AAMAS 2009: Budapest, Hungary
Carles Sierra, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Keith S. Decker, Jaime Simão Sichman (Eds.): 8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), Budapest, Hungary, May 10-15, 2009, Volume 2. IFAAMAS 2009 ISBN 978-0-9817381-7-8
Multi-agent learning
Todd Hester, Peter Stone: Generalized model learning for reinforcement learning in factored domains. 717-724
Natalia Akchurina: Multiagent reinforcement learning: algorithm converging to Nash equilibrium in general-sum discounted stochastic games. 725-732
Lihong Li, Michael L. Littman, Christopher R. Mansley: Online exploration in least-squares policy iteration. 733-739
Shivaram Kalyanakrishnan, Peter Stone: An empirical analysis of value function-based and policy search reinforcement learning. 749-756
Chongjie Zhang, Sherief Abdallah, Victor R. Lesser: Integrating organizational control into multi-agent learning. 757-764
Ian A. Kash, Eric J. Friedman, Joseph Y. Halpern: Multiagent learning in large anonymous games. 765-772
Francisco S. Melo, Manuela M. Veloso: Learning of coordination: exploiting sparse interactions in multiagent systems. 773-780
Kevin Waugh, David Schnizlein, Michael H. Bowling, Duane Szafron: Abstraction pathologies in extensive games. 781-788
Organizations/social networks
Ramachandra Kota, Nicholas Gibbins, Nicholas R. Jennings: Self-organising agent organisations. 797-804
Anil Gürsel, Sandip Sen: Producing timely recommendations from social networks through targeted search. 805-812
Tiberiu Stratulat, Jacques Ferber, John Tranier: MASQ: towards an integral approach to interaction. 813-820
Prasanna Velagapudi, Oleg A. Prokopyev, Katia P. Sycara, Paul Scerri: Analyzing the performance of randomized information sharing. 821-828
Sachin Kamboj: Analyzing the tradeoffs between breakup and cloning in the context of organizational self-design. 829-836
Chung-Yuan Huang, Yu-Shiuan Tsai, Chuen-Tsai Sun: Effects of resource and remembering on social networks. 837-842
Argumentation/dialogue/protocols
Matteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, Amit K. Chopra, Nirmit Desai, Viviana Patti, Munindar P. Singh: Choice, interoperability, and conformance in interaction protocols and service choreographies. 843-850
Paul E. Dunne, Anthony Hunter, Peter McBurney, Simon Parsons, Michael Wooldridge: Inconsistency tolerance in weighted argument systems. 851-858
Elizabeth Black, Katie Atkinson: Dialogues that account for different perspectives in collaborative argumentation. 867-874
Ece Kamar, Ya'akov Gal, Barbara J. Grosz: Incorporating helpful behavior into collaborative planning. 875-882
Yuqing Tang, Timothy J. Norman, Simon Parsons: A model for integrating dialogue and the execution of joint plans. 883-890
Planning/search

Viliam Lisý, Branislav Bosanský, Michal Jakob, Michal Pechoucek: Adversarial search with procedural knowledge heuristic. 899-906
Prashant Doshi, Yifeng Zeng: Improved approximation of interactive dynamic influence diagrams using discriminative model updates. 907-914
Archie C. Chapman, Rosa Anna Micillo, Ramachandra Kota, Nicholas R. Jennings: Decentralised dynamic task allocation: a practical game: theoretic approach. 915-922
Akshat Kumar, Boi Faltings, Adrian Petcu: Distributed constraint optimization with structured resource constraints. 923-930
Xiaoxun Sun, William Yeoh, Po-An Chen, Sven Koenig: Simple optimization techniques for A*-based search. 931-936
Commitments/logical approaches

