FINAL PROGRAMME

Programme Booklet in pdf

Find below the detailed program of tutorials, workshops and AAMAS Conference.

2009
10 May
Sunday
11 May
Monday
12 May
Tuesday
13 May
Wednesday
14 May
Thursday
15 May
Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08.30

 

 

 

Opening

 

 

09.00


09.30

10.00

10.30

Coffee

11.00

Coffee

11.30

12.00

12.30

Lunch
Lunch
Community meeting
(lunch)

13.00

13.30

14.00

Closing

14.30

 

15.00

15.30

Coffee
Coffee

16.00

Posters
Industry Track
session 19
Demos

16.30

17.00

17.30

     

18.00

18.30

Welcome
Reception

19.00

     

19.30

 
Banquet

22.00



Tut = Tutorials
Wsh = Workshops
DMP = Doctoral Mentoring Program


Sunday 10 May 2009


Morning Afternoon
Tutorials
T3 - Agent-mediated Electronic Negotiation T4 - Complex Negotiations for Intractable Problems
T6 - Cooperative Games in Multi-Agent Systems
T7 - Decision Making in Extended Multiagent Interactions
T9 - Programming Languages and Development Tools for Multi-Agent Systems
T13 - Agent-Oriented Modelling and Software Engineering
T17 -Reinforcement Learning and Beyond (continues on 11 May afternoon)
Doctoral Symposium


Monday, 11 May 2009



Morning Afternoon
Tutorials
T5 - Automated Mechanism Design: Methods and Applications T8 - Graphical Models for Multi-Agent Decision-making
  T17 -Reinforcement Learning and Beyond (continuation from 10 May)
Workshops
W1 - Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE)
W4 - Agents and Data Mining Interaction (ADMI)
W5 - Service-Oriented Computing: Agents, Semantics, and Engineering (SOCASE)
W6 - Trust in Agent Societies
W8 - Multi-Agent Based Simulation (continues on 12 May morning) (MABS)
W10 - Agents for Games and Simulation (AGS)
W11 - Optimization in MAS (OptMAS)
W12 - Mixed-Initiative MAS
W18 - Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies (DALT)
W19 - Multi-Agent Sequential Decision Making in Uncertain Domains (MSDM)
W24 - Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing (AP2PC) W3 - Programming Multi-Agent Systems (continues on 12 May full day) (ProMAS)


Tuesday, 12 May 2009



Morning Afternoon
Workshops
W8 - Multi-Agent Based Simulation (continuation from 11 May) (MABS) W14 - Emergent Intelligence of Networked Agents (WEIN)
W20 - Empathic Agents W16 - Towards a Standard Markup Language for Embodied Dialogue Acts
W2 - Agent-based Technologies and applications for enterprise interOPerability(ATOP)
W3 - Programming Multi-Agent Systems (continuation from 11 May) (ProMAS)
W7 - Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS)
W9 - Coordination, Organization, Institutions and Norms (COIN)
W13 - Adaptive Learning Agents (ALA)
W17/W15 - EduMAS
W21 - Massively Multi-Agent Systems: Models, Methods and Tools (MMAS)
W23 - Agent Technology for Sensor Networks (ATSN)
W25 - Agent-based Complex Automated Negotiations (ACAN)
W26 - Agent Design: Advancing from Practice to Theory (ADAPT)
W27 - Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce (AMEC)


Wednesday, 13 May 2009

08.30-09.00
OPENING
09:00 -11:00
Session 1 - Multi-Robotics
Chair: Peter Stone

Context-Aware Multi-Stage Routing
Adriaan ter Mors, Jeroen van Belle, Cees Witteveen

Leader-Follower Strategies for Robotic Patrolling in Environments with Arbitrary Topology
Nicola Basilico, Nicola Gatti, Francesco Amigoni

To Flock or Not to Flock: Pros and Cons of Flocking in Long-Range "Migration" of Mobile Robot Swarms
Fatih Gokce, Erol Sahin

On Fast Exploration in 2D and 3D Terrains with Multiple Robots
Rahul Sawhney, Madhava Krishna, Srinathan Kannan

Of Robot Ants and Elephants
Asaf Shiloni, Noa Agmon, Gal Kaminka

Towards Multi-Level Modeling of Self-Assembling Micro-Robots
Grégory Mermoud, Juergen Brugger, Alcherio Martinoli

