Environments for Multi-Agent Systems II : Second International Workshop, E4MAS 2005, Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 25, 2005, Selected Revised and Invited Papers

by Weyns, Danny; Parunak, H. Van Dyke; Michel, Fabien

• ISBN13: 9783540326144
• ISBN10: 3540326146
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Environments for Multiagent Systems, E4MAS 2005, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in July 2005, as an associated event of AAMAS 2005. The 16 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from the lectures given at the workshop completed by a number of invited papers of prominent researchers active in the domain. The papers are organized in topical sections on models, architecture, and design, mediated coordination, as well as applications.

Table of Contents

Models, Architecture, and Design
Environments for Situated Multi-agent Systems: Beyond Infrastructure
Danny Weyns, Giuseppe Vizzari, Tom Holvoet	1	(17)
Holonic Modeling of Environments for Situated Multi-agent Systems
Sebastian Rodriguez, Vincent Hilaire, Abder Koukam	18	(14)
An Environment-Based Methodology to Design Reactive Multi-agent Systems for Problem Solving
Olivier Simonin, Franck Gechter	32	(18)
An Architecture for MAS Simulation Environments
Renee Steiner, Gary Leask, Rym Z. Mili	50	(18)
Mediated Coordination
Indirect Interaction in Environments for Multi-agent Systems
David Keil, Dina Goldin	68	(20)
The Governing Environment
Michael Schumacher, Sascha Ossowski	88	(17)
Enriching a MAS Environment with Institutional Services
Andreia Malucelli, Henrique Lopes Cardoso, Eugénio Oliveira	105	(16)
Overhearing and Direct Interactions: Point of View of an Active Environment
Eric Platon, Nicolas Sabouret, Shinichi Honiden	121	(18)
Grounding Social Interactions in the Environment
Florian Klein, Holger Giese	139	(24)
A Survey of Environments and Mechanisms for Human-Human Stigrnergy
H. Van Dyke Parunak	163	(24)
Augmenting the Physical Environment Through Embedded Wireless Technologies
Marco Mamei, Franco Zambonelli	187	(18)
The Environment: An Essential Abstraction for Managing Complexity in MAS-Based Manufacturing Control
Paul Valckenaers, Tom Holvoet	205	(13)
Applications
Exploiting a Virtual Environment in a Real-World Application
Danny Weyns, Kurt Schelfthout, Tom Holvoet	218	(17)
Web Sites as Agents' Environments: General Framework and Applications
Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni, Giuseppe Vizzari	235	(16)
Environment Organization of Roles Using Polymorphism
Derek Messie, Jae C. Oh	251	(19)
Testing AGVs in Dynamic Warehouse Environments
Alexander Helleboogh, Tom Holvoet, Yolande Berbers	270	(21)
Author Index	291