10. CIA 2006: Edinburgh, UK

Matthias Klusch, Michael Rovatsos, Terry R. Payne (Eds.): Cooperative Information Agents X, 10th International Workshop, CIA 2006, Edinburgh, UK, September 11-13, 2006, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4149 Springer 2006, ISBN 3-540-38569-X

Invited Contributions

Frank van Harmelen:
Semantic Web Research Anno 2006: Main Streams, Popular Fallacies, Current Status and Future Challenges. 1-7
Michael N. Huhns:
A Research Agenda for Agent-Based Service-Oriented Architectures. 8-22
Austin Tate:
The Helpful Environment: Distributed Agents and Services Which Cooperate. 23-32
Jeffrey S. Rosenschein, Ariel D. Procaccia:
Voting in Cooperative Information Agent Scenarios: Use and Abuse. 33-50

John K. Debenham, Simeon J. Simoff:
Agents for Information-Rich Environments. 51-65
Fernando Alonso, Sonia Frutos, Miguel Jimenez, Javier Soriano:
Information Agents for Optimal Repurposing and Personalization of Web Contents in Semantics-Aware Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing Environments. 66-80
Fredrik Kronlid:
Turn Taking for Artificial Conversational Agents. 81-95
Satoshi V. Suzuki, Hideaki Takeda:
Inducing Perspective Sharing Between a User and an Embodied Agent by a Thought Balloon as an Input Form. 96-108

Mark Hoogendoorn, Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur, Marian Verhaegh:
Agent-Based Analysis and Support for Incident Management. 109-123
Xiaohui Cui, Thomas E. Potok:
A Distributed Agent Implementation of Multiple Species Flocking Model for Document Partitioning Clustering. 124-137
Osher Yadgar, Sarit Kraus:
Coverage Density as a Dominant Property of Large-Scale Sensor Networks. 138-152

David Lambert, David Robertson:
Selecting Web Services Statistically. 153-167
Quoc Bao Vo, Lin Padgham:
Conversation-Based Specification and Composition of Agent Services. 168-182
Maíra Ribeiro Rodrigues, Michael Luck:
Evaluating Dynamic Services in Bioinformatics. 183-197

César A. Marín, Nikolay Mehandjiev:
A Classification Framework of Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems. 198-212
Jan Tozicka, Michal Jakob, Michal Pechoucek:
Market-Inspired Approach to Collaborative Learning. 213-227
Mohsen Afsharchi, Behrouz H. Far:
Improving Example Selection for Agents Teaching Ontology Concepts. 228-242

Paul-Amaury Matt, Francesca Toni:
Egalitarian Allocations of Indivisible Resources: Theory and Computation. 243-257
Michal Pechoucek, Ondrej Lerch, Jirí Bíba:
Iterative Query-Based Approach to Efficient Task Decomposition and Resource Allocation. 258-272
Martin Rehák, Premysl Volf, Michal Pechoucek:
Multilevel Approach to Agent-Based Task Allocation in Transportation. 273-287

Vidya Narayanan, Nicholas R. Jennings:
Learning to Negotiate Optimally in Non-stationary Environments. 288-300
Koen V. Hindriks, Catholijn M. Jonker, Dmytro Tykhonov:
Eliminating Interdependencies Between Issues for Multi-issue Negotiation. 301-316
Ariel D. Procaccia, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein:
The Distortion of Cardinal Preferences in Voting. 317-331

Bastian Blankenburg, Minghua He, Matthias Klusch, Nicholas R. Jennings:
Risk-Bounded Formation of Fuzzy Coalitions Among Service Agents. 332-346
Nir Oren, Alun D. Preece, Timothy J. Norman:
A Simple Argumentation Based Contract Enforcement Mechanism. 347-359
Nathan Griffiths:
A Fuzzy Approach to Reasoning with Trust, Distrust and Insufficient Trust. 360-374

Nicola Dragoni, Mauro Gaspari:
Performative Patterns for Designing Verifiable ACLs. 375-387
Joan Ametller-Esquerra, Jordi Cucurull-Juan, Ramon Martí, Guillermo Navarro, Sergi Robles:
Enabling Mobile Agents Interoperability Through FIPA Standards. 388-401
José Cascalho, Luis Antunes, Milton Corrêa, Helder Coelho:
Characterising Agents' Behaviours: Selecting Goal Strategies Based on Attributes. 402-415
Riza Cenk Erdur, Inanç Seylan:
A Framework of Cooperative Agents with Implicit Support for Ontologies. 416-430
María Adela Grando, Christopher D. Walton:
Specifying Protocols for Knowledge Transfer and Action Restriction in Multiagent Systems. 431-445

Adam Barker, Robert G. Mann:
Flexible Service Composition. 446-460
Ronald Ashri, Terry R. Payne, Michael Luck, Mike Surridge, Carles Sierra, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, Pablo Noriega:
Using Electronic Institutions to Secure Grid Environments. 461-475