Engineering Environment-Mediated Multi-Agent Systems International Workshop, EEMMAS 2007, Dresden, Germany, October 5, 2007. Selected Revised and Invited Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weyns, Danny (Editor), Brueckner, Sven A. (Editor), Demazeau, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5049
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Communication Networks.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Software Engineering.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Engineering Environment-Mediated Multi-Agent Systems, EEMMAS 2007, held in Dresden, Germany, in October 2007, in conjunction with ECCS 2007, the European Conference on Complex Systems The volume includes 16 th...

Table of Contents:

• Invited Talks
• Swarms of Self-assembling Robots
• Complex Systems and Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
• Engineering Self-organizing Applications
• A Characterization of Key Properties of Environment-Mediated Multiagent Systems
• Toward Systemic MAS Development: Enforcing Decentralized Self–organization by Composition and Refinement of Archetype Dynamics
• Engineering Systems Which Generate Emergent Functionalities
• Engineering Autonomic Electronic Institutions
• Stigmergic Interaction
• Prediction Horizons in Agent Models
• Combining Interface Agents and Situated Agents for Deploying Adaptive Web Applications
• Modeling and Structuring Mediating Environments
• Situating Cognitive Agents in GOLEM
• Modeling Agent-Environment Interactions in Adaptive MAS
• DECIDE: Applying Multi-agent Design and Decision Logic to a Baggage Handling System
• Environment-Based Support for Context and Organizations
• Managing Agent Interactions with Context-Driven Dynamic Organizations
• Modeling and Design of an Agent-Based Micro-simulation of the Swiss Highway Network
• Environment Support to the Management of Context Awareness Information
• Engineering Contextual Information for Pervasive Multiagent Systems
• Engineering Business Ecosystems Using Environment-Mediated Interactions
• Experimenting with Language Support for Proximity in Ambient-Oriented Programming
• Environment-Supported Roles to Develop Complex Systems.