DAI-List Digest Saturday, 13 June 1992 Issue Number 80 Topics: Report on CONSENSUS Available MAMAAW-92 Program and Registration Conference Report on Enterprise Integration Modeling Technology Call for Papers - CKBS Workshop Please send submissions to DAI-List@mcc.com. Send other requests, such as changes in your e-mail address, to DAI-List-Request@mcc.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Simon Kerridge Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 15:46:30 BST Subject: CONSENSUS Deliverable now available CONSENSUS - Methodological Issues in the Design of Parallel Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems Document D13 - Draft Methodology Report is now available. If you would like a copy, please contact one of the CONSENSUS project partners. British Aerospace (Military Aircraft) Ltd. (Warton & Brough sites) University of Durham Cambridge Consultants Ltd. Morag Kellaway, Mike Bateman, Ian Coulson British Aerospace (Military Aircraft) Ltd, Warton Aerodrome. Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1AX. UK Derek Wills, Paul Read British Aerospace (Military Aircraft) Ltd, Brough, North Humberside, HU15 1EQ. UK Andrew Slade, Simon Kerridge, Albert Bokma, Kevin Johnson Dept. of Computer Science, S.E.C.S. University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE UK Sean Martin, Cambridge Consultants Ltd, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 4DW. UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Jun 92 16:23:10 EDT From: amedeo cesta Subject: MAAMAW program and registration MAAMAW '92 Fourth European Workshop on Modeling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World July, 29-31 1992 S.Martino al Cimino (near Rome), Italy CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The purpose of this Workshop is to stimulate exchange and discussion of research in the field of multiagent systems. MAAMAW is the European forum for DAI studies. While classical DAI research was mainly concerned with distributed problem solving and task allocation in view of a common goal, MAAMAW emphasizes the problems arising when several autonomous agents, endowed with their own goals, knowledge, and abilities, share a common environment and pursue either shared or competing goals. MAAMAW is therefore interested both in classical DAI problems (coordination, communication, cooperation, negotiation, etc.) and in theories of intention and action, or, more generally, in the architecture of the autonomous agent. Multiagent models are a new area of research in rapid growth, of relevant interest both for AI and for social and management sciences. Both novel theoretical and computational approaches to multiagent topics are encouraged. The submitted papers will undergo a strict selection. A 60 people international workshop to discuss your ideas or exhibit your systems. MAAMAW '92 is organized by: IP-CNR - Institute of Psychology of the Italian National Research Council AI*IA - Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence And is sponsored by: ECCAI - European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence CNR - Special Project on "Informatica e Calcolo Parallelo" of the Italian National Research Council Program Chairmen: Cristiano Castelfranchi (IP-CNR / AI*IA - Italy) Eric Werner (PLATO GmbH, Luebeck - Germany) Program Committee Magnus Boman (Stockholm University and R.I.T. -Sweden) John Campbell (University College London - United Kingdom) Rosaria Conte (IP-CNR, Rome - Italy) Yves Demazeau (LIFIA/IMAG, Grenoble - France) Mauro Di Manzo (Universit* di Genova - Italy) Jacques Ferber (LAFORIA, Paris - France) Julia Galliers (University of Cambridge - United Kingdom) Gra(a Gaspar (Faculdade de Ciencias de Lisboa, Portugal) Heikki Hammainen (Nokia Research Center, Espoo - Finland) Hans Haugeneder (Siemens AG, Muenchen - Germany) George Kiss (The Open University, Milton Keynes - United Kingdom) Paul Levi (Technischen Universitaet, Muenchen - Germany) Frank v. Martial (DETECON, Bonn - Germany) Jean-Pierre Muller(Universit\ de Neuchatel - Switzerland) Eugenio Oliveira (Universidade do Porto - Portugal) John Perram (Odense Universitet - Denmark) Jeffrey Rosenschein (Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Israel) Walter Van de Velde (Vrije Universiteit Brussels - Belgium) Peter Wavish (Philips Research Lab, Redhill - United Kingdom) Gilad Zlotkin (Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Israel) Local Organizers Amedeo Cesta (IP-CNR / AI*IA) Maria Miceli (IP-CNR / AI*IA) ==================================================================== MAAMAW '92 Preliminary Program ********************** July 28, 1992 ********************** Welcome Get Together and Travel to San Martino Participants will meet at the Institute of Psychology of CNR in Rome (from 2:00pm to 5:00pm). At 5:30pm, from the Institute they will go by bus to the location of the workshop (buses will be provided by the organizers). Evening welcome dinner. ********************** July 29, 1992 ********************** 8:30 Introduction by C.Castelfranchi and E.Werner (Co-Chairmen) 9:00 - 10:00 Invited Talk Y.Shoham, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford University (USA) 10:00 - 11:25 Paper Session PLANS * Planned Team Activity D. Kinny, M. Ljungberg, A. Rao, E. Sonenberg, G.Tidhar, E. Werner Australian AI Institute & University of Melbourne (Australia) * Multi-Agent Planning as Search for a Consensus that Maximizes Social Welfare E. Ephrati, J.S. Rosenschein Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel) 11:30 DEBATE AI versus DAI: Where are we? Where are we going? 