AAMAS 2017. Sixteenth International Conference on Antonomous Agents and Multiagent Sytems. Sao Paulo - Brazil. 8th - 12th May, 2017
AAMAS 2017. Sixteenth International Conference on Antonomous Agents and Multiagent Sytems. Sao Paulo - Brazil. 8th - 12th May, 2017
AAMAS 2017. Sixteenth International Conference on Antonomous Agents and Multiagent Sytems. Sao Paulo - Brazil. 8th - 12th May, 2017
 
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Submission Instructions


Please use the AAMAS 2017 paper submission system to submit your paper (in PDF format). The instructions for how to register and submit your paper will be provided at the submission site. In order to register your paper (deadline 11th of November, 2016), you will need to provide basic information about the submission including its title, abstract, keywords, and author(s). You do not need to upload the full PDF for registering a paper submission, but the full PDF must be uploaded before the paper submission deadline (15th of November, 2016).

Note: The submission system closes for abstract and paper submission at 23:59 UTC-12 on the 11th and 15th of November, respectively.

Authors are encouraged to reference and discuss all published literature relevant to the paper, including their own. To ensure the effectiveness of the double-blind review process, authors are requested to ensure the paper registration number (provided upon paper registration) is used on the front page instead of the author names. In addition, authors are requested to ensure that any references to their own previous work are made in a way that does not disclose their identity. For example, instead of "in previous work, we have shown X [ref]" authors are asked to consider expressions such as "X was shown in [ref]". Authors are also asked to ensure that the PDF file submitted does not contain embedded identifying information. Also, please make sure any references to things like project/group names or webpages do not give away the authors' identity. Identifying information can be added at the authors' discretion in the final version of the paper.

If part of the work has been previously published, authors are strongly encouraged to cite and compare/contrast the new contributions with the parts that were already published before. The paper must substantially extend the previously published work.

 

Formatting Instructions

The page limit for AAMAS 2017 full-paper submissions is 8 pages, except for the bibliographic references, which are unlimited (i.e., if the paper is longer than 8 pages, any extra page after the 8th must only contain bibliographic references).

Papers submitted to the Blue Sky special track, formerly called Challenges and Vision, must not exceed 4 pages in total (excluding required references). Submissions to the Industrial Applications sub-track of the Innovative and Industrial Applications Special Track should follow the specific submission requirements for that sub-track, as detailed in the call for papers, which require that authors submit a presentation of their work in whatever electronic medium best shows the AAMAS relevant features of the application, along with a single page document briefly summarizing what interesting agent technologies are featured in the deployed system and the impacts those technologies have had. The single page document can be in any reasonable format. Submissions to the Innovative Applications sub-track must follow the same formatting requirements as the main track of the conference.

The format follows the ACM proceedings guidelines and consists of balanced double columns, 9 pt text, 1" (2.54cm) margins top and bottom, and 0.75" (1.9cm) margins left and right. Each column is 3.33" (8.45cm) wide with a separation of 0.33" (0.83cm).

Authors are encouraged to use the LaTeX style file (aamas2017.cls) provided for formatting AAMAS 2017 submissions. The style file aamas2017.cls should be used for both full papers (8 pages plus extra pages with only bibliographic references if needed) as well as Blue Sky papers (no more than 4 pages in total). There is also an ACM Word template but LaTeX is strongly preferred (and remember that only PDF files can be uploaded). An example of a latex file using the required style files for formatting AAMAS 2017 submissions is provided in here - aamas2017_example.zip.

Please do not modify the style files or any layout parameters.

To ensure all submissions are treated fairly and equally, authors are asked to follow all the instructions above. Submitted papers might be rejected without reviewing if they do not adhere to all the above requirements.

 

Mandatory Sections

The mandatory sections of the ACM styles are also mandatory for AAMAS 2017 submissions. According to ACM: "these index terms affect the ease and accuracy of retrieval within the Digital Library which ultimately benefits authors by allowing for greater distribution of their work". Thus, although it may not be trivial to find the appropriate classification information, you should make an effort filling in the following sections.

Categories and Subject Descriptors:

  • Details of the ACM Computing Classification Scheme are available here.

Keywords:

  • This section contains your choice of terms by which you would like your paper to be indexed. Please refer to the Call for Papers page for a list of topics used for paper classification within the AAMAS 2017 submission system.