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AAMAS 2013

Takayuki Ito, Catholijn Jonker, Maria Gini, Onn Shehory (editors), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS'13, May 6-10, 2013, St. Paul, MN, USA. ISBN 978-1-4503-1993-5.


Table of Contents

Introduction
Takayuki Ito (Nagoya Institute of Technology)

Catholijn Jonker (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Maria Gini (University of Minnesota, USA)
Onn Shehory (IBM Haifa Research Lab)

AAMAS 2013 Organizing Committee

AAMAS 2013 Senior Program Committee

AAMAS 2013 Program Committee List

AAMAS 2013 Auxiliary Reviewers

AAMAS 2013 Sponsors & Supporters

Call for Participation (AAMAS'14)


Invited Talks

Session: C3 - Social & Organizational Structure

Session: E5 - Human-Robot Interaction & Reasoning

Session: A1 - Robotics I

Session: C4 - Normative Systems

Session: F1 - Innovative Applications I

Session: A2 - Robotics II

Session: C5 - Teamwork, Coalition, Coordination

Session: F2 - Innovative Applications II

Session: A3 - Robotics III

Session: D1 - Planning

Session: F3 - Formal Approaches

Session: A4 - Simulation

Session: D2 - Virtual Agents I

Session: F4 - Learning I

Session: A5 - Distributed Problem Solving

Session: D3 - Auction & Mechanism Design I

Session: F5 - Learning II

Session: B1 - Game Theory I

Session: D4 - Auction & Mechanism Design II

Poster Session 1 - Extended Abstracts 1

Session: B2 - Game Theory II

Session: D5 - Negotiation & Cooperation

Poster Session 2 - Extended Abstracts 2

Session: B3 - Game Theory III

Session: E1 - Virtual Agents II

Poster Session 3 - Extended Abstracts 3

Session: B4 - Game Theory IV

Session: E2 - Challenges and Visions

Poster Session 4 - Extended Abstracts 4

Session: C1 - Social Choice I

Session: E3 - Trust, Reliability & Reputation

Session: Demo Papers

Session: C2 - Social Choice II

Session: E4 - Formal Theories

Session: Doctoral Consortium Abstracts

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Session: Invited Talks

Agents of Value (Page 1)
Batya Friedman (University of Washington, USA)

A Multi-Agent Systems "Turing Challenge" (Page 3)
Barbara J. Grosz (Harvard University, USA)

Multiagent Systems, and the Search for Appropriate Foundations (Page 5)
Jeffrey S. Rosenschein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Session: A1 - Robotics I

Multi-Robot Informative Path Planning for Active Sensing of Environmental Phenomena: A Tale of Two Algorithms (Page 7)
Nannan Cao (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Kian Hsiang Low (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
John M. Dolan (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Sensor Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Autonomous Systems (Page 15)
Eliahu Khalastchi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Meir Kalech (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Lior Rokach (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

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Abnormality Detection in Multiagent Systems Inspired by the Adaptive Immune System (Page 23)
Danesh Tarapore (Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), Instituto Superior Técnico & Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal)

Anders Lynhe Christensen (Instituto de Telecomunicacões, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal)
Pedro U. Lima (Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Jorge Carneiro (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal)

Incrementally Biasing Visual Search Using Natural Language Input (Page 31)
Evan Krause (Tufts University, USA)

Rehj Cantrell (Indiana University, USA)
Ekaterina Potapova (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Michael Zillich (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Matthias Scheutz (Tufts University, USA)

Humanoid Robots Learning to Walk Faster: From the Real World to Simulation and Back (Page 39)
Alon Farchy (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Samuel Barrett (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Patrick MacAlpine (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Peter Stone (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Session: A2 - Robotics II

Collective Transport of Complex Objects by Simple Robots: Theory and Experiments (Page 47)
Michael Rubenstein (Harvard University, USA)

Adrian Cabrera (Harvard University & EPFL, USA)
Justin Werfel (Harvard University, USA)
Golnaz Habibi (Rice University, USA)
James McLurkin (Rice University, USA)
Radhika Nagpal (Harvard University, USA)

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A Decision Network Based Framework for Multiagent Coalition Formation (Page 55)
Sayan D. Sen (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Julie A. Adams (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Bayesian Interaction Shaping: Learning to Influence Strategic Interactions in Mixed Robotic Domains (Page 63)
Aris Valtazanos (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Subramanian Ramamoorthy (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Achievable Push-Manipulation for Complex Passive Mobile Objects Using Past Experience (Page 71)
Tekin Meriçli (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)

Manuela Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
H. Levent Akin (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)

Multi-UAV Motion Planning for Guaranteed Search (Page 79)
Andreas Kolling (Linköping University, Sweden)

Alexander Kleiner (Linköping University, Sweden)

Session: A3 - Robotics III

Push and Rotate: Cooperative Multi-Agent Path Planning (Page 87)
Boris de Wilde (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Adriaan W. ter Mors (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Cees Witteveen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Event-Processing in Autonomous Robot Programming (Page 95)
Pouyan Ziafati (University of Luxembourg & Utrecht University, Luxembourg)

Mehdi Dastani (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
John-Jules Meyer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Leendert van der Torre (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

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Cooperative Control and Modeling for Narrow Passage Traversal with an Ornithopter MAV and Lightweight Ground Station (Page 103)
Ryan C. Julian (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Cameron J. Rose (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Humphrey Hu (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Ronald S. Fearing (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Synergy Graphs for Configuring Robot Team Members (Page 111)
Somchaya Liemhetcharat (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Manuela Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Speeding-up Reinforcement Learning Through Abstraction and Transfer Learning (Page 119)
Marcelo Li Koga (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)

