Topics

The topics and areas to be addressed include, but not limited to:

Autonomy-Oriented Computing (AOC)

ツ  Agent-Based Complex Systems Modeling and Development
ツ  Agent-Based Simulation
ツ  Autonomy-Oriented Modeling and Computation Methods
ツ  Behavioral Self-Organization
ツ  Complex Behavior Characterization and Engineering
ツ  Emergent Behavior
ツ  Hard Computational Problem Solving
ツ  Nature-Inspired Paradigms
ツ  Self-Organized Criticality
ツ  Self-Organized Intelligence
ツ  Swarm Intelligence

Autonomous Knowledge and Information Agents

ツ  Agent-Based Distributed Data Mining
ツ  Agent-Based Knowledge Discovery And Sharing
ツ  Autonomous Information Services
ツ  Distributed Knowledge Systems
ツ  Emergent Natural Law Discovery in Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Evolution of Knowledge Networks
ツ  Human-Agent Interaction
ツ  Information Filtering Agents
ツ  Knowledge Aggregation
ツ  Knowledge Discovery
ツ  Ontology-Based Information Services

Agent Systems Modeling and Methodology

ツ  Agent Interaction Protocols
ツ  Cognitive Architectures
ツ  Cognitive Modeling of Agents
ツ  Emotional Modeling
ツ  Fault-Tolerance in Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Formal Framework for Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Information Exchanges in Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Learning and Self-Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Mobile Agent Languages and Protocols
ツ  Multi-Agent Autonomic Architectures
ツ  Multi-Agent Coordination Techniques
ツ  Multi-Agent Planning and Re-Planning
ツ  Peer-to-Peer Models for Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Reinforcement Learning
ツ  Social Interactions in Multi-Agent Systems
ツ  Task-Based Agent Context
ツ  Task-Oriented Agents

Distributed Problem Solving

ツ  Agent-Based Grid Computing
ツ  Agent Networks in Distributed Problem Solving
ツ  Collective Group Behavior
ツ  Coordination and Cooperation
ツ  Distributed Intelligence
ツ  Distributed Search
ツ  Dynamics of Agent Groups and Populations
ツ  Efficiency and Complexity Issues
ツ  Market-Based Computing
ツ  Problem-Solving in Dynamic Environments

Autonomous Auctions and Negotiation

ツ  Agent-Based Marketplaces
ツ  Auction Markets
ツ  Combinatorial Auctions
ツ  Hybrid Negotiation
ツ  Integrative Negotiation
ツ  Mediating Agents
ツ  Pricing Agents
ツ  Thin Double Auctions

Applications

ツ  Agent-Based Assistants
ツ  Agent-Based Virtual Enterprise
ツ  Embodied Agents and Agent-Based Systems Applications
ツ  Interface Agents
ツ  Knowledge and Data Intensive Systems
ツ  Perceptive Animated Interfaces
ツ  Scalability
ツ  Social Simulation
ツ  Socially Situated Planning
ツ  Software and Pervasive Agents
ツ  Tools and Standards
ツ  Ubiquitous Systems and E-Technology Agents
ツ  Ubiquitous Software Services
ツ  Virtual Humans
ツ  XML-Based Agent Systems