Mika Cohen, Mads Dam, Alessio Lomuscio, Francesco Russo: Abstraction in model checking multi-agent systems. 945-952
Mingzhong Wang, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, Jinjun Chen: Reasoning intra-dependency in commitments for robust scheduling. 953-960
Nicolas Troquard, Wiebe van der Hoek, Michael Wooldridge: A logic of games and propositional control. 961-968
Valentin Goranko, Dmitry Shkatov: Tableau-based decision procedure for full coalitional multiagent temporal-epistemic logic of linear time. 969-976
Jirí Vokrínek, Antonín Komenda, Michal Pechoucek: Decommitting in multi-agent execution in non-deterministic environment: experimental approach. 977-984
Reputation and trust
Oly Mistry, Anil Gürsel, Sandip Sen: Comparing trust mechanisms for monitoring aggregator nodes in sensor networks. 985-992
Isaac Pinyol, Jordi Sabater-Mir: Pragmatic-strategic reputation-based decisions in BDI agents. 1001-1008
Martin Rehák, Eugen Staab, Michal Pechoucek, Jan Stiborek, Martin Grill, Karel Bartos: Dynamic information source selection for intrusion detection systems. 1009-1016
Babak Khosravifar, Maziar Gomrokchi, Jamal Bentahar, Philippe Thiran: Maintenance-based trust for multi-agent systems. 1017-1024
Chung-Wei Hang, Yonghong Wang, Munindar P. Singh: Operators for propagating trust and their evaluation in social networks. 1025-1032
Negotiation/conflict resolution
Katsutoshi Hirayama, Toshihiro Matsui, Makoto Yokoo: Adaptive price update in distributed Lagrangian relaxation protocol. 1033-1040
S. Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings: An analysis of feasible solutions for multi-issue negotiation involving nonlinear utility functions. 1041-1048
Minyi Li, Quoc Bao Vo, Ryszard Kowalczyk: Searching for fair joint gains in agent-based negotiation. 1049-1056
Ivan Marsá-Maestre, Miguel A. López-Carmona, Juan R. Velasco, Enrique de la Hoz: Effective bidding and deal identification for negotiations in highly nonlinear scenarios. 1057-1064
Toshihiro Matsui, Marius-Calin Silaghi, Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo, Hiroshi Matsuo: Directed soft arc consistency in pseudo trees. 1065-1072
Agent reasoning/deliberation/decision mechanisms
Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Katie Atkinson, Peter McBurney: Altruism and agents: an argumentation based approach to designing agent decision mechanisms. 1073-1080
Budhitama Subagdja, Ah-Hwee Tan: A self-organizing neural network architecture for intentional planning agents. 1081-1088

Lavindra de Silva, Sebastian Sardiña, Lin Padgham: First principles planning in BDI systems. 1105-1112
Jonathan Y. Ito, David V. Pynadath, Stacy C. Marsella: Self-deceptive decision making: normative and descriptive insights. 1113-1120
Agents

Sabrina Campano, Nicolas Sabouret: A socio-emotional model of impoliteness for non-player characters. 1123-1124
Paul Richmond, Simon Coakley, Daniela M. Romano: A high performance agent based modelling framework on graphics card hardware with CUDA. 1125-1126
Célia da Costa Pereira, Andrea Tettamanzi: Goal generation from beliefs based on trust and distrust. 1127-1128
Maaike Harbers, Karel van den Bosch, John-Jules Ch. Meyer: A methodology for developing self-explaining agents for virtual training. 1129-1130
Etienne de Sevin: Relation between motivations and personality traits for autonomous virtual humans. 1131-1132
Georgios K. Giannikis, Aspassia Daskalopulu: The role of assumption identification in autonomous agent reasoning. 1135-1136
Derek J. Sollenberger, Munindar P. Singh: Koko: architecture and methodology for engineering social affective applications. 1137-1138
Tiago De Lima, Lambèr M. M. Royakkers, Frank Dignum: Behaving responsible in multi-agent worlds. 1139-1140
André M. C. Campos, Frank Dignum, Virginia Dignum, Alberto Signoretti, Anne Magály, Sérgio V. Fialho: A process-oriented approach to model agent personality. 1141-1142

