Multi-Agent Systems and Agreement Technologies: 14th European Conference, EUMAS 2016, and 4th International Conference, AT 2016, Valencia, Spain, December 15-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

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Natalia Criado Pacheco Nardine Osman
King’sCollege London ArtificialIntelligence Research Institute
London (IIIA-CSIC)
UK Barcelona
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Carlos Carrascosa
Polytechnic University ofValencia Vicente Julián Inglada
Valencia Polytechnic University ofValencia
Spain Valencia
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Preface
This volume contains revised versions of the papers presented at the 14th European
Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS 2016) and the 4th International Con-
ference on Agreement Technologies (AT 2016), which were both held in Valencia
during December 15–16, 2016. EUMAS 2016 followed the tradition of previous edi-
tions (Oxford 2003, Barcelona 2004, Brussels 2005, Lisbon 2006, Hammamet 2007,
Bath 2008, Agia Napa 2009, Paris 2010, Maastricht 2011, Dublin 2012, Toulouse
2013,Prague2014,andAthens2015)inaimingtoprovidetheprimeEuropean forum
for presenting and discussing agents research as the annual designated event of the
EuropeanAssociationofMulti-AgentSystems(EURAMAS).AT2016wasthefourth
instalmentinaseriesofevents(afterDubrovnik2012,Beijing2013,andAthens2015)
that focus on bringing together researchers and practitioners working on computer
systems inwhichautonomoussoftwareagentsinteract,typicallyonbehalfofhumans,
inordertocometomutuallyacceptableagreements.Awidescopeoftechnologiescan
help providethesupportneeded for reachingmutuallyacceptable agreements, suchas
argumentation and negotiation, trust and reputation, computational social choice,
coalition and team formation, coordination and distributed decision-making, and
semantic alignment, to name a few.
Thisyear,forthesecondtime,botheventswereco-locatedandrunasasingle,joint
event. This joint organization aimed to encourage and continue cross-fertilization
amongthebroaderEUMASandthemorespecializedATcommunities,andtoprovide
a richer and more attractive program to participants. While the technical program was
put together by their independent committees into conference-specific thematic ses-
sions, they shared keynote talks and aligned their schedules to minimize overlap and
enable participants to make the best possible use of the combined program of the two
conferences. Traditionally, both conference series have always followed a spirit of
providing a forum for discussion and an annual opportunity for primarily European
researcherstomeetandexchangeideas.Forthisreason,theyhavealways encouraged
submission of papers that report on both early and mature research. The peer-review
processescarriedoutbybothconferencesputgreatemphasisonensuringahighquality
of accepted contributions. The EUMAS Program Committee accepted 17 submissions
(32.7%)asfullpapersandanother16submissions(30.8%)asshortpapersoutofatotal
of 52 submissions. The AT review process resulted in the acceptance of seven full
(43.8%) and three short papers (18.8%) out of16 submissions overall.This volumeis
structuredasfollows:Inthefirstpart,wepresentthetwoinvitedpapers;inthesecond,
wepresenttheEUMASpapers,andinthethirdwepresenttheATpapers.Thepapers
of each part are then grouped into thematic areas, where we first present full papers,
followed by short papers. For the EUMAS papers, the thematic areas are:
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– Agent and Multi-agent System Models
– Algorithms
– Applications
– Simulations
– Theoretical Studies
For AT, the thematic areas are:
– Algorithms and Frameworks
– Applications
– Philosophical and Theoretical Studies
The editors would like to thank all authors for submitting to EUMAS and AT, all
participants, the invited speakers, the members of the Program Committees, and the
additional reviewers for putting together strong programs. We also thank the local
organizersfortheirhardworkorganizingtheevents.Finally,wewouldliketoexpress
ourgratitudetothesponsorsoftheconferences,theEuropeanAssociationforArtificial
Intelligence (EurAi), the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, the Escuela Técnica
Superior de Ingeniería Informática, and the Artificial Intelligence journal for their
generous support, without which this event would not have been possible.
