Highlights of Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems : International Workshops of PAAMS 2017, Porto, Portugal, June 21-23, 2017, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the nine workshops co-located with the 15th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in June 2017. The 41 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the following workshops: Workshop on Agent based Applications for Air Transport and Application of Agents to Passenger Transport; Workshop on Agent-based Artificial Markets Computational Economics; Workshop on Agents and Multi-agent Systems for AAL and e-HEALTH; Workshop on Agent-Based Solutions for Manufacturing and Supply Chain; Workshop on MAS for Complex Networks and Social Computation; Workshop on Decision Making in Dynamic Information Environments; Workshop on Multi-agent based Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems; Workshop on Multiagent System based Learning Environments; Workshop on Smart Cities and Intelligent Agents. Front Matter....Pages I-XIX Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Agent Based Model for Hub Operations Cost Reduction....Pages 3-15 Argumentation in the Re-accommodation of Airline Passengers Using Mobile Devices....Pages 16-27 Incorporating Stability of Mode Choice into an Agent-Based Travel Demand Model....Pages 28-39 A Cost-Optimization Model in Multi-agent System Routing for Drone Delivery....Pages 40-51 Microsimulation Travel Models in Practice in the US and Prospects for Agent-Based Approach....Pages 52-68 Towards a Testbed for Dynamic Vehicle Routing Algorithms....Pages 69-79 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 On Simulating the Adoption of New Products in Markets with Rational Users and Companies....Pages 83-94 Optimality of a Two-Tier Rate Structure for a Transaction Tax in an Artificial Market....Pages 95-106 Evolving Trading Signals at Foreign Exchange Market....Pages 107-116 ResMAS - A Conceptual MAS Model for Resource-Based Integrated Markets....Pages 117-129 Initial Solution Heuristic for Portfolio Optimization of Electricity Markets Participation....Pages 130-142 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Autonomous Safety System for a Smart Stove for Cognitively Impaired People....Pages 145-156 Multi-agent Systems for Epidemiology: Example of an Agent-Based Simulation Platform for Schistosomiasis....Pages 157-168 Transforming Medical Advice into Clinical Activities for Patient Follow-Up....Pages 169-176 A Multi-agent Architecture for Labeling Data and Generating Prediction Models in the Field of Social Services....Pages 177-184 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 Multiagent Managerial Model of Technical Infrastructure Used at Ore Mining....Pages 187-196 Analysis of the Survival of Complex Systems with an Actions Coordination Mechanism....Pages 197-208 A Multi-level Framework for Simulating Milk-Run, In-plant Logistics Operations....Pages 209-220 A Hybrid Modeling Approach for Simulating Milk-Run In-plant Logistics Operations....Pages 221-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Multi-agent System for Privacy Protection Through User Emotions in Social Networks....Pages 235-245 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Simulating the Impacts of Information Diffusion on Meningitis Outbreak in West-Africa Using Agent-Based Model....Pages 246-256 An Adaptive Temporal-Causal Network Model for Enabling Learning of Social Interaction....Pages 257-270 Computing Aggregates on Autonomous, Self-organizing Multi-agent System: Application “Smart Grid”....Pages 271-283 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Evaluating the Perception of the Decision Quality in Web-Based Group Decision Support Systems: A Theory of Satisfaction....Pages 287-298 Decision Process to Manage Renewable Energy Production in Smart Grid Environment....Pages 299-306 Distributed Multimodal Journey Planner Based on Mashup of Individual Planners’ APIs....Pages 307-314 Developing an Individualized Survival Prediction Model for Rectal Cancer....Pages 315-323 Front Matter....Pages 325-325 Decentralized Surplus Distribution Estimation with Weighted k-Majority Voting Games....Pages 327-339 Multi-agent Wholesale Electricity Markets with High Penetrations of Variable Generation: A Case-Study on Multivariate Forecast Bidding Strategies....Pages 340-349 A Linear Programming Model to Simulate the Adaptation of Multi-agent Power Systems to New Sources of Energy....Pages 350-360 MAS Based Demand Response Application in Port City Using Reefers....Pages 361-370 Front Matter....Pages 371-371 A Model to Aggregate Heterogeneous Learning Objects Repositories....Pages 373-385 Survey of Software Visualization Systems to Teach Message-Passing Concurrency in Secondary School....Pages 386-397 Multi-agent Model for Failure Assessment and Diagnosis in Teaching-Learning Processes....Pages 398-408 Validation of a Content Recommendation System for Learning Objects, Using Agents that Simulate Disabled People....Pages 409-419 Accessibility Evaluation of Learning Object Using Agents....Pages 420-429 Front Matter....Pages 431-431 Transport Network Analysis for Smart Open Fleets....Pages 433-444 WSNs in FIWARE – Towards the Development of People-Centric Applications....Pages 445-456 Toward Smart Island Simulation Application....Pages 457-469 Intelligent Transport System Through the Recognition of Elements in the Environment....Pages 470-480 Front Matter....Pages 431-431 A Serious Game to Reduce Consumption in Smart Buildings....Pages 481-493 Back Matter....Pages 495-496