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                                                                          WOA	
  2011	
  
                                                    	
  12th	
  Workshop	
  on	
  Objects	
  and	
  Agents	
  
                                                                                 	
  
                Design	
  and	
  analysis	
  of	
  complex	
  systems	
  through	
  agent	
  based	
  modeling	
  and	
  simulation	
  
                                                                                 	
  
                                                            Rende	
  (CS),	
  4th-­‐6th	
  July	
  2011	
  
                                                                     University	
  Club	
  
                                                                 University	
  of	
  Calabria,	
  
                                                          Campus	
  of	
  Arcavacata,	
  Rende	
  (CS)	
  
	
  
	
  
The	
   agent	
   paradigm	
   is	
   an	
   approach	
   particularly	
   suitable	
   for	
   supporting	
   the	
   modeling	
   of	
   complex	
   systems	
   in	
  
a	
  variety	
  of	
  application	
  domains	
  (engineering,	
  economics,	
  finance,	
  logistics,	
  biophysics,	
  etc)	
  as	
  it	
  allows	
  to	
  
represent	
  a	
  system	
  at	
  different	
  levels	
  of	
  abstraction	
  in	
  terms	
  of	
  entities	
  that	
  are	
  autonomous,	
  interacting,	
  
organized	
  in	
  societies	
  and	
  directed	
  to	
  the	
  fulfillment	
  of	
  specific	
  objectives.	
  However,	
  when	
  such	
  paradigm	
  is	
  
used	
   for	
   the	
   construction	
   of	
   software	
   systems	
   to	
   be	
   deployed	
   in	
   dynamic	
   and	
   heterogeneous	
  
environments,	
   it	
   is	
   necessary	
   to	
   have	
   suitable	
   techniques	
   and	
   tools	
   for	
   the	
   validation	
   and	
   evaluation	
   of	
   the	
  
developed	
   systems	
   before	
   their	
   deployment:	
   among	
   such	
   techniques,	
   simulation	
   is	
   gaining	
   more	
   and	
   more	
  
interest.	
  
	
  
The	
   main	
   goal	
   of	
   the	
   2011	
   annual	
   WOA	
   meeting	
   was	
   to	
   discuss	
   new	
   ideas	
   and	
   results	
   obtained	
   in	
   the	
  
context	
  of	
  the	
  engineering	
  of	
  software-­‐intensive	
  complex	
  systems	
  through	
  agents	
  and	
  simulation.	
  
	
  
The	
   programme	
   of	
   the	
   workshop,	
   held	
   at	
   the	
   University	
   of	
   Calabria	
   in	
   July	
   4-­‐6,	
   included,	
   in	
   particular,	
   a	
  
Mini-­‐School,	
  which	
  took	
  place	
  on	
  July	
  4	
  and	
  delivered	
  the	
  following	
  tutorials:	
  
− An	
  introduction	
  to	
  cooperative	
  game	
  theory	
  (F.	
  Scarcello	
  –	
  University	
  of	
  Calabria);	
  
− The	
   role	
   of	
   Reliability	
   and	
   Reputation	
   in	
   competitive	
   multi-­‐agent	
   systems	
   (D.	
   Rosaci	
   -­‐	
   Università	
  
       Mediterranea	
  di	
  Reggio	
  Calabria);	
  
− Coordination	
   Models	
   and	
   Languages:	
   From	
   Parallel	
   Computing	
   to	
   Self-­‐Organisation	
   (A.	
   Omicini	
   -­‐	
  
       Università	
  di	
  Bologna);	
  
− Physical	
  agent	
  programming	
  in	
  Agentspeak/Jason	
  dialect:	
  pitfalls	
  and	
  pratfalls	
  (C.	
  Santoro	
  -­‐	
  Università	
  
       di	
  Catania);	
  
− Services	
   and	
   Agents	
   for	
   the	
   negotiation	
   and	
   management	
   of	
   Cloud	
   resources	
   provided	
   by	
  
       heterogeneous	
  providers	
  (B.	
  Di	
  Martino	
  e	
  S.	
  Venticinque	
  –	
  Seconda	
  Università	
  di	
  Napoli)	
  
	
  
The	
   scientific	
   contributions,	
   which	
   were	
   scheduled	
   for	
   July	
   5	
   and	
   6,	
   included	
   the	
   referred	
   as	
   well	
   as	
   the	
  
invited	
  papers	
  reported	
  in	
  these	
  proceedings.	
  In	
  particular,	
  the	
  invited	
  papers	
  are:	
  	