13:00 Lunch 1992 Multiagent Olympics 15:00 Paper Session ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND REACTIVE SYSTEMS * Multi-Agent Simulation as a Tool for Modeling Societies: Application to Social Differentiation in Ant Colonies A. Drogoul, J. Ferber LAFORIA - Universite Paris VI, Paris (France) * An Architecture for Action, Emotion, and Social Behavior J. Bates, A.B. Loyall, W.S. Reilly Carnegie Mellon University (USA) * Spatial Distribution and Sociality D. Parisi, U. Piazzalunga, F. Cecconi, M. Gerace Institute of Psychology CNR, Rome & University of Milan & ASIA, Anguillara (Italy) * Experiments in Multi-agent System Dynamics P.J. Kearney Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ldt. (UK) ********************** July 30, 1992 ********************** 9:00 - 10:00 Invited Talk C.Hewitt, AI Lab, MIT, Cambridge (USA) 10:00 - 11:25 Paper Session SOCIAL SIMULATION * Trust and Reliance in Multi-Agent Systems: A Preliminary Report S. Marsh University of Stirling (UK) * Game Theory vs. Multiple Agents: The Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma B.Lomborg University of Copenhagen (Denmark) 11:25 PANEL DAI, Social Simulation and Social Sciences 13:00 Lunch 1992 Multiagent Olympics 15:00 Paper Session ECONOMICS AND GAME THEORY * A Domain Theory for Task Oriented Negotiation G.Zlotkin, J.S. Rosenschein Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel) * Strategic Interaction in Oligopolistic Markets - Experimenting with real and Artificial Agents J. Castro Caldas, H. Coelho ISCTE & ISEG, Lisboa (Portugal) * Multi Agent Coordinated Decision-Making using Epistemic Utility Theory W. Stirling Brigham Young University, Provo (USA) * Equilibratory Approach to Distributed Resource Allocation K.Kuwabara, T.Ishida Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Kyoto (Japan) ********************** July 31, 1992 ********************** 9:00 - 10:00 Invited Talk E.Durfee, Department of EE&CS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA) 10:00 Paper Session APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS * MAKILA: A Tool for the Development of Cooperative Societies K. Urzelai University of Barcelona (Spain) * A Conflict Resolution Based Decentralized Multi-Agent Problem Solving Model F.Polat, H.A. Guvenir Bilkent University, Ankara (Turkey) * Decision Coordination in Production Management J. Ayel Universite' de Savoie, Chambery (France) * User Role in Problem Solving with Distributed Artificial Intelligence Systems L.E.Hall, L. Macaulay, G. O'Hare Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy) & University of Manchester (UK) 12:35 Lunch 14:00 Conclusion of the Workshop Participants will go back to Rome by bus (buses will be provided by the organizers). ============================================================ Workshop Information ============================================================ COST OF THE WORKSHOP 1. The Total Workshop Cost including room and board (there is no registration fee) is: 500.000 lire (around 450 dollars) This cost covers a single room accommodation at the hotel from Tuesday July 28 evening to Friday July 31 afternoon, dinner on Tuesday, breakfasts and lunches from Wednesday to Friday. 2. The Accompanying Person Surcharge is 275.000 Lire/person total (around 230 dollars) This extra charge provides an upgrade to a double room, additional breakfasts and lunches. 3. Sharing Rooms with another participant: In case a participant wants to share a double room with another participant, the amount to be paid would be 404.000 lire (about 340 dollars) Since there are few double rooms, we recommend to contact the hotel well in advance. 4. For Graduate students we have a limited number of supplementary grants which will be given on a first come first serve basis. The grant will reduce the price to around 300.000 lire (about 260 dollars). Important: We need an official letter from their Institution/Professor or faculty advisor certifying their student status. IMPORTANT: 1. You must make an advanced payment of 100.000 lire (around $80 dollars corresponding to a 1 night reservation at the hotel). THIS MUST BE DONE BEFORE JUNE 30 BY DIRECTLY PAYING THE HOTEL AND MAKING YOUR RESERVATIONS. 2. IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE THE ADVANCED PAYMENT TO THE HOTEL THEN WE CANNOT CONSIDER YOU TO BE REGISTERED FOR THE WORKSHOP. 3. You will pay the remaining amount of money either by cash or by credit cards when you leave the Hotel. The initial payment to the hotel can be made as follows: 1. Bank-to-Bank Transfer to the order of: Park Hotel s.r.l. Account Number: 70023 Bank: Cassa di Risparmio di Viterbo s.p.a. Bank Number: ABI 6065 CAB 14504 Local Branch: Agenzia 20 (S. Martino al Cimino) specifying the purpose: MAAMAW 92 Workshop Reservation 2. International Money Order or EuroCheck (payable in Italian Lire) to the order of: Park Hotel s.r.l. and send it to the hotel at the following address: Balletti Park Hotel Via Umbria 2-2A 01030 S. Martino al Cimino (VT) Italy Please consider that the normal mail can be slow and use an international courier or send mail well in advance. =========================================================== To be returned to CNR MAAMAW 92 S. Martino al Cimino (VT), July 29-31, 1992 REGISTRATION FORM (to be sent by JUNE 30) Please complete the attached registration form and send it by fax or e-mail to the local organizers at the following address: MAAMAW 92 Amedeo Cesta/Maria Miceli IP-CNR Viale Marx 15 I-00137 Rome, Italy fax: +39-6-824737 E-mail: maamaw@irmkant.bitnet Name: ___________________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ City: ____________________________________________________ State: ____________________________________________________ ZIP or Postal Code:______________________ Country:______________________ Daytime Telephone:__________________________________ Fax:__________________________________ E-Mail:__________________________________ IF STUDENT, Please enclose proofs of student status ============================================================ To be returned to Balletti Park Hotel MAAMAW 92 S. 