March 2017 Natalia Criado
Carlos Carrascosa
Nardine Osman
Vicente Julian
Organization
EUMAS 2016 Co-chairs
Natalia Criado King’s College London, UK
Carlos Carrascosa Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
AT 2016 Co-chairs
Nardine Osman Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spain
Vicente Julian Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
EUMAS 2016 Program Committee
Alessandro Ricci University of Bologna, Italy
Alessio Lomuscio Imperial College London, UK
Amal El Fallah Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
Seghrouchni
Andrea Omicini Università di Bologna, Italy
Aniello Murano Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Brian Logan University of Nottingham, UK
Cristiano Castelfranchi Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (CNR),
Italy
Christopher Frantz Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
Christopher Hampson King’s College London, UK
Dominique Longin IRIT-CNRS, France
Edith Elkind University of Oxford, UK
Emiliano Lorini IRIT-CNRS, France
Emilio Serrano Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Emma Norling Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Estefania Argente Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Felipe Meneguzzi PontificalCatholicUniversityofRioGrandedoSul,Brazil
Franziska Kügl Örebro University, Sweden
Frederic Moisan Carnegie Mellon University, USA
George Vouros University of Piraeus, Greece
Ingo J. Timm University of Trier, Germany
Ingrid Nunes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
João Leite NOVA LINCS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
John-Jules Meyer Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Jörg P. Müller TU Clausthal, Germany
Jose M. Such Lancaster University, UK
Josh Murphy King’s College London, UK
Julian Padget University of Bath, UK
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Laurent Vercouter LITIS lab, INSA de Rouen, France
Lina Barakat King’s College London, UK
Louise Dennis University of Liverpool, UK
Marija Slavkovik University of Bergen, Norway
Massimo Cossentino National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Mehdi Dastani Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Michael Rovatsos University of Edinburgh, UK
Natasha Alechina University of Nottingham, UK
Neil Yorke-Smith American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Nicoletta Fornara Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
Nils Bulling Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Nir Oren University of Aberdeen, UK
Olivier Boissier ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France
Pablo Noriega Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC),
Spain
Paolo Turrini Imperial College London, UK
Paolo Torroni University of Bologna, Italy
Pavlos Moraitis LIPADE, Université Paris Descartes, France
Pinar Yolum Bogazici University, Turkey
Rubén Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Fuentes-Fernández
Samhar Mahmoud King’s College London, UK
Sanjay Modgil King’s College London, UK
Serena Villata Laboratoire d’Informatique, Signaux et Systèmes de
Sophia-Antipolis (CNRS), France
Sofia Ceppi University of Edinburgh, UK
Stella Heras Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Thomas C. King Lancaster University, UK
Vicent Botti Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Victor Sanchez-Anguix Coventry University, UK
Wamberto Vasconcelos University of Aberdeen, UK
AT 2016 Program Committee
Alberto Fernandez CETINIA, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Alexander Artikis NationalCentreofScientificResearchDemokritos,Greece
Carles Sierra Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC),
Spain
Carlos Chesñevar Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Cristiano Castelfranchi Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (CNR),
Italy
Denis Trcek University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elena Cabrio University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Elise Bonzon LIPADE, Universite Paris Descartes, France
Elizabeth Sklar King’s College London, UK
Emiliano Lorini IRIT-CNRS, France
Organization IX
Estefania Argente Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Eugenio Oliveira Universidade do Porto – LIACC, Portugal
Eva Onaindia Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Floriana Grasso University of Liverpool, UK
Floris Bex Utrecht University, The Netherlands
George Vouros University of Piraeus, Greece
Giulia Andrighetto Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (CNR),
Italy
Gordan Jezic University of Zagreb, Croatia
Holger Billhardt Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Jeroen Keppens King’s College London, UK
Jerome Lang LAMSADE, France
João Leite NOVA LINCS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Jordi Sabater Mir Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC),
Spain
Jörg Rothe Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
László Zsolt Varga ELTE, Hungary
Marcin Paprzycki IBS PAN and WSM, Poland
Marco Schorlemmer Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC),
Spain
Maria Ganzha University of Gdańsk, Poland
Matthias Klusch DFKI, Germany
Michael Ignaz University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
Schumacher (HES-SO), Switzerland
Miguel Rebollo Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Mirjana Ivanovic University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Nir Oren University of Aberdeen, UK
Paul Davidsson Malmö University, Sweden
Paulo Novais University of Minho, Portugal
Pompeu Casanovas Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Ryszard Kowalczyk Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Sara Rodriguez University of Salamanca, Spain
Sascha Ossowski Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Simon Parsons King’s College London, UK
Stella Heras Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Sylvie Doutre University of Toulouse 1, IRIT-CNRS, France
Victor Sanchez-Anguix Coventry University, UK
Viorel Negru West University of Timisoara, Romania