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Special Issue on Multiagent Interaction without Prior Coordination</b><br>
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Published in the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent
Systems<br>
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++ Submission deadline: December 15, 2015 ++<br>
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Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mipc.inf.ed.ac.uk/journal">http://mipc.inf.ed.ac.uk/journal</a><br>
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<b>Description</b><br>
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Interaction between agents is the defining attribute of multiagent
systems, encompassing problems of planning in a decentralised
setting, learning other agent models, composing teams with high task
performance, and selected resource-bounded communication and
coordination. There is significant variety in methodologies used to
solve such problems, including symbolic reasoning about negotiation
and argumentation, distributed optimisation methods, machine
learning methods such as multiagent reinforcement learning, etc. The
majority of these well studied methods depend on some form of prior
coordination. Often, the coordination is at the level of problem
definition. For example, learning algorithms may assume that all
agents share a common learning method or prior beliefs, distributed
optimisation methods may assume specific structural constraints
regarding the partition of state space or cost/rewards, and symbolic
methods often make strong assumptions regarding norms and protocols.
However, in realistic problems, these assumptions are easily
violated – calling for new models and algorithms that specifically
address the case of multiagent interaction without prior
coordination. Similar issues are also becoming increasingly more
pertinent in human-machine interactions, where there is a need for
intelligent adaptive behaviour and assumptions regarding prior
knowledge and communication are problematic.<br>
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This special issue seeks mature high-quality research related to
multiagent interaction without prior coordination. This includes
empirical and theoretical investigations of issues arising from
assumptions regarding prior coordination in interactive settings, as
well as solutions in the form of novel models and algorithms for
effective multiagent interaction without prior coordination.<br>
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<b>Topics</b><br>
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A non-exclusive list of relevant topics includes:<br>
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- Agent coordination and cooperation without prior coordination<br>
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- Learning and adaptation in multiagent systems without prior
coordination<br>
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- Team formation and information sharing in ad hoc teamwork
settings<br>
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- Human-machine interaction without prior coordination<br>
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- Teammate/opponent modelling and plan recognition without prior
coordination<br>
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- Game theory/incomplete information applied to ad hoc agent
coordination<br>
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- Empirical and theoretical investigations of issues arising from
prior assumptions<br>
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- Ad hoc coordination in the presence of adversaries<br>
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<b>Submission Details</b><br>
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- Articles can be submitted until December 15, 2015 via
EditorialManager (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://agnt.edmgr.com">http://agnt.edmgr.com</a>). After registering as an
author, click on "Submit New Manuscript" and choose "S.I. :
Multiagent Interaction without Prior Coordination" as the article
type. Articles must follow the formatting guidelines of JAAMAS
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/10458?detailsPage=pltci_2505868">http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/10458?detailsPage=pltci_2505868</a>).<br>
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- Articles will be selected via a single-blind peer review process,
based on novelty, significance, technical quality, and clarity.
Please include all author names and affiliations.<br>
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- Reviewing of articles begins immediately after submission.
However, given the limited space of the special issue, we will in
most cases have to wait until all submitted articles have been
reviewed before a decision can be made. Only in clear accept or
reject cases will we send an early notification.<br>
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- Note that although this special issue is motivated by the AAAI
workshop series on MIPC (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mipc.inf.ed.ac.uk">http://mipc.inf.ed.ac.uk</a>), there is no
special treatment for workshop authors.<br>
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<b>Guest Editors</b><br>
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- Stefano V. Albrecht (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:s.v.albrecht@sms.ed.ac.uk">s.v.albrecht@sms.ed.ac.uk</a>), The University
of Edinburgh, United Kingdom<br>
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- Somchaya Liemhetcharat (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:liemhet-s@i2r.a-star.edu.sg">liemhet-s@i2r.a-star.edu.sg</a>), Institute
for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore<br>
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- Peter Stone (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pstone@cs.utexas.edu">pstone@cs.utexas.edu</a>), The University of Texas at
Austin, USA
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