Highlights on practical applications of agents and multi-agent systems : international workshops of PAAMS 2013, Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013 : proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Workshops which complemented the 11th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2013, held in Salamanca, Spain, in May 2013. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the workshops: Workshop on Agent-based Approaches for the Transportation Modeling and Optimization, Workshop on Agent-Based Solutions for Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Workshop on User-Centric Technologies and Applications, Workshop on Conflict Resolution in Decision Making, Workshop on Multi-Agent System Based Learning Environments, Workshop on Multi-agent based Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems, Workshop on Agents and multi-agent Systems for AAL and e-Health Front Matter....Pages - Social Control of Power System Demand Based on Local Collaborative Preferences....Pages 1-12 Agent-Based Applications for the Smart Grid: A Playground for Agreement Technologies....Pages 13-16 Practical Applications of Virtual Organizations and Agent Technology....Pages 17-23 Agent-Driven Variable Pricing in Flexible Rural Transport Services....Pages 24-35 Solving Road-Network Congestion Problems by a Multi-objective Optimization Algorithm with Brownian Agent Model....Pages 36-48 A Norm-Based Probabilistic Decision-Making Model for Autonomic Traffic Networks....Pages 49-60 Reactive Coordination Rules for Traffic Optimization in Road Sharing Problems....Pages 61-72 Multimodal Processes Cyclic Steady States Scheduling....Pages 73-85 Using Multi-agent Systems for Developing an Enterprise Modeling Aided Tool....Pages 86-93 A Multi-agent Control Architecture for Supply Chains Using a Predictive Pull-Flow Perspective....Pages 94-105 Situated MAS Approach for Freight Trains Assembly....Pages 106-117 Simultaneous Scheduling of Machines and Mobile Robots....Pages 118-128 Characterization of the Radio Propagation Channel in a Real Scenario....Pages 129-138 Dynamic Propagation Analysis in Urban Environments....Pages 139-148 Combining Machine Learning Techniques and Natural Language Processing to Infer Emotions Using Spanish Twitter Corpus....Pages 149-157 Comparing Agent Interactions of Distributed and Centralized Multi-Agent Systems for Context-Aware Domains....Pages 158-165 Recommending POIs Based on the User’s Context and Intentions....Pages 166-177 Emotion-Based Recommender System for Overcoming the Problem of Information Overload....Pages 178-189 A Review on Mobile Applications for Citizen Emergency Management....Pages 190-201 Indoor Augmented Reality Based on Ultrasound Localization Systems....Pages 202-212 Dynamic Signature Verification on Smart Phones....Pages 213-222 Analysing Facial Regions for Face Recognition Using Forensic Protocols....Pages 223-230 Analysis of Gait Recognition on Constrained Scenarios with Limited Data Information....Pages 231-239 A Self-configurable Agent-Based System for Intelligent Storage in Smart Grid....Pages 240-250 Strategies for Cooperation Emergence in Distributed Service Discovery....Pages 251-262 Probabilistic Argumentation Frameworks: Basic Properties and Computation....Pages 263-279 A Negotiation Approach for Energy-Aware Room Allocation Systems....Pages 280-291 Designing Autonomous Social Agents under the Adversarial Risk Analysis Framework....Pages 292-303 Extracting Behavioural Patterns from a Negotiation Game....Pages 304-315 An Intelligent Tutoring Systems Integrated with Learning Management Systems....Pages 316-327 Multiagent Based Recommendation System Model for Indexing and Retrieving Learning Objects....Pages 328-339 A Semantic Web Approach to Recommend Learning Objects....Pages 340-350 Learning Objects Repository Management Using an Adaptive Quality Evaluation Multi-Agent System....Pages 351-362 Improving the Entrepreneur’s Market Research Strategies Learning Process Using the MaREMAS Environment....Pages 363-374 An Agent-Based Approach for Efficient Energy Management in the Context of Smart Houses....Pages 375-386 An Agent-Based Middleware for Cooperating Smart Objects....Pages 387-398 Simulating the Impacts of the Energy Consumption Using Multi-agent Systems....Pages 399-404 Agent-Based Impact Analysis of Electric Vehicles on a Rural Medium Voltage Distribution Network Using Traffic Survey Data....Pages 405-416 Agent Technology and Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring Patients in Residences and Their Homes....Pages 417-428 User-Centered Ubiquitous Multi-Agent Model for e-Health Web-Based Recommender Applications Development....Pages 429-440 Requirements for an Intelligent Ambient Assisted Living Application for Parkinson Patients....Pages 441-452 Mobile Phone-Based Fall Detectors: Ready for Real-World Scenarios?....Pages 453-459 Defining and Transforming Models of Parkinson Patients in the Development of Assisted-Living Multi-agent Systems with INGENIAS....Pages 460-471 Back Matter....Pages -