Koen V. Hindriks, Catholijn M. Jonker, Wietske Visser: Reasoning about multi-attribute preferences. 1147-1148
Gustavo Aranda Bada, Vicente J. Botti, Carlos Carrascosa: MMOG based on MAS: the MMOG layer. 1149-1150
Amrudin Agovic, Maria L. Gini, Arindam Banerjee: Semi-supervised learning of user-preferred travel schedules. 1151-1152
Shakil M. Khan, Yves Lespérance: Handling prioritized goals and subgoals in a logical account of goal change. 1155-1156
Xin Sui, Ho-Fung Leung: An adaptive bidding strategy for combinatorial auctions-based resource allocation in dynamic markets. 1157-1158
Fabiano Dalpiaz, Paolo Giorgini, John Mylopoulos: Software self-reconfiguration: a BDI-based approach. 1159-1160
Debbie Richards, Meredith Taylor, John Porte: Practically intelligent agents aiding human intelligence. 1161-1162
Environments
Nir Pochter, Aviv Zohar, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein: Using swamps to improve optimal pathfinding. 1163-1164
Tibor Bosse, Rianne van Lambalgen, Peter-Paul van Maanen, Jan Treur: An interface agent for attention manipulation. 1167-1168
Ian Fasel, Michael Quinlan, Peter Stone: A task specification language for bootstrap learning. 1169-1170
Pawel Dybala, Michal Ptaszynski, Rafal Rzepka, Kenji Araki: Humoroids: conversational agents that induce positive emotions with humor. 1171-1172
Tamás Mészáros, Tadeusz P. Dobrowiecki: Controlled natural languages for interface agents. 1173-1174
Jan D. Gehrke, Arne Schuldt: Incorporating knowledge about interaction for uniform agent design for simulation and operation. 1175-1176
Miguel Rebollo: Small world model for agent search. 1177-1178
Arlette van Wissen, Jurriaan van Diggelen, Virginia Dignum: The effects of cooperative agent behavior on human cooperativeness. 1179-1180
Interactions
Eduardo Rodrigues Gomes, Ryszard Kowalczyk: Modelling the dynamics of multiagent Q-learning with ε-greedy exploration. 1181-1182

