Advances in Practical Applications of Survivable Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: The PAAMS Collection : 17th International Conference, PAAMS 2019, Ávila, Spain, June 26–28, 2019, Proceedings

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2019, held in Ávila, Spain, in June 2019. The 19 regular and 14 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key applications areas, including: Agronomy and Internet of Things, coordination and structure, finance and energy, function and autonomy, humans and societies, reasoning and optimization, traffic and routing. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Massive Multi-agent Data-Driven Simulations of the GitHub Ecosystem (Jim Blythe, John Bollenbacher, Di Huang, Pik-Mai Hui, Rachel Krohn, Diogo Pacheco et al.)....Pages 3-15 Towards Profile and Domain Modelling in Agent-Based Applications for Behavior Change (Jean-Paul Calbimonte, Davide Calvaresi, Fabien Dubosson, Michael Schumacher)....Pages 16-28 Towards Agent-Oriented Blockchains: Autonomous Smart Contracts (Giovanni Ciatto, Alfredo Maffi, Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini)....Pages 29-41 Towards Topological Analysis of Networked Holonic Multi-agent Systems (Ahmad Esmaeili, Nasser Mozayani, Mohammad Reza Jahed-Motlagh, Eric T. Matson)....Pages 42-54 Selecting Trustworthy Partners by the Means of Untrustworthy Recommenders in Digitally Empowered Societies (Rino Falcone, Alessandro Sapienza)....Pages 55-65 Identifying Knowledge from the Application of Natural Deduction Rules in Propositional Logic (Fabiane F. P. Galafassi, Cristiano Galafassi, Rosa Maria Vicari, João Carlos Gluz)....Pages 66-77 Network Effects in an Agent-Based Model of Tax Evasion with Social Influence (Fernando Garcia Alvarado)....Pages 78-89 A New Deep Hierarchical Neural Network Applied in Human Activity Recognition (HAR) Using Wearable Sensors (Zahra Ghorrati, Eric T. Matson)....Pages 90-102 Approximating Multi-attribute Resource Allocations Using GAI Utility Functions (Charles Harold, Mohan Baruwal Chhetri, Ryszard Kowalczyk)....Pages 103-114 Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Applied to Traffic Light Signal Control (Carolina Higuera, Fernando Lozano, Edgar Camilo Camacho, Carlos Hernando Higuera)....Pages 115-126 QoS-Aware Agent Capabilities Composition in HARMS Multi-agent Systems (Mohamed Essaid Khanouche, Nawel Atmani, Asma Cherifi, Abdelghani Chibani, Eric T. Matson, Yacine Amirat)....Pages 127-138 MASS CUDA: A General GPU Parallelization Framework for Agent-Based Models (Lisa Kosiachenko, Nathaniel Hart, Munehiro Fukuda)....Pages 139-152 Multi-agent Coordination for On-Demand Data Gathering with Periodic Information Upload (Yaroslav Marchukov, Luis Montano)....Pages 153-167 Practical Applications of Multiagent Shepherding for Human-Machine Interaction (Patrick Nalepka, Rachel W. Kallen, Anthony Chemero, Elliot Saltzman, Michael J. Richardson)....Pages 168-179 Generating Real Context Data to Test User Dependent Systems - Application to Multi-agent Systems (Pedro Oliveira, Paulo Novais, Paulo Matos)....Pages 180-187 Multimap Routing for Road Traffic Management (Alvaro Paricio Garcia, Miguel A. Lopez-Carmona)....Pages 188-199 Financial Market Data Simulation Using Deep Intelligence Agents (Natraj Raman, Jochen L. Leidner)....Pages 200-211 Smart Farming – Open Multi-agent Platform and Eco-System of Smart Services for Precision Farming (Petr Skobelev, Vladimir Larukchin, Igor Mayorov, Elena Simonova, Olga Yalovenko)....Pages 212-224 Front Matter ....Pages 225-225 SMACH: Multi-agent Simulation of Human Activity in the Household (Jérémy Albouys, Nicolas Sabouret, Yvon Haradji, Mathieu Schumann, Christian Inard)....Pages 227-231 Giving Camel to Artifacts for Industry 4.0 Integration Challenges (Cleber Jorge Amaral, Stephen Cranefield, Jomi Fred Hübner, Mario Lucio Roloff)....Pages 232-236 AncientS-ABM: A Novel Tool for Simulating Ancient Societies (Angelos Chliaoutakis, Georgios Chalkiadakis)....Pages 237-241 A Demonstration of Generative Policy Models in Coalition Environments (Daniel Cunnington, Graham White, Mark Law, Geeth de Mel)....Pages 242-245 An Agent-Swarm Simulator for Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem Empirical Analysis (Nicola Falcionelli, Paolo Sernani, Dagmawi Neway Mekuria, Aldo Franco Dragoni)....Pages 246-250 Heráclito: Intelligent Tutoring System for Logic (Fabiane Flores Penteado Galafassi, Cristiano Galafassi, Rosa Maria Vicari, João Carlos Gluz)....Pages 251-254 Demonstration of Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Applied to Traffic Light Signal Control (Carolina Higuera, Fernando Lozano, Edgar Camilo Camacho, Carlos Hernando Higuera)....Pages 255-258 Modular and Self-organized Conveyor System Using Multi-agent Systems (Paulo Leitão, José Barbosa)....Pages 259-263 Multi-agent Coordination for Data Gathering with Periodic Requests and Deliveries (Yaroslav Marchukov, Luis Montano)....Pages 264-268 Finding Fair Negotiation Algorithms to Reduce Peak Electricity Consumption in Micro Grids (Simon T. Powers, Oscar Meanwell, Zuansi Cai)....Pages 269-272 EMiR 2.0: A Cognitive Assistant Robot for Elderly (J. A. Rincon, J. Palanca, V. Botti, A. Costa, P. Novais, V. Julian et al.)