Valdinei Freire da Silva (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Fabio Gagliardi Cozman (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Anna Helena Reali Costa (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)

Session: A4 - Simulation

Modeling How Thinking About the Past and Future Impacts Network Traffic with the GOSMR Architecture (Page 127)
Kevin Gold (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)

Zachary J. Weber (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
Ben Priest (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
Josh Ziegler (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA)
Karen Sittig (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
William W. Streilein (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
Mark Mazumder (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)

Homophily, Popularity and Randomness: Modelling Growth of Online Social Network (Page 135)
Syed Muhammad Ali Abbas (Manchester Metropolitan Univeristy Business School, UK)

The Impact of Culture on Crowd Dynamics: An Empirical Approach (Page 143)
Natalie Fridman (Academic College of Management, Israel)

Gal A. Kaminka (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Avishay Zilka (Bar Ilan University, Israel)

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Using Ego-Centered Affordances in Multi-Agent Traffic Simulation (Page 151)
Feirouz Ksontini (IFSTTAR, IM, LEPSIS - LAMIH CNRS 8201, France)

Zahia Guessoum (University of Paris-VI, LIP6, MAS Team, France)
René Mandiau (University of Valenciennes LAMIH CNRS 8201, France)
Stéphane Espié (IFSTTAR, IM, France)

A Flexible Approach to Multi-Level Agent-Based Simulation with the Mesoscopic Representation (Page 159)
Laurent Navarro (Thales / Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)

Vincent Corruble (Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France)
Fabien Flacher (Thales, France)
Jean-Daniel Zucker (UMMISCO, IRD, France)

Session: A5 - Distributed Problem Solving

Distributed Gibbs: A Memory-Bounded Sampling-Based DCOP Algorithm (Page 167)
Duc Thien Nguyen (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

William Yeoh (New Mexico State University, USA)
Hoong Chuin Lau (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

Reduction of Economic Inequality in Combinatorial Domains (Page 175)
Ulle Endriss (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Taxation Search in Boolean Games (Page 183)
Vadim Levit (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Tal Grinshpoun (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Amnon Meisels (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Ana L. C. Bazzan (PPGC / UFRGS, Brazil)

Improved Max-Sum Algorithm for DCOP with n-ary Constraints (Page 191)
Yoonheui Kim (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA)

Victor Lesser (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA)

Session: B1 - Game Theory I

Optimal Interdiction of Attack Plans (Page 199)
Joshua Letchford (Duke University, USA)

Yevgeniy Vorobeychik (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)

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Game-Theoretic Randomization for Security Patrolling with Dynamic Execution Uncertainty (Page 207)
Albert Xin Jiang (University of Southern California, USA)
Zhengyu Yin (University of Southern California, USA)

Chao Zhang (University of Southern California, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)
Sarit Kraus (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

Security Scheduling for Real-World Networks (Page 215)
Manish Jain (University of Southern California, USA)

Vincent Conitzer (Duke University, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)

Security Games with Surveillance Cost and Optimal Timing of Attack Execution (Page 223)
Bo An (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Matthew Brown (University of Southern California, USA)
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)

Security Games with Interval Uncertainty (Page 231)
Christopher Kiekintveld (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

Towhidul Islam (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

Session: B2 - Game Theory II

Avoid Fixed Pricing: Consume Less, Earn More, Make Clients Happy (Page 239)
Reshef Meir (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Jeffrey S. Rosenschein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

A Parameterized Family of Equilibrium Profiles for Three-Player Kuhn Poker (Page 247)
Duane Szafron (University of Alberta, Canada)

Richard Gibson (University of Alberta, Canada)
Nathan Sturtevant (University of Denver, USA)

Online Implicit Agent Modelling (Page 255)
Nolan Bard (University of Alberta, Canada)

Michael Johanson (University of Alberta, Canada)
Neil Burch (University of Alberta, Canada)
Michael Bowling (University of Alberta, Canada)

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A Study on the Stability and Efficiency of Graphical Games with Unbounded Treewidth (Page 263)
Anisse Ismaili (LIP6-UPMC, France)

Evripidis Bampis (LIP6-UPMC, France)
Nicolas Maudet (LIP6-UPMC, France)
Patrice Perny (LIP6-UPMC, France)

Evaluating State-Space Abstractions in Extensive-Form Games (Page 271)
Michael Johanson (University of Alberta, Canada)

Neil Burch (University of Alberta, Canada)
Richard Valenzano (University of Alberta, Canada)
Michael Bowling (University of Alberta, Canada)

Session: B3 - Game Theory III

Eliciting High Quality Feedback from Crowdsourced Tree Networks Using Continuous Scoring Rules (Page 279)
Ratul Ray (Indian Institute of Science, India)
Rohith D. Vallam (Indian Institute of Science, India)

Narahari Y. (Indian Institute of Science, India)

Stable Marriage and Roommate Problems with Individual-Based Stability (Page 287)
Haris Aziz (NICTA and University of New South Wales, Australia)

Matchings with Externalities and Attitudes (Page 295)
Simina Brânzei (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Tomasz Michalak (Oxford University and Warsaw University, UK & Poland)
Talal Rahwan (University of Southampton, UK)
Kate Larson (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Nicholas R. Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

Efficient Parking Allocation as Online Bipartite Matching with Posted Prices (Page 303)
Reshef Meir (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Yiling Chen (Harvard University, USA)
Michal Feldman (Harvard University & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, USA)

False-Name-Proof Matching (Page 311)
Taiki Todo (Duke University, USA)

Vincent Conitzer (Duke University, USA)

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Session: B4 - Game Theory IV

Towards a Deeper Understanding of Cooperative Equilibrium: Characterization and Complexity (Page 319)
Nan Rong (Cornell University, USA)

Joseph Y. Halpern (Cornell University, USA)