Laurent Mazuel, Nicolas Sabouret: A communication protocol for semantic heterogeneity with incomplete ontology alignment. 1187-1188
Xavier Rafael Palou, Michael Rovatsos: Collaborative agent-based learning with limited data exchange. 1191-1192
Ioannis Partalas, Grigorios Tsoumakas, Konstantinos Tzevanidis, Ioannis P. Vlahavas: Transferring experience in reinforcement learning through task decomposition. 1193-1194
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Theodore C. Belding, Robert Bisson, Sven A. Brueckner, Elizabeth Downs, Rainer Hilscher: Stigmergic reasoning over hierarchical task networks. 1195-1196
Kenny Daniel, Sven Koenig: Fast winner determination for agent coordination with SBB auctions. 1197-1198
Christian Hahn, Ingo Zinnikus, Stefan Warwas, Klaus Fischer: From agent interaction protocols to executable code: a model-driven approach. 1199-1200
Reyhan Aydogan, Pinar Yolum: Learning disjunctive preferences for negotiating effectively. 1201-1202
Ivana Dusparic, Vinny Cahill: Multi-policy optimization in decentralized autonomic systems. 1203-1204
Prashant Doshi: Compact approximations of mixture distributions for state estimation in multiagent settings. 1207-1208
Li Jin: Stability oriented task-structure based multi-agent replanning. 1209-1210
Jian Feng Zhang, Quoc Bao Vo, Ryszard Kowalczyk: Theoretic study of distributed graph planning. 1211-1212
Guido Boella, Souhila Kaci, Leendert van der Torre: Dynamics in argumentation with single extensions: attack refinement and the grounded extension. 1213-1214
Guido Boella, Joris Hulstijn, Leendert van der Torre: Social network semantics for agent communication. 1215-1216
Matteo Cristani, Elisa Burato: A complete classification of ethical attitudes in multiple agent systems. 1217-1218
Jan Richter, Ryszard Kowalczyk: Mixing behaviour-dependent and -independent tactics in multi-issue negotiation. 1219-1220
Marc J. V. Ponsen, Tom Croonenborghs, Karl Tuyls, Jan Ramon, Kurt Driessens: Learning with whom to communicate using relational reinforcement learning. 1221-1222
Ioannis A. Vetsikas, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings: Pick-a-bundle: a novel bundling strategy for selling multiple items within online auctions. 1225-1226
Guillaume Escamocher, Peter Bro Miltersen, Rocio Santillan R.: Existence and computation of equilibria of first-price auctions with integral valuations and bids. 1227-1228
Tatsuya Kasai, Hayato Kobayashi, Ayumi Shinohara: Improvement of the performance using received message on learning of communication codes. 1229-1230
Hywel R. Dunn-Davies, Jim Cunningham: Verifying realizability and reachability in recursive interaction protocol specifications. 1233-1234
David Lee, Inés Arana, Hatem Ahriz, Kit-Ying Hui: A hybrid approach to solving coarse-grained DisCSPs. 1235-1236
Johnsen Kho, Long Tran-Thanh, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings: Decentralised control of adaptive sampling and routing in wireless visual sensor networks. 1237-1238
Meritxell Vinyals, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, Jesús Cerquides: Generalizing DPOP: Action-GDL, a new complete algorithm for DCOPs. 1239-1240
Paul Doran, Valentina A. M. Tamma, Ignazio Palmisano, Terry R. Payne: Efficient argumentation over ontology correspondences. 1241-1242
Koen V. Hindriks, Catholijn M. Jonker, Dmytro Tykhonov: Using opponent models for efficient negotiation. 1243-1244
Rodolphe Charrier, Christine Bourjot, François Charpillet: Modeling swarm phenomena using logistic agents: application to a predators-prey pursuit. 1245-1246
Yathiraj B. Udupi, Munindar P. Singh: Formal aspects of classifying and selecting business services. 1247-1248
Stefan J. Witwicki, Edmund H. Durfee: Flexible approximation of structured interactions in decentralized Markov decision processes. 1251-1252
Alan Holland: Welfare losses in commodity storage games. 1253-1254
Michael Kaisers, Karl Tuyls, Simon Parsons, Frank Thuijsman: An evolutionary model of multi-agent learning with a varying exploration rate. 1255-1256
Cheng Wu, Waleed Meleis: Fuzzy Kanerva-based function approximation for reinforcement learning. 1257-1258
Enrico H. Gerding, Alex Rogers, Kate Larson, Nick R. Jennings: Mechanism design for task procurement with flexible quality of service. 1259-1260
Philip Hendrix, Ya'akov Gal, Avi Pfeffer: Learning whom to trust: using graphical models for learning about information providers. 1261-1262
James Atlas: A distributed constraint optimization approach for coordination under uncertainty. 1263-1264
Antonio Del Giudice, Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz, Josh Bryan: Towards strategic Kriegspiel play with opponent modeling. 1265-1266
Dan Erusalimchik, Gal A. Kaminka, Shai Shlomai, Dov Miron, Sarit Kraus: Adaptive multi-robot coordination based on resource spending velocity. 1269-1270
Adrian K. Agogino, Kagan Tumer: Improving air traffic management through agent suggestions. 1271-1272
Maíra Ribeiro Rodrigues, Michael Luck: Effective multiagent interactions for open cooperative systems rich in services. 1273-1274
Jiefei Ma, Alessandra Russo, Krysia Broda, Emil Lupu: Multi-agent planning with confidentiality. 1275-1276
Newsha Khani, Kagan Tumer: Learning from actions not taken: a multiagent learning algorithm. 1277-1278
Rachel Greenstadt: An overview of privacy improvements to k-optimal DCOP algorithms. 1279-1280
Rajiv T. Maheswaran, Craig Milo Rogers, Romeo Sanchez, Pedro A. Szekely, Gergely Gati, Kevin Smyth, Chris VanBuskirk: Multi-agent systems for the real world. 1281-1282
Masashi Iwakami, Takayuki Ito, Joaquin Delgado: A dynamic interest rate adjusting mechanism for online social lending. 1283-1284
Yuko Sakurai, Yasumasa Saito, Atsushi Iwasaki, Makoto Yokoo: Sequential partition mechanism for strongly budget-balanced redistribution. 1285-1286
Katsuhide Fujita, Takayuki Ito, Mark Klein: Approximately fair and secure protocols for multiple interdependent issues negotiation. 1287-1288
Social/organizational aspects
Yoram Bachrach, Reshef Meir, Michael Zuckerman, Jörg Rothe, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein: The cost of stability in weighted voting games. 1289-1290
Carlos Carrascosa, Adriana Giret, Vicente Julián, Miguel Rebollo, Estefania Argente, Vicente J. Botti: Service oriented MAS: an open architecture. 1291-1292
Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig, Dominique Longin: Logical formalization of social commitments: application to agent communication languages. 1293-1294
Gianluigi Greco, Enrico Malizia, Luigi Palopoli, Francesco Scarcello: Constrained coalitional games: formal framework, properties, and complexity results. 1295-1296
Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa, Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro: Introducing social groups and group exchanges in the PopOrg model. 1297-1298
Sharmila Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis, Martin K. Purvis: Tag-based model for knowledge sharing in agent society. 1299-1300
Jordi Campos Miralles, Maite López-Sánchez, Marc Esteva: Coordination support in multi-agent systems. 1301-1302