....Pages 273-276 Agent Process Modelling (Thiago R. P. M. Rúbio, Henrique Lopes Cardoso, Eugénio Oliveira)....Pages 277-280 Social Recommendations: Have We Done Something Wrong? (Alessandro Sapienza, Rino Falcone)....Pages 281-284 An Agent Based Technique for Improving Multi-stakeholder Optimisation Problems (Neil Urquhart, Simon T. Powers)....Pages 285-289 Back Matter ....Pages 291-292 Multi-Agent Programming is an essential reference for anyone interested in the most up-to-date developments in MAS programming. Programmers, researchers, and graduate students will find this text unique in its presentation of the concepts and principles of this fast-growing field. While previous research has focused on the development of formal and informal approaches to analyse and specify Multi-Agent Systems, this book focuses on the development of programming languages and tools which not only support MAS programming, but also implement key concepts of MAS in unified frameworks. Part I describes four approaches that are based on computational logic or process algebra--Jason, 3APL, IMPACT, and CLAIM/SyMPA. These programming languages have formal semantics and use heavy machinery based on formal methods, but also provide working platforms for the development of multi-agent systems. Part II presents agent languages and platforms that extend or are based on Java--JADE, Jadex, and JACKTM. Although these have no formal semantics, the languages are well documented and the platforms provide a variety of tools that have been extensively used in practice. Part III provides two significant industry specific applications--The DEFACTO System for coordinating human-agent teams for the future of disaster response, and the ARTIMIS rational dialogue agent technology. The book also features seven appendices, summarising each of the agent programming languages, hence facilitating comparison of the approaches. In particular, Appendix A describes the criteria used for comparing the agent languages and platforms This two-volume set LNCS 11101 and 11102 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2018, held in Coimbra, Portugal, in September 2018. The 79 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in natural computing including evolutionary computation, artificial neural networks, artificial life, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, self-organizing systems, emergent behavior, molecular computing, evolutionary robotics, evolvable hardware, parallel implementations and applications to real-world problems. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: numerical optimization; combinatorial optimization; genetic programming; multi-objective optimization; parallel and distributed frameworks; runtime analysis and approximation results; fitness landscape modeling and analysis; algorithm configuration, selection, and benchmarking; machine learning and evolutionary algorithms; and applications. Also included are the descriptions of 23 tutorials and 6 workshops which took place in the framework of PPSN XV. Multi-Agent Programming is an essential reference for anyone interested in the most up-to-date developments in MAS programming. While previous research has focused on the development of formal and informal approaches to analyze and specify Multi-Agent Systems, this book focuses on the development of programming languages and tools which not only support MAS programming, but also implement key concepts of MAS in a unified framework. Part I describes approaches that rely on computational logic or process algebra – Jason, 3APL, IMPACT, and CLAIM/SyMPA. Part II presents languages and platforms that extend or are based on Java – JADE, Jadex and JACKTM. Part III provides two significant industry specific applications – The DEFACTO System for coordinating human-agent teams for disaster response, and the ARTIMIS rational dialogue agent technology. Also featured are seven appendices for quick reference and comparison. This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2019, held in Ã#x81;vila, Spain, in June 2019. The 19 regular and 14 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key applications areas, including: Agronomy and Internet of Things, coordination and structure, finance and energy, function and autonomy, humans and societies, reasoning and optimization, traffic and routing This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2019, held in âAvila, Spain, in June 2019. The 19 regular and 14 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They deal with the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key applications areas, including: Agronomy and Internet of Things, coordination and structure, finance and energy, function and autonomy, humans and societies, reasoning and optimization, traffic and routing "Multi-Agent Programming is an essential reference for anyone interested in the most up-to-date developments in MAS programming. Programmers, researchers, and graduate students will find this text unique it its presentation of the concepts and principles of this fast-growing field. While previous research has focused on the development of formal and informal approaches to analyse and specify Multi-Agent Systems, this book focuses on the development of programming languages and tools which not only support MAS programming, but also implement key concepts of MAS in unified frameworks."--Jacket