Equilibrium Analysis in Cake Cutting (Page 327)
Simina Brânzei (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Peter Bro Miltersen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Double-Oracle Algorithm for Computing an Exact Nash Equilibrium in Zero-Sum Extensive-Form Games (Page 335)
Branislav Bošanský (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Christopher Kiekintveld (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Viliam Lisý (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Jiří Čermák (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Michal Pěchouček (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Computing Socially-Efficient Cake Divisions (Page 343)
Yonatan Aumann (Bar-llan University, Israel)

Yair Dombb (Bar-llan University, Israel)
Avinatan Hassidim (Bar-llan University, Israel)

No Agent Left Behind: Dynamic Fair Division of Multiple Resources (Page 351)
Ian Kash (Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK)

Ariel D. Procaccia (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Nisarg Shah (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Session: C1 - Social Choice I

On Manipulation in Multi-Winner Elections Based on Scoring Rules (Page 359)
Svetlana Obraztsova (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Yair Zick (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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Weighted Electoral Control (Page 367)
Piotr Faliszewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

Edith Hemaspaandra (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Lane A. Hemaspaandra (University of Rochester, USA)

It Only Takes a Few: On the Hardness of Voting with a Constant Number of Agents (Page 375)
Felix Brandt (Technische Universität München, Germany)

Paul Harrenstein (University of Oxford, UK)
Keyvan Kardel (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Hans Georg Seedig (Technische Universität München, Germany)

On Swap-Distance Geometry of Voting Rules (Page 383)
Svetlana Obraztsova (National Technical University of Athens & Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Greece)

Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Piotr Faliszewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Arkadii Slinko (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Empirical Analysis of Plurality Election Equilibria (Page 391)
David R. M. Thompson (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Omer Lev (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Kevin Leyton-Brown (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Jeffrey Rosenschein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Session: C2 - Social Choice II

Achieving Fully Proportional Representation is Easy in Practice (Page 399)
Piotr Skowron (University of Warsaw, Poland)

Piotr Faliszewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Arkadii Slinko (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

The Complexity of Losing Voters (Page 407)
Tomasz Perek (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

Piotr Faliszewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Maria Silvia Pini (University of Padova, Italy)
Francesca Rossi (University of Padova, Italy)

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On Elections with Robust Winners (Page 415)
Dmitry Shiryaev (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Lan Yu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Manipulating Two Stage Voting Rules (Page 423)
Nina Narodytska (NICTA and UNSW, Australia)

Toby Walsh (NICTA and UNSW, Australia)

Coalitional Manipulation for Schulze's Rule (Page 431)
Serge Gaspers (UNSW and NICTA, Australia)

Thomas Kalinowski (University of Rostock, Germany)
Nina Narodytska (NICTA and UNSW, Australia)
Toby Walsh (NICTA and UNSW, Australia)

Session: C3 - Social & Organizational Structure

Strategic Considerations in the Design of Committees (Page 439)
Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dmitrii Pasechnik (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford, UK)

Learning Influence in Complex Social Networks (Page 447)
Henry Franks (University of Warwick, UK)

Nathan Griffiths (University of Warwick, UK)
Sarabjot Singh Anand (Algorithmic Insight, India)

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On the Tradeoff Between Economic Efficiency and Strategyproofness in Randomized Social Choice (Page 455)
Haris Aziz (NICTA and UNSW, Australia)

Felix Brandt (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Markus Brill (Technische Universität München, Germany)

Organizational Design Principles and Techniques for Decision-Theoretic Agents (Page 463)
Jason Sleight (University of Michigan, USA)

Edmund H. Durfee (University of Michigan, USA)

Designing Social Choice Mechanisms Using Machine Learning (Page 471)
Lirong Xia (Harvard University, USA)

Session: C4 - Normative Systems

Emergence of Social Norms Through Collective Learning in Networked Agent Societies (Page 475)
Chao Yu (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Minjie Zhang (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Fenghui Ren (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Xudong Luo (Sun Yat-sen University, China)

Automated Synthesis of Normative Systems (Page 483)
Javier Morales (Universitat de Barcelona & Spanish Council of Scientic Research, Spain)

Maite Lopez-Sanchez (Universitat of Barcelona, Spain)
Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar (Spanish Council of Scientic Research, Spain)
Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford, UK)
Wamberto Vasconcelos (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Monitoring Norm Violations in Multi-Agent Systems (Page 491)
Nils Bulling (Clausthal University of Technology, Germany)

Mehdi Dastani (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Max Knobbout (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

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Agent Reasoning for Norm Compliance: A Semantic Approach (Page 499)
M. Birna van Riemsdijk (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Louise A. Dennis (University of Liverpool, UK)
Michael Fisher (University of Liverpool, UK)
KoenV. Hindriks (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

A Real-Time Semantics for Norms with Deadlines (Page 507)
Koen V. Hindriks (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

M. Birna van Riemsdijk (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Session: C5 - Teamwork, Coalition, Coordination

Dynamic Weighted Voting Games (Page 515)
Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Dmitrii Pasechnik (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Yair Zick (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Taxation and Stability in Cooperative Games (Page 523)
Yair Zick (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Maria Polukarov (University of Southampton, UK)
Nicholas R. Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

Ad Hoc Teamwork for Leading a Flock (Page 531)
Katie Genter (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Noa Agmon (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Peter Stone (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Producing Efficient Error-Bounded Solutions for Transition Independent Decentralized MDPs (Page 539)
Jilles S. Dibangoye (INRIA, France)

Christopher Amato (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Arnaud Doniec (Université Lille Nord de France, France)
François Charpillet (INRIA, France)

Session: D1 - Planning

Finding Objects Through Stochastic Shortest Path Problems (Page 547)
Felipe W. Trevizan (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Manuela M. Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