Henrique Lopes Cardoso, Eugénio C. Oliveira: Flexible deadlines for directed obligations in agent-based business contracts. 1307-1308
Shelley Zhang, Ping Xuan, Bhumit Patel: Managing operations in multiagent virtual organizations. 1309-1310
Samir Hamichi, Zahia Guessoum, Diana Mangalagiu: A multi-agent system of adaptive production networks. 1311-1312
Martin J. Kollingbaum, Joseph A. Giampapa, Katia P. Sycara, Timothy J. Norman, Chris Burnett, Daniele Masato: Automated aiding strategies for decentralized planning with interdependent policies. 1313-1314
Sarah N. Lim Choi Keung, Nathan Griffiths: Networking for multi-agents: beyond a local view. 1315-1316
Patrice Caire, Leendert van der Torre: Temporal dependence networks for the design of convivial multiagent systems. 1317-1318
Tony White, Shawn McQuaker, Amirali Salehi-Abari: Using relational concept knowledge to improve search in referral networks. 1321-1322
Lukas König, Sanaz Mostaghim, Hartmut Schmeck: Online and onboard evolution of robotic behavior using finite state machines. 1325-1326
Ryan Carr, Eric Raboin, Austin Parker, Dana S. Nau: Within epsilon of optimal play in the cultaptation social learning game. 1327-1328

Comprehensive/cross-cutting

Michael Garlick, Maria Chli: The effect of social influence and curfews on civil violence. 1335-1336
Samer Hassan, Luis Antunes, Juan Pavón: A data-driven simulation of social values evolution. 1337-1338
Ingrid Nunes, Uirá Kulesza, Camila Nunes, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena: A domain engineering process for developing multi-agent systems product lines. 1339-1340
Tsunenori Mine, Akihiro Kogo, Satoshi Amamiya, Makoto Amamiya: Refinement of the ACP2P by sharing user-feedbacks and learning query-responder-agent-relationships. 1341-1342
Scott J. Harmon, Scott A. DeLoach, Robby: From abstract qualities to concrete specification using guidance policies. 1343-1344
Zahra Kodia, Lamjed Ben Said, Khaled Ghédira: SiSMar: social multi-agent based simulation of stock market. 1345-1346

Thomas Konnerth, Silvan Kaiser, Alexander Thiele, Jan Keiser, Dai Labor: MAMS service framework. 1351-1352
Xiaocong Fan: On time-stressed team collaboration. 1353-1354
Jan Sudeikat, Wolfgang Renz: Supporting agent-oriented designs with models of macroscopic system behavior. 1355-1356
Lacramioara Astefanoaei, Frank S. de Boer, Mehdi Dastani: On coordination, autonomy and time. 1357-1358
Shivaram Kalyanakrishnan, Peter Stone: Learning complementary multiagent behaviors: a case study. 1359-1360
Walamitien H. Oyenan, Scott A. DeLoach, Gurdip Singh: A service-oriented approach for integrating multiagent system designs. 1363-1364
Harith Siddhartha, Rahul Sarika, Kamalakar Karlapalem: Retrospective analysis of RoboCup rescue simulation agent teams. 1365-1366
William Groves, John Collins, Maria L. Gini: Visualization and analysis methods for comparing agent behavior in TAC SCM. 1367-1368
Hiromitsu Hattori, Yuu Nakajima, Toru Ishida: Agent modeling with individual human behaviors. 1369-1370
Academic demos
Ruth Aylett, Michael Kriegel, Mei Yii Lim, João Dias, Karin Leichtenstern, Wan Ching Ho, Paola Rizzo: ORIENT: interactive agents for stage-based role-play. 1371-1372