Session 2 - Multi-Agent Programming Languages

Chair: Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni


Dynamic Specifications of Open Agent Systems
Alexander Artikis

Code Patterns for Agent Oriented Programming
Peter Novak, Wojtek Jamroga

Combining Fault Injection and Model Checking to Verify Fault Tolerance in Multi-Agent Systems
Jonathan Ezekiel, Alessio Lomuscio

Programming Open Multi-Agent Systems
Nick Tinnemeier, Mehdi Dastani, John-Jules Meyer

Operational Semantics of Goal Models in Adaptive Agents
Mirko Morandini, Loris Penserini, Anna Perini

Agent Programming with Temporally Extended Goals
Koen Hindriks, Wiebe van der Hoek, Birna van Riemsdijk

Session 3 - Norms and Normative Behaviour

Chair: Pablo Noriega


Power in Normative Systems T
Thomas Agotnes, Wiebe van der Hoek, Moshe Tennenholtz, Michael Wooldridge

A Framework for Monitoring Agent-Based Normative Systems
Sanjay Modgil, Noura Faci, Felipe Meneguzzi, Nir Oren, Simon Miles, Michael Luck

Automated Norm Synthesis in an Agent-based Planning Environment
George Christelis, Michael Rovatsos

Normative Framework for Normative System Change
Guido Boella, Gabriella Pigozzi, Leon van der Torre

Norm-Based Behaviour Modification in BDI Agents
Felipe Meneguzzi, Michael Luck


Session 4 - Economic Approaches I
Chair: Makoto Yokoo

Boolean Combinations of Weighted Voting Systems
Piotr Faliszewski, Edith Elkind, Michael Wooldridge

Modeling Billiards Games
Christopher Archibald, Yoav Shoham

Combinatorial Prediction Markets for Event Hierarchies
Mingyu Guo, David Pennock

Computational Aspects of Shapley's Saddles
Felix Brandt, Markus Brill, Felix Fischer, Paul Harrenstein

A Unified Theory of Aggregation
Davide Grossi

On the Complexity of Schedule Control Problems for Knockout Tournaments
Thuc Vu, Alon Altman, Yoav Shoham

Session 5 - Virtual Agents I

Chair: Catholijn Jonker

Culture-specific Communication Management for Virtual Agents
Birgit Endrass, Matthias Rehm, Elisabeth Andre

Learning a Model of Speaker Head Nods Using Gesture Corpora
Jina Lee, Stacy Marsella

A Virtual Laboratory for Studying Long-Term Relationships between Humans and Virtual Agents
Timothy Bickmore, Daniel Schulman

Using Rituals to Express Cultural Differences in Synthetic Characters
Samuel Mascarenhas, Joao Dias, Nuno Afonso, Sibylle Enz, Ana Paiva

Emotional Input for Character-based Interactive Storytelling
Marc Cavazza, David Pizzi, Fred Charles, Thurid Vogt , Elisabeth Andre

Real-Time Expressive Gaze Animation for Virtual Humans
Marcus Thiebaux, Brent Lance, Stacy Marsella

Session 6 - Coalitions
Chair: Milind Tambe

The Price of Democracy in Coalition Formation
Georgios Chalkiadakis, Edith Elkind, Maria Polukarov, Nick Jennings

False Name Manipulations in Weighted Voting Games: Splitting, Merging and Annexation
Haris Aziz, Mike Paterson

Hedonic Coalition Nets
Edith Elkind, Michael Wooldridge

Description Logic for Coalitions
Inanc Seylan, Wojtek Jamroga

Easy and Hard Coalition Formation Problems - Parameterized Complexity Analysis
Tammar Shrot, Yonatan Aumann, Sarit Kraus

A Memetic Framework for Describing and Simulating Spatial Prisoner's Dilemma with Coalition Formation
Juan Carlos Burguillo-Rial
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award 2009
Chair: Sarit Kraus

Teams of Robots: A Fascinating Multiagent Research Adventure
Manuela Veloso
Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
12:30 - 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
PANEL
Chair: Keith Decker
Agent Oriented Methodologies and Programming Languages: Towards Practical Systems

Participants:
Klaus Fischer (DKKI, Germany)
Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni (University Paris VI, France)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)
15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 19:00
POSTER SESSION


Thursday, 14 May 2009


09:00 -11:00
Session 7 - MABS / Emergent Behaviour I
Chair: Marie-Pierre Gleizes

On the Significance of Synchroneity in Emergent Systems
Adam Campbell, Annie Wu

On Recursive Simulation
Latek Maciej, Rob Axtell, Bogumil Kaminski

Adaptive Learning in Complex Evolving Trade Networks
Tomas Klos, Bart Nooteboom

A Mathematical Analysis of Collective Cognitive Convergence
Van Parunak

Emergent Service Provisioning and Demand Estimation through Self-Organizing Agent Communities
Mariusz Jacyno, Seth Bullock, Michael Luck, Terry Payne