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Stratified Tree Search: A Novel Suboptimal Heuristic Search Algorithm (Page 555)
Levi H. S. Lelis (University of Alberta, Canada)

Sandra Zilles (University of Regina, Canada)
Robert C. Holte (University of Alberta, Canada)

Approximate Solutions for Factored Dec-POMDPs with Many Agents (Page 563)
Frans A. Oliehoek (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Shimon Whiteson (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Matthijs T .J. Spaan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Monte Carlo Approach to Computing Value of Information (Page 571)
Ece Kamar (Microsoft Research, USA)

Eric Horvitz (Microsoft Research, USA)

Weighted Real-Time Heuristic Search (Page 579)
Nicolás Rivera (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)

Jorge A. Baier (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Carlos Hernandez (Universidad Católica de la Santisima Concepción, Chile)

Session: D2 - Virtual Agents I

Shakespearean Spatial Rules (Page 587)
Christine Talbot (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

G. Michael Youngblood (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

NetworkING: Using Character Relationships for Interactive Narrative Generation (Page 595)
Julie Porteous (Teesside University, UK)

Fred Charles (Teesside University, UK)
Marc Cavazza (Teesside University, UK)

Efficient Intent-Based Narrative Generation Using Multiple Planning Agents (Page 603)
Jonathan Teutenberg (Independent Researcher, UK)

Julie Porteous (Teesside University, UK)

Virtual Agent Perception Combination in Multi Agent Based Systems (Page 611)
Dane M. Kuiper (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Rym Z. Wenkstern (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

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Laugh-Aware Virtual Agent and Its Impact on User Amusement (Page 619)
Radosław Niewiadomski (Telecom ParisTech, France)

Jennifer Hofmann (Universität Zurich, Switzerland)
Jérôme Urbain (Université de Mons, Belgium)
Tracey Platt (Universität Zurich, Switzerland)
Johannes Wagner (Universität Augsburg, Germany)
Bilal Piot (Supelec, France)
Huseyin Cakmak (Université de Mons, Belgium)
Sathish Pammi (Telecom ParisTech, France)
Tobias Baur (Universität Augsburg, Germany)
Stephane Dupont (Universite de Mons, Belgium)
Matthieu Geist (Supelec, France)
Florian Lingenfelser (Universität Augsburg, Germany)
Gary McKeown (The Queen's University of Belfast, Gt Britain)
Olivier Pietquin (Supelec, France)
Willibald Ruch (Universität Zürich, Switzerland)

Session: D3 - Auction & Mechanism Design I

Ishikawa Play (Page 627)
Yoad Lewenberg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Zinovi Rabinovich (Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd, Israel)
Jeffrey S. Rosenschein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Which Mechanism for Sponsored Search Auctions with Externalities? (Page 635)
Nicola Gatti (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Marco Rocco (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Using Lotteries to Approximate the Optimal Revenue (Page 643)
Paul W. Goldberg (University of Liverpool, UK)

Carmine Ventre (Teesside University, UK)

Redistribution in Online Mechanisms (Page 651)
Victor Naroditskiy (University of Southampton, UK)

Sofia Ceppi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Valentin Robu (University of Southampton, UK)
Nicholas R. Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

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Mechanisms for Hostile Agents with Capacity Constraints (Page 659)
Prashanth Lakshmanrao Ananthapadmanabharao (SequeL Team, INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France)

Horabailu Laxminarayana Prasad (Indian Institute of Science, India)
Nirmit Desai (IBM Research, India)
Shalabh Bhatnagar (Indian Institute of Science, India)

Session: D4 - Auction & Mechanism Design II

Competing Intermediary Auctions (Page 667)
Lampros C. Stavrogiannis (University of Southampton, UK)

Enrico H. Gerding (University of Southampton, UK)
Maria Polukarov (University of Southampton, UK)

Mergers and Collusion in All-Pay Auctions and Crowdsourcing Contests (Page 675)
Omer Lev (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Maria Polukarov (University of Southampton, UK)
Yoram Bachrach (Microsoft Research, UK)
Jeffrey S. Rosenschein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Optimal Internet Auctions with Costly Communication (Page 683)
Yuqian Li (Duke University, USA)

Vincent Conitzer (Duke University, USA)

Mechanisms for Multi-Unit Combinatorial Auctions with a Few Distinct Goods (Page 691)
Piotr Krysta (University of Liverpool, Greece)

Orestis Telelis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
Carmine Ventre (Teesside University, UK)

VCG-Equivalent in Expectation Mechanism: General Framework for Constructing Iterative Combinatorial Auction Mechanisms (Page 699)
Atsushi Iwasaki (Kyushu University, Japan)

Etsushi Fujita (Kyushu University, Japan)
Taiki Todo (Kyushu University, Japan)
Miao Yao (Kyushu University, Japan)
Makoto Yokoo (Kyushu University, Japan)

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Session: D5 - Negotiation & Cooperation

Optimizing Complex Automated Negotiation Using Sparse Pseudo-Input Gaussian Processes (Page 707)
Siqi Chen (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Haitham Bou Ammar (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Karl Tuyls (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Gerhard Weiss (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Accepting Optimally in Automated Negotiation with Incomplete Information (Page 715)
Tim Baarslag (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Koen V. Hindriks (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

On the Verification and Computation of Strong Nash Equilibrium (Page 723)
Nicola Gatti (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Marco Rocco (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Tuomas Sandholm (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Cooperative Energy Exchange for the Efficient Use of Energy and Resources in Remote Communities (Page 731)
Muddasser Alam (University of Southampton, UK)

Sarvapali D. Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)
Alex Rogers (University of Southampton, UK)