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Martino al Cimino (VT) Italy phone: +39-761-379777 fax: +39-761-379496 telex: 623059 Bapark I Name: ______________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Country: ______________________________________________________ Daytime Telephone: _______________________ Fax:________________________ Type of Room (please check one) Total Cost (__) Single Room 500,000 lire (__) Double Room shared with another participant 404,000 lire (please specify his/her name) ____________________________________________________ (__) Double Room with accompanying person 775,000 lire The fares cover hotel accommodation from July 28 to 30 and meals from July 28 to 31. For additional nights reservation, please contact the hotel well in advance. Method chosen for the advanced payment (please check one) (__) Bank-to-Bank Transfer (__) International Money Order ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1992 15:24:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Cynthia Williams Subject: Enterprise Integration Modeling Technology [The following represents an important new application area for DAI - Huhns] AIR FORCE/ESPRIT COOPERATIVE EI MODELING STUDY IS FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Cooperative efforts between the United States and European Community (EC) to develop consensus on enterprise integration (EI) modeling were highlighted this week at the First International Conference on EI Modeling Technology (ICEIMT). The week-long conference featured discussions and papers from four workshops held since the beginning of this year in the United States and Europe. This conference is expected to launch further U.S. and EC action toward developing cooperative solutions for enterprise integration. This effort is a collaborative pursuit by the United State Air Force (USAF) Manufacturing Technology Directorate and the European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technologies for Computer Integrated Manufacturing (ESPRIT-CIM). This program is part of a larger effort organized between the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the EC to sponsor research and development in areas of information technology in support of CIM. The series of workshops and this plenary conference were organized by the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), on behalf of the Air Force, and by the AMICE consortium. The purpose of the ICEIMT is to develop international prenormative consensus among the world's leading experts and a plan of action on a set of technical issues; to characterize the various approaches to enterprise modeling and resolve them to a common set of concepts and definitions; and to identify problems and gaps in the current technologies that point to new research. Each of the four workshops held in preparation for this conference covered a specific aspect of enterprise modeling: Model Integration Model/Application Namespace Heterogeneous Execution Environments Metrics and Methodologies Reports from the four workshops -- and the 11 working groups organized during the workshops -- were discussed as part of ICEIMT. The conference keynote, "Enterprise Modeling and Its Significance to Business," was given by David Hill, formerly (retired) in charge of corporate information for General Motors. Also included in the conference were summaries of developments from the U.S. Supplier Working Group, reports by AMICE on CIMOSA (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Open Systems Architecture), and the results of the study by the Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA) on industrial information infrastructure. These results were presented by Robert Winner of IDA's Computer and Software Engineering Division. Three special interest groups (SIGs) scheduled on the ICEIMT agenda will discuss further actions to be taken in the areas of: Public Infrastructure Enterprise Coordination Future Actions to Promote EI Collaborations Says Bruce Rasmussen, chief of the Integration Technology Division of the U.S. Air Force Manufacturing Technology Directorate, "The workshops and conference have helped us collectively determine a road map for solutions to our large-scale integration needs. The Air Force has been sponsoring projects for more than 20 years that are now seen as building toward enterprise integration. At the same time, there have been many other groups also struggling with problems, each developing its own approaches. We felt it was critical to work together, building international consensus, so that we don't end up with piecemeal standards. The efforts of the many groups have helped shape the foundation for broad-based, cooperative solutions that we envision as an important step toward helping form a national EI infrastructure." Willy Van Puymbroeck, project officer of ESPRIT, sees a similar need. "ESPRIT-CIM consists of numerous, multinational, industry-driven R&D projects addressing advanced manufacturing and engineering technologies and applications. Mechanisms to leverage the potential integration of the results of these projects need to be explored. Many of the companies involved in ESPRIT operate internationally and manufacturing operations are becoming more and more global. Enterprise integration beyond the borders of a single enterprise is of key importance and