Effective Tag Mechanisms for Evolving Cooperation
Matthew Matlock, Sandip Sen

Session 8 - AOSE / Applications
Chair: Danny Weyns

GDT4MAS: An Extension of the GDT Model to Specify and Verify Multiagent Systems
Bruno Mermet, Gaële Simon

Actor-Agent Based Train Driver Rescheduling
David Mobach, Pieterjan Fioole, Erwin Abbink, Leo Kroon, Eddy van der Heijden, Niek Wijngaards

Evolutionary Testing of Autonomous Software Agents
Cu Nguyen, Simon Miles, Anna Perini, Paolo Tonella, Mark Harman, Michael Luck

An Agent-Based Approach to Component Management
David Lillis, Rem Collier, Dragone Mauro, Gregory O'Hare

Stable Multi-Project Scheduling of Airport Ground Handling Services with Heterogeneous Agents
Xiaoyu Mao, Nico Roos, Alfons Salden

Session 9 - POMDPS
Chair: Edmund Durfee

Constraint-Based Dynamic Programming for Decentralized POMDPs with Structured Interactions
Kumar Akshat, Shlomo Zilberstein

Point-Based Incremental Pruning Heuristic for Solving Finite-Horizon DEC-POMDPs
Jilles Steeve Dibangoye, AbdelIllah Mouaddib, Brahim Chaib-draa

Lossless Clustering of Histories in Decentralized POMDPs
Frans Oliehoek, Shimon Whiteson, Matthijs Spaan

SarsaLandmark: An Algorithm for Learning in POMDPs with Landmarks
Michael James, Satinder Singh

Achieving Goals in Decentralized POMDPs
Christopher Amato, Shlomo Zilberstein

Session 10 - Coordination I / DCOP
Chair: Wiebe van der Hoek

Decentralised Coordination of Continuously Valued Control Parameters Using the Max-Sum Algorithm
Ruben Stranders, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, Nick Jennings

Caching Schemes for DCOP Search Algorithms
William Yeoh, Pradeep Varakantham, Sven Koenig

A Market-Based Approach to Reservation-Based Urban Road Traffic Management
Vasirani Matteo, Sascha Ossowski

Introducing the Concept of Customizable Structured Spaces for Agent Coordination in the Production Automation Domain
Eva Kühn, Richard Mordinyi, Laszlo Keszthelyi, Christian Schreiber

Sensitivity Analysis for Distributed Optimization with Resource Constraints
Emma Bowring, Zhengyu Yin, Rob Zinkov, Milind Tambe

Reward Shaping for Valuing Communications During Multi-Agent Coordination
Simon Williamson, Enrico Gerding, Nick Jennings

Session 11 - Virtual Agents II / Agent-Human Interaction I
Chair: Andrea Omicini

But That Was in Another Country: Agents and Intercultural Empathy
Ruth Aylett, Ana Paiva, Natalie Vannini, Sibylle Enz, Elisabeth Andre

Like an Intuitive and Courteous Butler: A Proactive Personal Agent for Task Management
Neil Yorke-Smith, Shahin Saadati, Karen Myers, David Morley

Investigating the Benefits of Automated Negotiations in Enhancing Negotiation Skills of People
Raz Lin, Yinon Oshrat, Sarit Kraus

Improving Adjustable Autonomy Strategies for Time-Critical Domains
Nathan Schurr, Janusz Marecki, Milind Tambe

Increasing Expressiveness for Virtual Agents - Autonomous Generation of Speech and Gesture
Kirsten Bergmann, Stefan Kopp

Effective Solutions for Real-World Stackelberg Games: When Agents Must Deal with Human Uncertainties
James Pita, Manish Jain, Fernando Ordonez, Milind Tambe, Sarit Kraus, Reuma Magori-Cohen

Session 12 - Multi-Agent Learning I
Chair: Victor Lesser

Generalized Model Learning for Reinforcement Learning in Factored Domains
Todd Hester, Peter Stone

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Algorithm Converging to Nash Equilibrium in General-Sum Discounted Stochastic Games
Natalia Akchurina

Online Exploration in Least-Squares Policy Iteration
Lihong Li, Michael Littman, Christopher Mansley

