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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Holonic and multi-agent systems provide a
novel paradigm for managing, modelling and supporting complex
systems. This concept has proved to be successful in number of
industrial domains such as manufacturing, resource allocation and
production planning, air traffic.
The conference aims
to bring together researchers active in the area of holonic and
multi-agent systems together with key engineers and industrial
decision makers to share their views and experience in design, development and applying holonic and multi-agent
systems for industrial problems.
After the success of the workshop HoloMAS 2000 (Greenwich), workshop HoloMAS 2001 (Munich) and HoloMAS 2002
(Aix en Provence), this HoloMAS event will take the form of a conference and will take place in Prague, Czech Republic. The
conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in LNCS series.
SUGGESTED TOPICS (but not limited to):
- Theoretical backgrounds behind holonic/agent concepts
- Industrial applications of holonic and
multi-agent systems (case-studies are specially appreciated)
- Specification of holonic and agent-based architectures and design methodologies
- Differences and similarities between the concept of holons
and agents
- Communication principles and standards
- Virtual organisations & holonic factories - reconfigurable factories
- Agent-based system integration
- Modeling and simulation tools
- Reconfiguration tasks, coalition formation, knowledge ontologies
- Novel application areas (health-care, environmental protection, government, humanitarian missions)
- Visions and future trends of holonic and multi-agent
systems
- Standardization issues, security issues, industrial needs
- Obstacles and barriers to industrial applicability
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PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS
Authors are invited to submit research
contributions or critiques of practical experience in
English. Papers should not exceed 10 pages in Springer Verlag format.
Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically to the conference web site.
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IMPORTANT DATES
| Extended Submission Deadline: |
March 17, 2003
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| Acceptance Notice: |
April 15, 2003
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| Camera-ready Copies: |
May 15, 2003
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| Registration Deadline for Authors: |
June 10, 2003
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CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
| Vladimir Marik |
Czech Technical University in
Prague/Rockwell Automation, Czech Republic |
| Duncan McFarlane |
University of Cambridge, UK
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| Paul Valckenaers |
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, B
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
| Hamideh Afsarmanesh |
University of Amsterdam, NL |
| Franz Auinger |
Profactor, A |
| Jose Barata |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, P |
| Jeff Bradshaw |
University of West Florida, USA |
| Robert W. Brennan |
University of Calgary, CAN |
| Sven Brueckner |
ALTARUM, USA |
| Luis Camarinha-Matos |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, P |
| Eduardo Castellano |
IKERLAN, SP |
| Armando Colombo |
Schneider Group, FR |
| Misbah Deen |
University of Keele, UK |
| Klaus Fischer |
DFKI GmbH, D |
| Martyn Fletcher |
Agent Oriented Software Ltd, UK |
| William Gruver |
Simon Fraser University, CAN |
| Kenneth Hall |
Rockwell Automation, USA |
| Matthias Klusch |
DFKI GmbH, D |
| Dilip Kotak |
National Research Councill of Canada, CAN |
| Peter Luh |
University of Connecticut, USA |
| Francisco Maturana |
Rockwell Automation, USA |
| Gerard Morel |
CRAN, F |
| Joerg Mueller |
Siemens AG, D |
| Douglas Norrie |
University of Calgary, CAN |
| Michal Pechoucek |
Czech Technical University, CZ |
| Gregory Provan |
Rockwell Scientific Company, USA |
| Leonid Sheremetov |
Mexican Oil Institute, MEX |
| Alexander Smirnov |
SPIIRAS, RUS |
| Shinsuke Tamura |
Fukui University, JPN |
| Ambalavanar Tharumarajah |
Buddy Co.Ltd, AUS |
| Mihaela Ulieru |
University of Calgary, CAN |
| Hendrik Van Brussel |
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, B |
| Edwin H Van Leeuwen |
BHP-Billiton, AUS |
| Tomas Vlcek |
Czech Technical University, CZ |
| Michael Zwick |
IFW, University of Hannover, D |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
The conference is supported by the EC grants: ICA1-CT-2000-70002 MIRACLE in the context of the "Centres of Excellence" project and IST-2000- 28221: EUTIST-AMI/ExtraPlanT project.
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