should build on international standards. Approximately 55 companies, universities, consortia and standards organizations from nine countries participated in the workshops and the ICEIMT. Proceedings of the conference will be published by MIT Press, available this fall. GLOSSARY Enterprise integration -- provides a commercial information infrastructure that connects people and systems within and across enterprises, enabling them to develop, manufacture, sell, deliver and support products and services with unprecedented speed, flexibility, quality and economy. EI reference taxonomy -- generally, a taxonomy is the classification of items into established groups or categories based on their natural relationship. For this usage, the EI Reference Taxonomy is an integral part of the EI infrastructure that provides the basic underlying rules for building particular EI architectures; it is a standard, documented classification that provides a common framework for technology, systems and operations across organizations. When specific applications are based on a common taxonomy, they can be more easily integrated. On the other hand, applications that are not built with the same underlying rules cannot be integrated. Modeling -- the development of a formal model of a complex process or system. This model can then be used to determine how the actual process or system will behave or react under a variety of situations. Ontology -- a formal theory about the kinds of things that exist. In enterprise modeling, a domain ontology, for example, defines the types and subtypes of objects within the enterprise to be modeled. Precompetitive -- before products are established; EI infrastructure vendors will meet to agree on standards and common architectures prior to development of products and these agreed-upon standards will, in turn affect product development. Prenormative -- EI users discuss how the EI standards and infrastructures being developed will affect their way of doing business. For more information, contact: Brench Boden, USAF Manufacturing Technology Directorate 513/255-7371 Cynthia Williams, MCC 512/338-3512 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mark Walsh Subject: Call for Papers - CKBS Workshop Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 16:48:46 MET Call for Papers September 24-25, 1992 Keele University, Staffs, UK A Workshop on Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems The UK Special Interest Group on Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems (CKBS-SIG(UK)) invites you to present a paper in its first workshop to be held at Keele University from September 24th to 25th 1992. For the workshop please submit a single copy of up to 1000 words extended abstract by August 10th 1992 for consideration. (The abstract should include a summary of your intended presentation). The full-papers will be reviewed again for publication following their presentation at the workshop. On September 23rd directly prior to the workshop there will be a tutorial session on CKBS presented by Dr. D. Steiner (Siemens, Germany). In CKBS a number of intelligent computer systems cooperate together to solve problems that cannot be solved otherwise. CKBSs may be described as the next generation of intelligent systems, with a wide range of industrial application areas, such as air traffic control, telecommunications network management, distributed sensor networks, distributed monitoring and fault diagnostics, intelligent manufacturing systems and so on. The focus of CKBS is applied multiagent systems where the techniques of distributed artificial intelligence and distributed databases blend together to provide good solutions to real world problems. The first international conference on this theme was the CKBS'90 held at Keele in October 1990. The conference was considered by the participants to be a valuable forum for the cross fertilization of ideas in this area and at their suggestion a special interest group, CKBS-SIG International, was formed (managed by the DAKE Centre at Keele), in order to provide a nucleus for further activities in this area. The CKBS-SIG(UK) is a subgroup of this larger SIG. Papers and attendance are welcome from members of CKBS-SIG International and also from other interested researchers. The activity committee of the workshop will consist of: Prof. S.M. Deen (Keele University) [Chairman] Prof. J. Doran (University of Essex) Mr. D. Griffiths (British Telecom) Dr. P. Kearney (Sharp Laboratories, Europe) Prof. I. Mamdani (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London) The topics to be considered for the workshop will include, but are not restricted to, Representation of Beliefs and Experience Planning, Cooperation, Coordination and Negotiation Coherence and Optimisation Communications and Protocols Models and Architectures Languages and Tools Multiagent Prototypes Cooperating Data/Knowledge Bases Distributed Knowledge bases Dynamic Interoperability This workshop is sponsored by the UK Department of Trade and Industry. We hope that in spite of the shortness of this notice, you will be able to submit an abstract, and eventually attend the conference. Please note on September 23rd directly prior to the workshop there will be a tutorial session on CKBS presented by Dr. D. Steiner (Siemens, Germany). Key date: Abstract (up to 1000 words) by August 10. Email or fax is acceptable For further details please contact Mark Walsh (CKBS-SIG Secretary) DAKE Centre, Department of Computer Science, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG. UK. Telephone: +44 782 583410 (direct), Telephone: +44 782 621111 (switchboard), Fax: +44 782 713082 Email: mark@cs.keele.ac.uk