Transfer via Soft Homomorphisms
Jonathan Sorg, Satinder Singh

An Empirical Analysis of Value Function-Based and Policy Search Reinforcement Learning
Shivaram Kalyanakrishnan, Peter Stone

Session 13 - Industry Track I
Chair: Jeffrey Bradshaw

Multiagent Self-Organization for a Taxi Dispatch System
Aamena Alshamsi, Sherief Abdallah, Iyad Rahwan

Multi-Agent Real Time Scheduling System for Taxi Companies
Andrey Glaschenko, Anton Ivaschenko, George Rzevski, Petr Skobelev

IRIS - A Tool for Strategic Security Allocation in Transportation Networks
Jason Tsai, Shyamsunder Rathi, Christopher Kiekintveld, Fernando Ordónez, Milind Tambe

Developing Agent-Based Organizational Models for Crisis Management
Thomas B. Quillinan, Frances Brazier, Huib Aldewereld, Frank Dignum, Virginia Dignum, Loris Penserini, Niek Wijngaards

Wemash, Wizard, WADE: Unleash the Power of Collective Intelligence
Luca Trione, Daniela Long, Danilo Gotta, Giovanna Sacchi

An Agent Based Sensor Middleware for Generating and Interpreting Digital Product Memories
Christian Seitz, Thorsten Schöler, Jörg Neidig
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Chair: Cristiano Castelfranchi

Perspectives and Challenges of Agent-Based Simulation as a Tool for Economics and Other Social Sciences
Klaus G. Troitzsch
Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany
12:30 - 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
PANEL
Chair: Jaime Sichman
Theoretical Foundations for Agents and MAS: Is Game Theory Sufficient?

Participants:
Rosaria Conte (ISTC, Italy)
Jacques Ferber (University of Montpellier, France)
Wiebe van der Hoek (University of Liverpool, UK)
Jeffrey Rosenschein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
Session 14 - Organizations / Social Networks
Chair: Virginia Dignum

Self-Organising Agent Organisations
Ramachandra Kota, Nicholas Gibbins, Nick Jennings

Producing Timely Recommendations From Social Networks Through Targeted Search
Anil Gursel, Sandip Sen

MASQ - Towards an Integral Approach of Agent-Based Interaction
Tiberiu Stratulat, Jacques Ferber, John Tranier

An Analysis of Information Sharing in Large Teams
Prasanna Velagapudi, Oleg Prokopyev, Katia Sycara, Paul Scerri

Analyzing the Tradeoffs between Breakup and Cloning in the Context of Organizational Self-Design
Sachin Kamboj

Effects of Resource and Remembering on Social Networks
Chung-Yuan Huang, Yu-Shiuan Tsai, Chuen-Tsai Sun

Session 15 - Argumentation / Dialogue / Protocols
Chair: Michael Huhns

Choice, Interoperability, and Conformance in Interaction Protocols and Service Choreographies
Matteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, Amit Chopra, Nirmit Desai, Viviana Patti, Munindar Singh

Inconsistency Tolerance in Weighted Argument Systems
Paul Dunne, Anthony Hunter, Peter McBurney, Simon Parsons, Michael Wooldridge

Adding Incentives to File-Sharing Systems
Aviv Zohar, Jeffrey Rosenschein

Dialogues that Account for Different Perspectives in Collaborative Argumentation
Elizabeth Black, Katie Atkinson

Incorporating Helpful Behavior into Collaborative Planning
Ece Kamar, Yaákov Gal, Barbara Grosz

A Model for Integrating Dialogue and the Execution of Joint Plans
Yuqing Tang, Timothy Norman, Simon Parsons

Session 16 - Planning / Search
Chair: Katia Sycara

The Dynamic Fringe-Saving A* Search Algorithm
Xiaoxun Sun, Sven Koenig, William Yeoh

Adversarial Search with Procedural Knowledge Heuristic
Viliam Lisy, Branislav Bosansky, Michal Jakob, Michal Pechoucek

Improved Approximation of Interactive Dynamic Influence Diagrams Using Discriminative Model Updates
Prashant Doshi, Yifeng Zeng

Decentralised Dynamic Task Allocation: A Practical Game-Theoretic Approach
Archie Chapman, Rosa Anna Micillo, Ramachandra Kota, Nick Jennings

Distributed Constraint Optimization with Structured Resource Constraints
Kumar Akshat, Boi Faltings, Petcu Adrian

Multi-Directional Generalized Adaptive A*
Xiaoxun Sun, Sven Koenig, William Yeoh, Po-An Chen