Fred Charles, David Pizzi, Marc Cavazza, Thurid Vogt, Elisabeth André: EmoEmma: emotional speech input for interactive storytelling. 1381-1382
Debora Field, Roberta Catizone, Weiwei Cheng, Alexiei Dingli, Simon Worgan, Lei Ye, Yorick Wilks: The senior companion: a semantic web dialogue system. 1383-1384
H. L. Zhang, Zhiqi Shen, Xuehong Tao, Chunyan Miao, B. Li, Ailiya, Yundong Cai: Emotional agent in serious game (DINO). 1385-1386
Leelani Kumari Wickramasinghe, Christian Guttmann, Michael P. Georgeff, Hamid Gharib, Ian E. Thomas, Simon G. Thompson, Heinz W. Schmidt: Agent-based intelligent collaborative care management. 1387-1388
Andrea Giovannucci, Jesús Cerquides, Ulle Endriss, Meritxell Vinyals, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, Bruno Rosell: A mixed multi-unit combinatorial auctions test suite. 1389-1390
Michael H. Bowling, Nicholas Abou Risk, Nolan Bard, Darse Billings, Neil Burch, Joshua Davidson, John Alexander Hawkin, Robert Holte, Michael Johanson, Morgan Kan, Bryce Paradis, Jonathan Schaeffer, David Schnizlein, Duane Szafron, Kevin Waugh, Martin Zinkevich: A demonstration of the Polaris poker system. 1391-1392
Juan C. García-Ojeda, Scott A. DeLoach, Robby: agentTool III: from process definition to code generation. 1393-1394
Stefano Bromuri, Visara Urovi, Maxime Morge, Kostas Stathis, Francesca Toni: A multi-agent system for service discovery, selection and negotiation. 1395-1396
Koen V. Hindriks, Catholijn M. Jonker, Sarit Kraus, Raz Lin, Dmytro Tykhonov: Genius: negotiation environment for heterogeneous agents. 1397-1398
Radoslaw Niewiadomski, Elisabetta Bevacqua, Maurizio Mancini, Catherine Pelachaud: Greta: an interactive expressive ECA system. 1399-1400
Antonín Komenda, Jirí Vokrínek, Michal Pechoucek, Gerhard Wickler, Jeff Dalton, Austin Tate: Distributed planning and coordination in non-deterministic environments. 1401-1402
Jirí Hodík, Jirí Vokrínek, Stefan Bollhalter, Bruno Landau: Virtual organization management eServices. 1403-1404

Industrial demos
Klaas Thoelen, Sam Michiels, Wouter Joosen, Koen Vangheluwe, Katja Verbeeck: A sensor middleware and agent-based communication platform for supply-chain management. 1409-1410
Viet Dung Dang, Steve Osborn, Gary Vickers, Malcolm Bridgeford: Aerogility: an intelligent decision support system for managing service-based aftermarkets. 1411-1412
Dominic A. P. Greenwood, Branislav Burdiliak, Ivan Trencanský, Hartmut Armbruster, Christian Dannegger: GreenWave distributed traffic intersection control. 1413-1414
Armando Robles P, Pablo Noriega, Francisco J. Cantú Ortiz: An agent oriented hotel information system. 1415-1416
Student demos
Ismel Brito, Isaac Pinyol, Daniel Villatoro, Jordi Sabater-Mir: HIHEREI: human interaction within hybrid environments regulated through electronic institutions. 1417-1418
Michael Apostolou, Alexander Artikis: Evaluating dynamic protocols for open agent systems. 1419-1420
Brandyn Allen White, Ladislau Bölöni: A system for monitoring and interpreting team actions of embodied agents. 1421-1422
Patrizio Barbini, Yining Wu, Martin Caminada: An implementation of argument based discussion. 1425-1426



