Ebook: Engineering Societies in the Agents World VIII: 8th International Workshop, ESAW 2007, Athens, Greece, October 22-24, 2007, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World, ESAW 2007, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2007.

The 19 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in topical sections on electronic institutions, models of complex distributed systems with agents and societies; interaction in agent societies; engineering social intelligence in multi-agent systems; trust and reputation in agent societies; analysis, design and development of agent societies.

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World, ESAW 2007, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2007.

The 19 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in topical sections on electronic institutions, models of complex distributed systems with agents and societies; interaction in agent societies; engineering social intelligence in multi-agent systems; trust and reputation in agent societies; analysis, design and development of agent societies.

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World, ESAW 2007, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2007.

The 19 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in topical sections on electronic institutions, models of complex distributed systems with agents and societies; interaction in agent societies; engineering social intelligence in multi-agent systems; trust and reputation in agent societies; analysis, design and development of agent societies.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Action and Agency in Norm-Governed Multi-agent Systems....Pages 1-54
Managing Conflict Resolution in Norm-Regulated Environments....Pages 55-71
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Virtual Organizations....Pages 72-89
Electronic Institutions Infrastructure for e-Chartering....Pages 90-107
Multi-agent Simulation to Implementation: A Practical Engineering Methodology for Designing Space Flight Operations....Pages 108-123
Progress Appraisal as a Challenging Element of Coordination in Human and Machine Joint Activity....Pages 124-141
Automated Web Services Composition with the Event Calculus....Pages 142-157
OPERAS: A Framework for the Formal Modelling of Multi-Agent Systems and Its Application to Swarm-Based Systems....Pages 158-174
The Acquisition of Linguistic Competence for Communicating Propositional Logic Sentences....Pages 175-192
Contextualizing Behavioural Substitutability and Refinement of Role Components in MAS....Pages 193-207
Amongst First-Class Protocols....Pages 208-223
Simulation of Negotiation Policies in Distributed Multiagent Resource Allocation....Pages 224-239
Collective-Based Multiagent Coordination: A Case Study....Pages 240-253
Tag Mechanisms Evaluated for Coordination in Open Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 254-269
Toward a Probabilistic Model of Trust in Agent Societies....Pages 270-283
Arguing about Reputation: The LRep Language....Pages 284-299
From AO Methodologies to MAS Infrastructures: The SODA Case Study....Pages 300-317
Model Driven Engineering for Designing Adaptive Multi-Agents Systems....Pages 318-332
Trace-Based Specification of Law and Guidance Policies for Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 333-349
Back Matter....Pages -

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World, ESAW 2007, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2007.

The 19 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in topical sections on electronic institutions, models of complex distributed systems with agents and societies; interaction in agent societies; engineering social intelligence in multi-agent systems; trust and reputation in agent societies; analysis, design and development of agent societies.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Action and Agency in Norm-Governed Multi-agent Systems....Pages 1-54
Managing Conflict Resolution in Norm-Regulated Environments....Pages 55-71
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Virtual Organizations....Pages 72-89
Electronic Institutions Infrastructure for e-Chartering....Pages 90-107
Multi-agent Simulation to Implementation: A Practical Engineering Methodology for Designing Space Flight Operations....Pages 108-123
Progress Appraisal as a Challenging Element of Coordination in Human and Machine Joint Activity....Pages 124-141
Automated Web Services Composition with the Event Calculus....Pages 142-157
OPERAS: A Framework for the Formal Modelling of Multi-Agent Systems and Its Application to Swarm-Based Systems....Pages 158-174
The Acquisition of Linguistic Competence for Communicating Propositional Logic Sentences....Pages 175-192
Contextualizing Behavioural Substitutability and Refinement of Role Components in MAS....Pages 193-207
Amongst First-Class Protocols....Pages 208-223
Simulation of Negotiation Policies in Distributed Multiagent Resource Allocation....Pages 224-239
Collective-Based Multiagent Coordination: A Case Study....Pages 240-253
Tag Mechanisms Evaluated for Coordination in Open Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 254-269
Toward a Probabilistic Model of Trust in Agent Societies....Pages 270-283
Arguing about Reputation: The LRep Language....Pages 284-299
From AO Methodologies to MAS Infrastructures: The SODA Case Study....Pages 300-317
Model Driven Engineering for Designing Adaptive Multi-Agents Systems....Pages 318-332
Trace-Based Specification of Law and Guidance Policies for Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 333-349
Back Matter....Pages -
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