Session 17 - Commitments / Logical Approaches
Chair: Wamberto Vasconcelos

Multiagent Commitment Alignment
Amit Chopra, Munindar Singh

Abstraction in Model Checking Multi-Agent Systems
Mika Cohen, Mads Dam, Alessio Lomuscio, Francesco Russo

Reasoning Intra-Dependency in Commitments for Robust Scheduling
Wang Mingzhong, Ramamohanarao Kotagiri, Chen Jinjun

A Logic of Games and Propositional Control
Nicolas Troquard, Wiebe van der Hoek, Michael Wooldridge

Decision Procedure for Multiagent Temporal-Epistemic Logic of Synchronous Linear Time
Dmitry Shkatov, Valentin Goranko

Decommitting in Multi-agent Execution in Non-deterministic Environment: Experimental Approach
Jiri Vokrinek, Antonin Komenda, Michal Pechoucek

Session 18 - Agent-Human Interaction II / Evaluation Techniques
Chair: Ana Paiva

Facing the Challenge of Human-Agent Negotiations via Effective General Opponent Modeling
Yinon Oshrat, Raz Lin, Sarit Kraus

Automatic Learning and Generation of Social Behavior from Collective Human Gameplay
Jeff Orkin, Deb Roy

Graph-Based Methods for the Analysis of Large-Scale Multiagent Systems
Wilbur Peng, Alexander Grushin, Vikram Manikonda, William Krueger, Patrick Carlos, Michel Santos

MABLE: A Framework for Learning from Natural Instruction
Roger Mailler, Daniel Bryce

Generalization Risk Minimization in Empirical Game Models
Patrick Jordan, Michael Wellman

Session 19 - Industry Track II
Chair: Akihiko Ohsuga

Integration of Probability Collectives for Collision Avoidance in AGENTFLY
David ©iąlák, Pavel Jisl, Premysl Volf, Michal Pechoucek, David Nicholson, David Woodhouse and Niranjan Suri

Monitoring and Explanation of Contract Execution: A Case Study in the Aerospace Domain
Felipe Meneguzzi, Sanjay Modgil, Nir Oren, Simon Miles, Michael Luck, Nora Faci, Camden Holt, Malcolm Smith

NASA's OCA Mirroring System: An Application of Multiagent Systems in Mission Control
Maarten Sierhuis, William J. Clancey, Ron J.J. van Hoof, Chin H. Seah, Michael S. Scott, Robert A. Nado, Susan F. Blumenberg, Michael G. Shafto, Brian L. Anderson, Anthony C. Bruins, Chris B. Buckley, Thomas E. Diegelman, Timothy A. Hall, Deborah Hood, Fisher F. Reynolds, Jason R. Toschlog, Tyson Tucker

Software Agent-Based Framework Supporting Autonomous and Collaborative Sensor Utilization (AAMSRT)
Renato Levy, Wei Chen, Margaret Lyell

SOAP Based Message Transport for the Jade Multiagent Platform (short paper)
András Micsik, Péter Pallinger, Achim Klein

Understanding the Hit-Rate Dynamics of a Large Website with an Agent-Based Model (short paper)
Jane Moran, Francesco Cordaro
16:00 - 18:00
DEMO SESSION
18:00 - 19:00 INVITED TALK
2008 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award
Chair: Makoto Yokoo

New Insights on Where to Locate a Library
Ariel Procaccia
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel


Friday, 15 May
2009
09:00 -11:00
Session 20 - Reputation and Trust
Chair: Rosaria Conte

Comparing Trust Mechanisms for Monitoring Aggregator Nodes in Sensor Networks
Oly Mistry, Anil Gursel, Sandip Sen

Smart Cheaters Do Prosper: Defeating Trust and Reputation Systems
Reid Kerr, Robin Cohen

Pragmatic-Strategic Reputation-Based Decisions in BDI Agents
Isaac Pinyol, Jordi Sabater-Mir

Dynamic Information Source Selection for Intrusion Detection Systems
Martin Rehak, Eugen Staab, Michal Pechoucek, Jan Stiborek, Martin Grill, Karel Bartos

Maintenance-Based Trust for Multi-Agent Systems
Babak Khosravifar, Maziar Gomrokchi, Jamal Bentahar, Philippe Thiran

Operators for Propagating Trust and their Evaluation in Social Networks
Chung-Wei Hang, Yonghong Wang, Munindar Singh