Session: E1 - Virtual Agents II

An Evaluation of the COR-E Computational Model for Affective Behaviors (Page 745)
Sabrina Campano (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)

Nicolas Sabouret (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
Etienne de Sevin (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
Vincent Corruble (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)

A Highly Elaborative Reminiscing Virtual Agent to Enhance Student Memory of Virtual World Events (Page 753)
Michelle Nicholas (Macquarie University, Australia)

Deborah Richards (Macquarie University, Australia)
Penny Van Bergen (Macquarie University, Australia)

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Conflict Inside Out: A Theoretical Approach to Conflict from an Agent Point of View (Page 761)
Joana Campos (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Carlos Martinho (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Ana Paiva (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Emotional Range in Value-Sensitive Deliberation (Page 769)
Cristina Battaglino (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy)

Rossana Damiano (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy)
Leonardo Lesmo (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy)

I Want to Be Your Friend: Establishing Relations with Emotionally Intelligent Agents (Page 777)
João Dias (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Ana Paiva (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Session: E2 - Challenges and Visions

Systems Resilience: A Challenge Problem for Dynamic Constraint-Based Agent Systems (Page 785)
Nicolas Schwind (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Tenda Okimoto (Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center, Japan)
Katsumi Inoue (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
Hei Chan (Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center, Japan)
Tony Ribeiro (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)
Kazuhiro Minami (Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center, Japan)
Hiroshi Maruyama (Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan)

Enabling Generative, Emergent Artificial Culture (Page 789)
Jaroslaw Kochanowicz (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Tan Ah-Hwee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Daniel Thalmann (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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Collaborative Health Care Plan Support (Page 793)
Ofra Amir (Harvard University, USA)

Barbara J. Grosz (Harvard University, USA)
Edith Law (Harvard University, USA)
Roni Stern (Harvard University, USA)

A Comprehensive Approach to Trust Management (Page 797)
Sandip Sen (University of Tulsa, USA)

Curing Robot Autism: A Challenge (Page 801)
Gal A. Kaminka (Bar Ilan University, Israel)

Session: E3 - Trust, Reliability & Reputation

A Trust Model Stemmed from the Diffusion Theory for Opinion Evaluation (Page 805)
Hui Fang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Jie Zhang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Nadia M. Thalmann (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

An Evolutionary Model for Constructing Robust Trust Networks (Page 813)
Siwei Jiang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Jie Zhang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Yew-Soon Ong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

A Fuzzy Logic Based Reputation Model Against Unfair Ratings (Page 821)
Siyuan Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Han Yu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Chunyan Miao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Alex C. Kot (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Trust-Based Fusion of Untrustworthy Information in Crowdsourcing Applications (Page 829)
Matteo Venanzi (University of Southampton, UK)

Alex Rogers (University of Southampton, UK)
Nicholas R. Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

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Reasoning about Uncertain Information and Conflict Resolution Through Trust Revision (Page 837)
Murat Şensoy (University of Aberdeen & Ozyegin University, UK & Turkey)

Achille Fokoue (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Jeff Z. Pan (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Timothy J. Norman (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Yuqing Tang (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Nir Oren (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Session: E4 - Formal Theories

A Logic of Probabilistic Knowledge and Strategy (Page 845)
Xiaowei Huang (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Cheng Luo (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Diagnosability in Concurrent Probabilistic Systems (Page 853)
Xiaowei Huang (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Automatic Verification of Parameterised Multi-Agent Systems (Page 861)
Panagiotis Kouvaros (Imperial College London, UK)

Alessio Lomuscio (Imperial College London, UK)

A Synergistic and Extensible Framework for Multi-Agent System Verification (Page 869)
Josie Hunter (Oregon State University, USA)

Franco Raimondi (MiddleSex University, UK)
Neha Rungta (NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
Richard Stocker (University of Liverpool, UK)

Hierarchical Planning about Goals and Commitments (Page 877)
Pankaj R. Telang (North Carolina State University, USA)

Felipe Meneguzzi (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Munindar P. Singh (North Carolina State University, USA)

Session: E5 - Human-Robot Interaction & Reasoning

Bounded Planning for Strategic Goals with Incomplete Information and Perfect Recall (Page 885)
Xiaowei Huang (University of New South Wales)

Using Conflict Resolution to Inform Decentralized Learning (Page 893)
Shanjun Cheng (Altisource, USA)

Anita Raja (The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
Victor Lesser (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)

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Efficient Budget Allocation with Accuracy Guarantees for Crowdsourcing Classification Tasks (Page 901)
Long Tran-Thanh (University of Southampton, UK)

Matteo Venanzi (University of Southampton, UK)
Alex Rogers (University of Southampton, UK)
Nicholas R. Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

Using Informative Behavior to Increase Engagement in the TAMER Framework (Page 909)
Guangliang Li (University of Amsterdam The Netherlands)

Hayley Hung (University of Amsterdam The Netherlands)
Shimon Whiteson (University of Amsterdam The Netherlands)
W. Bradley Knox (MIT Media Lab, USA)

Session: F1 - Innovative Applications I

Multiuser Museum Interactives for Shared Cultural Experiences: An Agent-Based Approach (Page 917)
Matthew Yee-King (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)

Roberto Confalonieri (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
Dave de Jonge (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spain)
Katina Hazelden (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
Carles Sierra (Artificial Intelligence Research Institut, Spaine)
Mark d'Inverno (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
Leila Amgoud (Universitè Paul Sabatier, France)
Nardine Osman (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spain)

iCO2: Multi-User Eco-Driving Training Environment Based on Distributed Constraint Optimization (Page 925)
Marconi Madruga (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Helmut Prendinger (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Discrete Relative States to Learn and Recognize Goals-Based Behaviors of Groups (Page 933)
Jérémy Patrix (University of Caen, France)

