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Call for Papers: PRIMA 2015 - the18th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems ========================================================================== ========= Dates: 26th-30th October 2015 Location: Bertinoro, Italy http://prima2015.apice.unibo.it Agent-based Computing addresses the challenges in managing distributed computing systems and networks through monitoring, communication, consensus-based decision-making and coordinated actuation. As a result, intelligent agents and multi-agent systems have demonstrated the capability to use intelligence, knowledge representation and reasoning, and other social metaphors like 'trust', 'game' and 'institution', not only to address real-world problems in a human-like way but also to transcend human performance. This has had a transformative impact in many application domains, particularly in e-commerce, and also in planning, logistics, manufacturing, robotics, decision support, transportation, entertainment, emergency relief & disaster management, and data mining & analytics. As one of the largest and still growing research fields of Computer Science, agent-based computing today remains a unique enabler of inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinary research. The PRIMA 2015 Program Committee invites submissions of original, unpublished, theoretical and applied work on any such topic, and encourages reports on the development of prototype and deployed agent systems, and of experiments that demonstrate novel agent system capabilities, which include the topics given below. There will be a best paper award. Award winner(s) will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, where they will enter a fast publication track if the extended version of the paper is considered of the adequate quality. Other topical special issues are also being planned with well-known journals in the AI and MAS domain. Topics (not limited to the following): ======================================= - Foundations of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Agent and Multi-Agent System Architectures - Agent-Oriented Software Engineering - Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation - Cooperation/Collaboration, Coordination/Communication - Hybrid Technologies for Multi-Agent Systems - Application Domains for Multi-Agent Systems - Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Paper Submission ================= Two types of contributions are solicited: - Full papers, up to 16 pages in LNCS format, should present original theoretical and/or experimental research in any of the areas listed above that has not been previously published, accepted for publication, or is not currently under review by another conference or journal. - Short papers (early innovation papers), up to 8 pages in LNCS format showcasing works-in-progress (will be reviewed with an emphasis on novelty/originality of the idea). Papers are to be submitted through the Easychair Conference Management System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=prima2015 Both full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series (LNCS/LNAI). Authors of both types of papers are required to present their work at the conference. The authors of a selection of best papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of their papers for publication consideration in special issues on international journals. Best paper award winners will be invited to submit an extended version to a fast publication track with JAAMAS. More details about the selected journals will be provided soon. Important Dates ================ Submissions Due: 15th, May 2015 Rebuttal Phase: 16th-19th July 2015 Notifications: 31st July 2015 Conference: 26th-30th October 2015 ================ --- The PRIMA2015 Chairs
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