Session 21 - Multi-Agent Learning II / Emergent Behaviour II
Chair: Thomas Agotnes

Stigmergic Landmark Foraging
Nyree Lemmens, Karl Tuyls

Integrating Organizational Control into Multi-Agent Learning
Chongjie Zhang, Shereif Abdallah, Victor Lesser

Multiagent Learning in Large Anonymous Games
Ian Kash, Eric Friedman, Joseph Halpern

Learning of Coordination
Francisco Melo, Manuela Veloso

Abstraction Pathologies in Extensive Games
Kevin Waugh, Dave Schnizlein, Michael Bowling, Duane Szafron

State-Coupled Replicator Dynamics
Daniel Hennes, Karl Tuyls

Session 22 - Negotiation / Conflict Resolution
Chair: Jeremy Pitt

Adaptive Price Update in Distributed Lagrangian Relaxation Protocol
Katsutoshi Hirayama, Toshihiro Matsui, Makoto Yokoo

An Analysis of Feasible Solutions for Multi-Issue Negotiation Involving Nonlinear Utility Functions
Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nick Jennings

Searching for Fair Joint Gains in Agent-Based Negotiation
Minyi Li, Bao Vo, Ryszard Kowalczyk

Effective Bidding and Deal Identification for Negotiations in Highly Nonlinear Scenarios
Ivan Marsa-Maestre, Miguel Lopez-Carmona, Juan R. Velasco

Directed Soft Arc Consistency in Pseudo-Trees
Toshihiro Matsui, Marius Silaghi, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo, Hiroshi Matsuo

Session 23 - Economic Approaches II / Auctions / Mechanism Design
Chair: Mathijs de Weerdt

Learning Equilibria in Repeated Congestion Games
Aviv Zohar, Moshe Tennenholtz

Team Competition
Pingzhong Tang, Yoav Shoham, Fangzhen Lin

Stronger CDA Strategies through Empirical Game-Theoretic Analysis and Reinforcement Learning
Julian Schvartzman, Michael Wellman

Rational Play and Rational Beliefs under Uncertainty
Nils Bulling, Wojtek Jamroga

Characterizing False-Name-Proof Allocation Rules in Combinatorial Auctions
Taiki Todo, Atsushi Iwasaki, Makoto Yokoo, Yuko Sakurai

User Modeling in Position Auctions: Re-Considering the GSP and VCG Mechanisms
Danny Kuminov, Moshe Tennenholtz

Session 24 - Agent Reasoning/Deliberation/Decision Mechanisms
Chair: Timothy Norman

Altruism and Agents: An Argumentation Based Approach to Designing Agent Decision Mechanisms
Trevor Bench-Capon, Katie Atkinson, Peter McBurney

A Self-Organizing Neural Network Architecture for Intentional Planning Agents
Budhitama Subagdja, Ah-Hwee Tan

Planning with Continuous Resources for Agent Teams
Janusz Marecki, Milind Tambe


Bounded Practical Social Reasoning in the ESB Framework
Iain Wallace, Michael Rovatsos

First Principles Planning in BDI Systems
Lavindra de Silva, Sebastian Sardina, Lin Padgham

Self-Deceptive Decision Making: Normative and Descriptive Insights
Jonathan Ito, David Pynadath, Stacy Marsella

Session 25 - Coordination II / Resource Allocation
Chair: Sascha Ossowski

Resource Allocation with Answer-Set Programming
Joao Leite, José Alferes, Belopeta Mito

How Similarity Helps to Efficiently Compute Kemeny Rankings
Nadja Betzler, Michael Fellows, Jiong Guo, Rolf Niedermeier, Frances Rosamond

Manipulation and Gender Neutrality in Stable Marriage Procedures
Francesca Rossi, Maria Silvia Pini, K. Brent Venable, Toby Walsh

Evaluating Hybrid Constraint Tightening for Scheduling Agents
James Boerkoel, Edmund Durfee

Solving Multiagent Assignment Markov Decision Processes
Scott Proper, Prasad Tadepalli

Computing Optimal Randomized Resource Allocations for Massive Security Games
Christopher Kiekintveld, Manish Jain, Jason Tsai, James Pita, Milind Tambe, Fernando Ordonez
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Chair: Carles Sierra

From DPS to MAS to ...: Continuing the Trends
Michael N. Huhns
University of South Carolina (USA)
12:30 - 14:00
COMMUNITY MEETING (WITH LUNCH ON SITE)
14:00 - 14:30
Presentation of AAMAS10 and CLOSING