Abdel-Illah Mouaddib (University of Caen, France)
Simon Le Gloannec (CASSIDIAN, France)
Dafni Stampouli (CASSIDIAN, France)
Marc Contat (CASSIDIAN, France)

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Multiagent Reinforcement Learning in a Distributed Sensor Network with Indirect Feedback (Page 941)
Mitchell Colby (Oregon State University, USA)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

Modeling Human Behavior in the Aftermath of a Hypothetical Improvised Nuclear Detonation (Page 949)
Nidhi Parikh (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)

Samarth Swarup (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Paula E. Stretz (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Caitlin M. Rivers (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Bryan L. Lewis (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Madhav V. Marathe (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Stephen G. Eubank (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Christopher L. Barrett (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Kristian Lum (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)
Youngyun Chungbaek (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, USA)

Session: F2 - Innovative Applications II

Optimal Patrol Strategy for Protecting Moving Targets with Multiple Mobile Resources (Page 957)
Fei Fang (University of Southern California, USA)

Albert Xin Jiang (University of Southern California, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)

TESLA: An Energy-Saving Agent That Leverages Schedule Flexibility (Page 965)
Jun-young Kwak (University of Southern California, USA)

Pradeep Varakantham (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
Rajiv Maheswaran (University of Southern California, USA)
Yu-Han Chang (University of Southern California, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)
Burcin Becerik-Gerber (University of Southern California, USA)
Wendy Wood (University of Southern California, USA)

Complex-Demand Knapsack Problems and Incentives in AC Power Systems (Page 973)
Lan Yu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Chi-Kin Chau (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE)

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AgentSwitch: Towards Smart Energy Tariff Selection (Page 981)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)

Michael A. Osborne (University of Oxford, UK)
Oliver Parson (University of Southampton, UK)
Talal Rahwan (University of Southampton, UK)
Sasan Maleki (University of Southampton, UK)
Steve Reece (University of Oxford, UK)
Trung D. Huynh (University of Southampton, UK)
Muddasser Alam (University of Southampton, UK)
Joel E. Fischer (University of Nottingham, UK)
Tom Rodden (University of Nottingham, UK)
Luc Moreau (University of Southampton, UK)
Stephen Roberts (University of Oxford, UK)

Two-Sided Online Markets for Electric Vehicle Charging (Page 989)
Enrico H. Gerding (University of Southampton, UK)

Sebastian Stein (University of Southampton, UK)
Valentin Robu (University of Southampton, UK)
Dengji Zhao (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
Nicholas R. Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

Session: F3 - Formal Approaches

Evolving Protocols and Agents in Multiagent Systems (Page 997)
Scott N. Gerard (North Carolina State University, USA)

Munindar P. Singh (North Carolina State University, USA)

Baseline: Practical Control Variates for Agent Evaluation in Zero-Sum Domains (Page 1005)
Joshua Davidson (University of Alberta, Canada)

Christopher Archibald (University of Alberta, Canada)
Michael Bowling (University of Alberta, Canada)

Situational Preferences for BDI Plans (Page 1013)
Lin Padgham (RMIT University, Australia)

Dhirendra Singh (RMIT University, Australia)

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Characterizing and Aggregating Agent Estimates (Page 1021)
H. Van Dyke Parunak (Soar Technology, USA)

Sven A. Brueckner (Soar Technology, USA)
Lu Hong (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
Scott Page (University of Michigan, USA)
Richard Rohwer (SRI, USA)

ParaMoise: Increasing Capabilities of Parallel Execution and Reorganization in an Organizational Model (Page 1029)
Mateusz Guzek (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Grégoire Danoy (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Pascal Bouvry (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Session: F4 - Learning I

Smart Exploration in Reinforcement Learning Using Absolute Temporal Difference Errors (Page 1037)
Clement Gehring (McGill University, Canada)

Doina Precup (McGill University, Canada)

Addressing the Policy-bias of Q-Learning by Repeating Updates (Page 1045)
Sherief Abdallah (British University in Dubai, UAE)

Michael Kaisers (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Teaching on a Budget: Agents Advising Agents in Reinforcement Learning (Page 1053)
Lisa Torrey (St. Lawrence University, USA)

Matthew E. Taylor (Washington State University, USA)

Object Focused Q-Learning for Autonomous Agents (Page 1061)
Luis C. Cobo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Charles L. Isbell Jr. (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Andrea L. Thomaz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Learning Exploration Strategies in Model-Based Reinforcement Learning (Page 1069)
Todd Hester (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Manuel Lopes (INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, France)
Peter Stone (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Session: F5 - Learning II

Distributed Relational Temporal Difference Learning (Page 1077)
Qiangfeng Peter Lau (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Mong Li Lee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Wynne Hsu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

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Cooperating with a Markovian Ad Hoc Teammate (Page 1085)
Doran Chakraborty (Microsoft, USA)

Peter Stone (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

A Learning Agent for Heat-Pump Thermostat Control (Page 1093)
Daniel Urieli (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Peter Stone (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Coordinating Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Limited Communication (Page 1101)
Chongjie Zhang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)

Victor Lesser (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)

Poster Session 1 - Extended Abstracts 1

u-Help: Supporting Helpful Communities with Information Technology (Page 1109)
Andrew Koster (UFRGS, Spain)

Jordi Madrenas (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Nardine Osman (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Marco Schorlemmer (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Jordi Sabater-Mir (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Carles Sierra (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Angela Fabregues (IIIA-CSIC & Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Dave de Jonge (IIIA-CSIC & Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Josep Puyol-Gruart (IIIA-CSIC & Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Pere Garcia-Calvés (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)

