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First announcement for RASTA03
Call for papers and participation
Second International Workshop on Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems:
Theories and Applications (RASTA'03)
Workshop date: 23 June, 2003
in connection with ICAIL 2003
the Ninth International Conference on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and LAW
24 - 28 June, 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/events/rasta03
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The wide range of social theories offers many different solutions to
problems found in complex (computer) systems. Which theories, to apply how
and when is a major challenge. In developing agents and multi-agent-systems
computer scientists have used sociological terms like negotiation,
interaction, contracts, agreement, organisation, cohesion, social order, or
collaboration.
The realisation that the behaviour of societies cannot fully be explained by
macro-theories only, and the progress made in agent technology opened the
way to new models of societies in which both macro-theories and
micro-theories are incorporated. However, the integration of these theories
is still insufficient. The development of the socionics research area and
the increased interest in dynamics of behaviour and structures of or within
agents in hybrid organisations requires the investigation of new modelling
concepts.
When looking at the actually implemented systems many difficult challenges
have to be solved with respect to the behaviour and the relationships within
the involved and implemented entities of a system. Especially the
introduction of norms and institutions in the social world has helped to
organize our world. The transfer of these concepts into the field of MAS
seems to be a promissing direction. At the same time the complete
understanding of establishment of norms and institutions still needs
research. Most interesting is that MAS are now seen as a good vehicle in
terms of metaphors, concepts, and tools to support this research direction.
Social networks have been a good tool to provide an effective tool for
sociologists studying individual behaviors in a complex social system and
testbed for the study and evaluation of artificial agent societies. The
mutual dependencies between organizations and their personal / artificial
actors is a demanding testbed for theories and applications of MAS.
The way to approach all these challenges can be from theoretical,
experimental, empirical, prototypical, applied etc. work. We expect to have
again many different directions which will lead to an interesting discussion
during and after the workshop as last time in Bologna at the AAMAS.
Main topics of interest: (for the detailed list see
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/events/rasta03)
- Social theories relevant for the development of agent systems from the
fields of Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Law, Economics,
Cognitive Sciences, Organizational Sciences, or Game Theory
- Social concepts and models of
compositionality, communication, coordination, and cooperation
- Emotions
- Cognitive/neural grounding of social behavior
- Social background of agents theories
- Agents and Law
- Role of social theories in agent systems
- Norms and Institutions in MAS
- Reputation and reputational systems on the web
- Social simulation and its relationship to electronic institutions
- Applications like: knowledge management, reputation management, and
computer supported collaborative learning and working
- Formal foundations, e.g. verification and validation
- Empirical studies
Timetable:
Deadline for submissions: March 12, 2003
Notification of acceptance: April 12, 2003
Deadline for final papers: May 13, 2003
Workshop: June 23, 2003
In case of any questions, please contact us:
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Best regards,
Gabriela Lindemann
Daniel Moldt
Mario Paolucci
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