  	
  
− Multi-­‐agent	
  systems	
  and	
  Optimization	
  -­‐	
  Andrea	
  Schaerf	
  (DIEGM,	
  Università	
  di	
  Udine);	
  
− Dynamical	
   models	
   of	
   genetic	
   regulatory	
   networks	
   -­‐	
   Roberto	
   Serra	
   (ECLT—Venezia	
   e	
   Università	
   di	
  
       Modena);	
  
− Cloud	
   Computing	
   e	
   Software	
   Agents:	
   Challenges	
   and	
   Opportunities	
   -­‐	
   Domenico	
   Talia	
   (ICAR-­‐CNR	
   e	
  
       Università	
  della	
  Calabria).	
  
	
  
Moreover,	
   on	
   the	
   6th	
   of	
   July,	
   a	
   Panel	
   Session	
   on	
   the	
   applications	
   of	
   the	
   Agent	
   Technology	
   in	
   Industry	
  
involving	
  the	
  companies	
  belonging	
  to	
  Technest	
  (the	
  technological	
  incubator	
  of	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Calabria),	
  
was	
   held	
   and	
   a	
   session	
   dedicated	
   to	
   the	
   demonstration	
   of	
   prototypes	
   of	
   systems	
   based	
   on	
   agent	
  
technology,	
  offered	
  the	
  opportunities	
  to	
  see	
  agents	
  in	
  action.	
  
	
  
The	
   selected	
   scientific	
   articles	
   due	
   to	
   their	
   breadth	
   and	
   depth	
   with	
   respect	
   to	
   the	
   proposed	
   topics,	
   allowed	
  
to	
  analyze	
  the	
  state	
  of	
  the	
  art	
  of	
  techniques	
  and	
  methodologies	
  for	
  agent-­‐based	
  modeling	
  and	
  simulation,	
  
development	
   processes	
   based	
   on	
   simulation	
   of	
   multi-­‐agent	
   systems,	
   and	
   simulation	
   and	
   analysis	
   of	
  
emergent	
   behaviors	
   in	
   multi-­‐agent	
   systems.	
   Moreover	
   the	
   main	
   potential	
   directions	
   of	
   future	
   research	
  
were	
   identified	
   along	
   with	
   the	
   technologies	
   that	
   will	
   drive	
   future	
   innovation	
   in	
   the	
   multi-­‐agent	
   systems	
  
context.	
   Overall,	
   the	
   results	
   of	
   the	
   Workshop	
   could	
   provide	
   a	
   significant	
   contribution	
   to	
   two	
   important	
  
agent-­‐oriented	
   research	
   areas,	
   Agent-­‐Based	
   Simulation	
   (ABS)	
   and	
   Agent-­‐Oriented	
   Software	
   Engineering	
  
(AOSE),	
   so	
   promoting	
   their	
   convergence	
   and	
   integration	
   through	
   a	
   research	
   roadmap	
   agreed	
   by	
  
researchers	
  belonging	
  to	
  both	
  communities.	
  
	
  
The	
  Organizing	
  Scientific	
  Committee	
  would	
  like	
  to	
  thank	
  the	
  invited	
  speakers,	
  the	
  authors	
  of	
  the	
  scientific	
  
contributions	
   and	
   demos,	
   the	
   members	
   of	
   the	
   WOA	
   steering	
   and	
   program	
   committees,	
   and	
   all	
   people	
  
involved	
   in	
   the	
   organization	
   of	
   WOA	
   2011	
   whose	
   precious	
   contribution	
   made	
   possible	
   to	
   perform	
   such	
  
successful	
  initiative.	
  
	
  
The	
  Organizing	
  Scientific	
  Committee	
  
          Giancarlo	
  Fortino	
  (University	
  of	
  Calabria)	
  
          Alfredo	
  Garro	
  (University	
  of	
  Calabria)	
  
          Luigi	
  Palopoli	
  (University	
  of	
  Calabria)	
  
          Wilma	
  Russo	
  (University	
  of	
  Calabria)	
  
          Giandomenico	
  Spezzano	
  (National	
  Research	
  Council	
  -­‐	
  ICAR)	
  
	
  
WOA	
  2011	
  COMMITTEES	
  
	
  
The	
  Organizing	
  Scientific	
  Committee	
  
Giancarlo	
  Fortino	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  	
  
Alfredo	
  Garro	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
Luigi	
  Palopoli	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  	
  
