Advances in practical applications of agents and multiagent systems : 8th International Conference on the Practical Applications of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2010)

PAAMS, the International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is an international yearly stage to present, to discuss, and to disseminate the latest advances and the most important outcomes related to real-world applications. It provides a unique opportunity to bring multi-disciplinary experts, academics and practitioners together to exchange their experience in the development of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the 2010 edition. These articles capture the most innovative results and this year's advances. Each paper has been reviewed by three different reviewers, from an international com-mittee composed of 82 members from 26 different countries. From the 66 submissions received, 19 were selected for full presentation at the conference, and 14 were accepted as short papers. Moreover, PAAMS'10 incorporated special ses-sions and workshops to complement the regular program, which included 85 ac-cepted papers. Front Matter....Pages - Multiagent Modelling and Simulation as a Means to Wider Industrial Deployment of Agent Based Computing in Air-Traffic Control....Pages 1-3 Real Time Learning of Behaviour Features for Personalised Interest Assessment....Pages 5-14 A GPU-Based Multi-agent System for Real-Time Simulations....Pages 15-24 CLIC: An Agent-Based Interactive and Autonomous Piece of Art....Pages 25-34 Collaborative Information Extraction for Adaptive Recommendations in a Multiagent Tourism Recommender System....Pages 35-40 An Architecture for the Design of Context-Aware Conversational Agents....Pages 41-46 A Computational Model on Surprise and Its Effects on Agent Behaviour in Simulated Environments....Pages 47-57 Enhanced Deliberation in BDI-Modelled Agents....Pages 59-68 Cooperative Behaviors Description for Self-* Systems Implementation....Pages 69-74 Collaborative Dialogue Agent for COPD Self-management in AMICA: A First Insight....Pages 75-80 Application of Model Driven Techniques for Agent-Based Simulation....Pages 81-90 Using ICARO-T Framework for Reactive Agent-Based Mobile Robots....Pages 91-101 REST-A: An Agent Virtual Machine Based on REST Framework....Pages 103-112 Detection of Overworked Agents in INGENIAS....Pages 113-118 Mobile Agents in Vehicular Networks: Taking a First Ride....Pages 119-124 A Multi-Agent System Approach for Interactive Table Using RFID....Pages 125-134 Forest Fires Prediction by an Organization Based System....Pages 135-144 Self-adaptive Coordination for Robot Teams Accomplishing Critical Activities....Pages 145-150 A Cooperative Communications Platform for Safety Critical Robotics: An Experimental Evaluation....Pages 151-156 A Real Time Approach for Task Allocation in a Disaster Scenario....Pages 157-162 ASGARD – A Graphical Monitoring Tool for Distributed Agent Infrastructures....Pages 163-173 Comparing Three Computational Models of Affect....Pages 175-184 A Generic Architecture for Realistic Simulations of Complex Financial Dynamics....Pages 185-197 SinCity 2.0: An Environment for Exploring the Effectiveness of Multi-agent Learning Techniques....Pages 199-204 A Tracing System Architecture for Self-adaptive Multiagent Systems....Pages 205-210 An UCT Approach for Anytime Agent-Based Planning....Pages 211-220 Elitist Ants Applied to the Undirected Rural Postman Problem....Pages 221-230 Distributed Bayesian Diagnosis for Telecommunication Networks....Pages 231-240 Solving an Arc-Routing Problem Using Artificial Ants with a Graph Transformation....Pages 241-246 Using Situation Calculus for Normative Agents in Urban Wastewater Systems....Pages 247-257 Organization Nesting in a Multi-agent Application for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 259-268 Advantages of MAS for the Resolution of a Power Management Problem in Smart Homes....Pages 269-278 A4VANET: Context-Aware JADE-LEAP Agents for VANETS....Pages 279-284 Adaptive Multi-agent System for Multi-sensor Maritime Surveillance....Pages 285-290 Back Matter....Pages -