A Multi-Agent Approach for Decentralized Voltage Regulation in Power Distribution Networks within Distributed Generators (Page 1111)
Fenghui Ren (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Minjie Zhang (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Danny Sutanto (University of Wollongong, Australia)

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CLEAN Rewards for Improving Multiagent Coordination in the Presence of Exploration (Page 1113)
Chris HolmesParker (Oregon State University, USA)

Adrian Agogino (NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

A New Approach for Continual Planning (Page 1115)
Damien Pellier (Université Paris Descartes, France)

Humbert Fiorino (Université Joseph Fourier, France)
Marc Métivier (Université Paris Descartes, France)

A Distributed Protocol for Collective Decision-Making in Combinatorial Domains (Page 1117)
Minyi Li (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Quoc Bao Vo (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Ryszard Kowalczyk (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Arguments in Social Networks (Page 1119)
Simone Gabbriellini (University of Bologna, Italy)

Paolo Torroni (University of Bologna, Italy)

Norm Compliance Checking (Page 1121)
Jie Jiang (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Virginia Dignum (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Huib Aldewereld (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Frank Dignum (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Yao-Hua Tan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Potential-Based Reward Shaping for POMDPs (Page 1123)
Adam Eck (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Leen-Kiat Soh (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Sam Devlin (University of York, UK)
Daniel Kudenko (University of York, UK)

Optimization Based Coordinated UGV-MAV Exploration for 2D Augmented Mapping (Page 1125)
Ayush Dewan (International Institute of Information Technology, India)

Aravindh Mahendran (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Nikhil Soni (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Madhava Krishna (International Institute of Information Technology, India)

Social Agents for Serious Games (Page 1127)
Joost van Oijen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Frank Dignum (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

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Combining Activity Scheduling and Path Planning to Populate Virtual Cities (Page 1129)
Carl-Johan Jørgensen (MimeTIC team - IRISA, France)

Fabrice Lamarche (MimeTIC team - IRISA, France)

Possible and Necessary Winner Problem in Social Polls (Page 1131)
Serge Gaspers (The University of New South Wales and NICTA, Australia)

Victor Naroditskiy (University of Southampton, UK)
Nina Narodytska (NICTA and The University of New South Wales, Australia)
Toby Walsh (NICTA and The University of New South Wales, Australia)

An Approach to Team Programming with Markup for Operator Interaction (Page 1133)
Nathan Brooks (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Ewart de Visser (Perceptronics Solutions, Inc., USA)
Timur Chabuk (Perceptronics Solutions, Inc., USA)
Elan Freedy (Perceptronics Solutions, Inc., USA)
Paul Scerri (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Modeling Non-Stationary Opponents (Page 1135)
Pablo F. Hernandez-Leal (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísca, Mexico)

Enrique Munoz de Cote (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísca, Mexico)
L. Enrique Sucar (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísca, Mexico)

Mutation Operators for Cognitive Agent Programs (Page 1137)
Sharmila Savarimuthu (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Michael Winikoff (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Envy-Ratio and Average-Nash Social Welfare Optimization in Multiagent Resource Allocation (Page 1139)
Trung Thanh Nguyen (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany)

Jörg Rothe (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany)

Multi-Agent Planning by Plan Reuse (Page 1141)
Daniel Borrajo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

Force-Based Clustering for Transitive Identity Mapping (Page 1143)
H. Van Dyke Parunak (Soar Technology, USA)

Sven A. Brueckner (Soar Technology, USA)

Decoupling the Multiagent Disjunctive Temporal Problem(Page 1145)
James C. Boerkoel Jr. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Edmund H. Durfee (University of Michigan, USA)

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Enhancing Robot Perception Using Human Teammates (Page 1147)
Jean Oh (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Arne Suppe (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Anthony Stentz (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Martial Hebert (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Opponent Modeling in a PGM Framework (Page 1149)
Nicolaj Søndberg-Jeppesen (Aalborg University, Denmark)

Finn V. Jensen (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Yifeng Zeng (Teesside University, UK)

Law Enforcement in Norm-Governed Learning Agents (Page 1151)
Régis Riveret (Imperial College London, UK)

Giuseppe Contissa (EUI, Italy)
Antonino Rotolo (University of Bologna, Italy)
Jeremy V. Pitt (Imperial College London, UK)

MacGyver Virtual Agents: Using Ontologies and Hierarchies for Resourceful Virtual Human Decision-Making (Page 1153)
John T. Balint (George Mason University, USA)

Jan M. Allbeck (George Mason University, USA)

A Game-Theoretic Model and Best-Response Learning Method for Ad Hoc Coordination in Multiagent Systems (Page 1155)
Stefano V. Albrecht (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Subramanian Ramamoorthy (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Combining Event- and State-Based Norms (Page 1157)
Marina De Vos (University of Bath, UK)

Tina Balke (University of Surrey, UK)
Ken Satoh (National Institute of Informatics, UK)

SA-MAS: Self-Adaptation to Enhance Software Qualities in Multi-Agent Systems (Page 1159)
Didac Gil de la Iglesia (Linnaeus University, Sweden)

Danny Weyns (Linnaeus University, Sweden)

Testing Leverage-Based Trading Strategies Under an Adaptive-Expectations Agent-Based Model (Page 1161)
Elton Sbruzzi (University of Essex, UK)

Steve Phelps (University of Essex, UK)

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On the Use of Teamwork Software for Multi-Robot Formation Control (Page 1163)
Gal A. Kaminka (Bar Ilan University, Israel)

Meytal Traub (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Yehuda Elmaliach (Cogniteam, Ltd. and the College of Management, Israel)
Dan Erusalimchik (Cogniteam, Ltd., Israel)
Alex Fridman (Bar Ilan University, Israel)