Wilma	
  Russo	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  	
  	
  
Giandomenico	
  Spezzano	
  (ICAR-­‐CNR)	
  
	
  
The	
  Program	
  Committee	
  
Cristina	
  Baroglio	
  (U.	
  Torino)	
  
Lorenzo	
  Bettini	
  (U.	
  Torino)	
  
Giacomo	
  Cabri	
  (U.	
  Modena	
  e	
  Reggio	
  Emilia)	
  
Nicola	
  Cannata	
  (U.	
  Camerino)	
  
Flavio	
  De	
  Paoli	
  (U.	
  Milano	
  -­‐	
  Bicocca)	
  
Giuseppe	
  Di	
  Fatta	
  (U.	
  Reading	
  UK)	
  
Beniamino	
  Di	
  Martino	
  (Seconda	
  U.	
  Napoli)	
  
Rino	
  Falcone	
  (ISTC-­‐CNR)	
  
Paolo	
  Giorgini	
  (U.	
  Trento)	
  
Danilo	
  Gotta	
  (Telecom	
  Italia)	
  
Marco	
  Mamei	
  (U.	
  Modena	
  e	
  Reggio	
  Emilia)	
  
Sara	
  Manzoni	
  (U.	
  Milano	
  -­‐	
  Bicocca)	
  
Emanuela	
  Merelli	
  (U.	
  Camerino)	
  
Ambra	
  Molesini	
  (U.	
  Bologna)	
  
Vito	
  Morreale	
  (Engineering)	
  
Viviana	
  Patti	
  (U.	
  Torino)	
  
Anna	
  Perini	
  (Fondazione	
  Bruno	
  Kessler)	
  
Giovanni	
  Rimassa	
  (Whitestein	
  Tech,	
  Zurich)	
  
Domenico	
  Rosaci	
  (U.	
  Mediterranea	
  -­‐	
  Reggio	
  Calabria)	
  
Michele	
  Ruta	
  (U.	
  Bari	
  -­‐	
  Politecnico)	
  
Valeria	
  Seidita	
  (U.	
  Palermo)	
  
Luca	
  Sabatucci	
  (Fondazione	
  Bruno	
  Kessler)	
  
Francesco	
  Scarcello	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
Andrea	
  Schaerf	
  (U.	
  Udine)	
  
Giorgio	
  Terracina	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
Paola	
  Turci	
  (U.	
  Parma)	
  
Eloisa	
  Vargiu	
  (U.	
  Cagliari)	
  
Mirko	
  Viroli	
  (U.	
  Bologna	
  -­‐	
  Cesena)	
  
Domenico	
  Ursino	
  (U.	
  Mediterranea	
  -­‐	
  Reggio	
  Calabria)	
  
Eugenio	
  Zimeo	
  (U.	
  del	
  Sannio)	
  
	
  
The	
  Organizing	
  Local	
  Committee	
  
Giancarlo	
  Fortino	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  	
  
Alfredo	
  Garro	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
Raffaele	
  Gravina	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  	
  
Antonio	
  Guerrieri	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
Stefano	
  Galzarano	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
Andrea	
  Tundis	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
	
  
The	
  Mini-­‐School	
  Coordinator	
  
Luigi	
  Palopoli	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
	
  
	
  
The	
  Session	
  Demo	
  Coordinator	
  
Raffaele	
  Gravina	
  (U.	
  della	
  Calabria)	
  
	
  
The	
  WOA	
  Steering	
  Committee	
  
Giuliano	
  Armano	
  (U.	
  Cagliari)	
  
Federico	
  Bergenti	
  (U.	
  Parma)	
  
Matteo	
  Baldoni	
  (U.	
  Torino)	
  
Massimo	
  Cossentino	
  (ICAR-­‐CNR)	
  
Viviana	
  Mascardi	
  (U.	
  Genova)	
  
Andrea	
  Omicini	
  (U.	
  Bologna	
  -­‐	
  Cesena)	
  
Agostino	
  Poggi	
  (U.	
  Parma)	
  
Alessandro	
  Ricci	
  (U.	
  Bologna	
  -­‐	
  Cesena)	
  
Corrado	
  Santoro	
  (U.	
  Catania)	
  
Giuseppe	
  Vizzari	
  (U.	
  Milano	
  -­‐	
  Bicocca)	
  
Franco	
  Zambonelli	
  (U.	
  Modena	
  e	
  Reggio	
  Emilia)