Return to Top)
Agent-Oriented Context-Aware Platforms Supporting Communities of Practice in Health Care (page 1287)
Luiz Olavo Silva Santos (Università degli Studi di Trento), Renata Guizzardi, Marten van Sinderen
An Operational Approach to Norms in Artificial Institutions (page 1289)
Francesco Vigano' (Universita' della Svizzera italiana), Nicoletta Fornara, Marco Colombetti
Norm Compliance of Protocols in Electronic Institutions (page 1291)
Huib Aldewereld (Utrecht University), Javier Vazquez-Salceda, Frank Dignum, John-Jules Meyer
SESSION 6a: logical foundations II (Return to Top)
A BDI Architecture for Goal Deliberation (page 1295)
Alexander Pokahr (University of Hamburg Distributed Systems and Information Systems), Lars Braubach, Winfried Lamersdorf
Towards An Agent Oriented Programming Language with Caste and Scenario Mechanisms (page 1297)
Ji Wang (National Lab for P&D), Rui Shen, Hong Zhu
On the Metaphysics of Agents (page 1299)
Paul Davidsson (Blekinge Institute of Technology School of engineering), Stefan Johansson
Game Theoretic Golog under Partial Observability (page 1301)
Alberto Finzi (TU Wien), Thomas Lukasiewicz
How Local Is That Optimum? k-Optimality for DCOP (page 1303)
Jonathan Pearce (University of Southern California), Rajiv Maheswaran, Milind Tambe
SESSION 6b: task and resource allocation I (Return to Top)
A Decentralized Variable Ordering Method for Distributed Constraint Optimization (page 1307)
Anton Chechetka (The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University), Katia Sycara
Allocation Of Indivisible Goods: A General Model And Some Complexity Results (page 1309)
Sylvain Bouveret (ONERA-DCSD), Hélène Fargier, Jérôme Lang, Michel Lemaître
Adaptive A* (page 1311)
Sven Koenig (University of Southern California Computer Science Department), Maxim Likhachev
An Autonomous Performance Control Framework for
Distributed Multi-Agent Systems: A Queueing Theory
Based Approach (page 1313)
Nathan Gnanasambandam (Pennsylvania State University), Seokcheon Lee, Soundar R.T. Kumara, Natarajan Gautam, Wilbur Peng, Vikram Manikonda, Marshall Brinn, Mark Greaves
SESSION 6c: ontologies (Return to Top)
OWL Ontology Translation based on the O3F Framework (page 1317)
Luís Mota (ISCTE), Luís Botelho
Coordinating Change of Agents’ States
in Situated Agents Models (page 1319)
Giuseppe Vizzari (University of Milan-Bicocca), Stefania Bandini
Observation-Based Proactive Communication in Team Cooperation (page 1321)
Yu Zhang (Trinity University), Richard A. Volz, Thomas R. Ioerger
Layered Message Semantics using Social Commitments (page 1323)
Roberto Flores (Christopher Newport University Dept. of Physics Computer Science & Eng), Philippe Pasquier, Brahim Chaib-draa
Engineering Agent Interactions from ACL-based Reusable
Connectors (page 1325)
Juan Manuel Serrano (University Rey Juan Carlos), Sascha Ossowski, Sergio Saugar
SESSION 7a: argumentation and dialog (Return to Top)
Protocol Synthesis with Dialogue Structure Theory (page 1329)
Jarred McGinnis (University of Edinburgh), David Roberston, Chris Walton
ArgumentBased
Negotiation in a Social Context
(page 1331)
Nishan Karunatillake (University
of Southampton), Nicholas Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Timothy Norman
SESSION 7b: multi-agent plans and planning (Return to Top)
Real-time Dense Communication among Agents for Active Tracking (page 1335)
Norimichi Ukita (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Multiagent Planning through Plan Repair (page 1337)
Roman van der Krogt (Delft University of Technology), Mathijs de Weerdt, Nico Roos, Cees Witteveen
Data Storage in Unreliable Multiagent Networks¤ (page 1339)
Filip Miletic (Delft University of Technology Circuits and Systems Group), Patrick Dewilde
Service-Based Computing for Agents on Disruption and Delay Prone Networks (page 1341)
Joseph Kopena (Secure Wireless Agent Testbed College of Engineering; Drexel University), Guarav Naik, Maxim Peysakhov, Evan Sultanik, William Regli, Moshe Kam
SESSION 7c: task and resource allocation II (Return to Top)
Agent-Based Integration of Web Services with Workflow Management Systems (page 1345)
Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu (Department of Information Science University of Otago), Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis, Stephen Cranefield
Evaluating
the Minority Game Strategy in Agent Role Assignments
(page 1347)
Tingting Wang (Dept.of Computer
Science HKBU), Jiming Liu
SESSION 7d: robotics (Return to Top)
Construction of Numerical Potential Fields with Reactive Agents (page 1351)
Olivier Simonin (Systems and Transportation laboratory (SeT) University of Technology Belfort-Montbéliard)
Physical Deployment of Digital Pheromones Through RFID Technology (page 1353)
Marco Mamei (DISMI - Univ. Modena & Reggio Emilia), Franco Zambonelli
Towards
Flexible Teamwork in Behavior-Based Robots: Extended Abstract
(page 1355)
Gal Kaminka (Bar Ilan University),
Inna Frenkel
SESSION 7e: embodied, emotional and believable agents II (Return to Top)
Intentional Adequacy of Computer Programs as the Experimental Reference of Agent-Based Social Simulation (page 1359)
Nuno David (ISCTE/ADETTI), Jaime Sichman, Helder Coelho
An Artificial Maieutic Approach for Eliciting Experts’ Knowledge in Multi-agent Simulations (page 1361)
Francois Sempe (IFI), Minh Nguyen-Duc, Alain Boucher, Alexis Drogoul
TACOP: A Cognitive Agent for a Naval Training Simulation Environment (page 1363)
Willem van Doesburg (TNO Human Factors Vrije Universiteit), Egon van den Broek, Annerieke Heuvelink
Validation of an Agent Based System Using Petri Nets (page 1365)
Thomas Moncion (UMR 8042 of CNRS), Guillaume Hutzler, Patrick Amar