Positive Results for Mechanism Design without Money (Page 1165)
Richard Cole (New York University, USA)

Vasilis Gkatzelis (New York University, USA)
Gagan Goel (Google Research, USA)

Learning Visual Object Models on A Robot Using Context and Appearance Cues (Page 1167)
Xiang Li (Texas Tech University, USA)

Mohan Sridharan (Texas Tech University, USA)
Catie Meador (Swarthmore College, USA)

Representing and Reasoning about Communicative Conditional Commitments (Page 1169)
Warda El Kholy (Concordia University, Canada)

Mohamed El Menshawy (Concordia University, Canada)
Jamal Bentahar (Concordia University, Canada)
Hongyang Qu (Oxford University, UK)
Rachida Dssouli (Concordia University, Canada)

The Innovative Application of Learning Companions in Virtual Singapura (Page 1171)
Qiong Wu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Xiaogang Han (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Han Yu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Zhiqi Shen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Chunyan Miao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Poster Session 2 - Extended Abstracts 2

AUML Protocols: From Specification to Detailed Design (Page 1173)
Yoosef Abushark (RMIT University, Australia)

John Thangarajah (RMIT University, Australia)

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MANCaLog: A Logic for Multi-Attribute Network Cascades (Page 1175)
Paulo Shakarian (U.S. Military Academy, USA)

Gerardo I. Simari (University of Oxford, UK)
Robert Schroeder (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)

On the Complexity of Undominated Core and Farsighted Solution Concepts in Coalitional Games (Page 1177)
Yusen Zhan (Nanjing University, China)

Jun Wu (Hohai University, China)
Chongjun Wang (Nanjing University, China)
Meilin Liu (Wright State University, USA)
Junyuan Xie (Nanjing University, China)

Discovery, Utilization, and Analysis of Credible Threats for 2X2 Incomplete Information Games in TOM (Page 1179)
Jolie Olsen (University of Tulsa, USA)

Sandip Sen (University of Tulsa, USA)

Exploiting Structure and Utilizing Agent-Centric Rewards to Promote Coordination in Large Multiagent Systems (Page 1181)
Chris HolmesParker (Oregon State University, USA)

Adrian Agogino (NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

Time Optimized Multi-Agent Path Planning Using Guided Iterative Prioritized Planning (Page 1183)
Wenjie Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Wooi Boon Goh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Security Games with Contagion: Handling Asymmetric Information (Page 1185)
Jason Tsai (University of Southern California, USA)

Yundi Qian (University of Southern California, USA)
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
Christopher Kiekintveld (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)

A BDI Game Master Agent for Computer Role-Playing Games (Page 1187)
Bao Vo Luong (RMIT University, Australia)

John Thangarajah (RMIT University, Australia)
Fabio Zambetta (RMIT University, Australia)
Mahmud Hasan (RMIT University, Australia)

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JIAC V - A MAS Framework for Industrial Applications (Page 1189)
Marco Lützenberger (Technical University of Berlin)
Tobias Küster (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Thomas Konnerth (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Alexander Thiele (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Nils Masuch (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Axel Heßler (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Jan Keiser (Technical University of Berlin)
Michael Burkhardt (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Silvan Kaiser (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Sahin Albayrak (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)

Goal Velocity Obstacles for Spatial Navigation of Multiple Virtual Agents (Page 1191)
Jamie Snape (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Dinesh Manocha (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Learning to Control Complex Tensegrity Robots (Page 1193)
Atil Iscen (Oregon State University, USA)
Adrian Agogino (UC Santa Cruz / NASA Ames, USA)
Vytas Sun Spiral (SGT Inc. / NASA Ames, USA)
Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

RMASbench: Benchmarking Dynamic Multi-Agent Coordination in Urban Search and Rescue (Page 1195)
Alexander Kleiner (Linköping University, Sweden)

Alessandro Farinelli (University of Verona, Italy)
Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)
Bing Shi (Wuhan University of Technology, China)
Fabio Maffioletti (University of Verona, Italy)
Riccardo Reffato (University of Verona, Italy)

Complexity of Optimal Lobbying in Threshold Aggregation (Page 1197)
Ilan Nehama (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Extensive-form Games with Heterogeneous Populations (Page 1199)
Nicola Gatti (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Fabio Panozzo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Marcello Restelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

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First Impressions in User-Agent Encounters: the Impact of an Agent's Nonverbal Behavior on Users' Relational Decisions (Page 1201)
Angelo Cafaro (Reykjavik University, Iceland)

Hannes H. Vilhjálmsson (Reykjavik University, Iceland)
Timothy Bickmore (Northeastern University, USA)
Dirk Heylen (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Daniel Schulman (Northeastern University, USA)

MAMA: Multi-Agent MAnagement of Crowds to Avoid Stampedes in Long Queues (Page 1203)
Sindhu Kolli (IIIT Hyderabad, India)

Kamalakar Karlapalem (IIIT Hyderabad, India)

Governing Intelligent Virtual Agent Behaviour with Norms (Page 1205)
Jeehang Lee (University of Bath, UK)

Tingting Li (University of Bath, UK)
Marina De Vos (University of Bath, UK)
Julian Padget (University of Bath, UK)

Decentralized Semantic Coordination Through Belief Propagation (Page 1207)
George A. Vouros (University of Piraeus, Greece)

Multi-Objective Variable Elimination for Collaborative Graphical Games (Page 1209)
Diederik M. Roijers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Shimon Whiteson (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Frans A. Oliehoek (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Lie to Me: Virtual Agents That Lie (Page 1211)
João Dias (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Henrique Reis (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Ana Paiva (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Telescope Management for Satellite Tracking: A Decentralized Approach (Page 1213)
Feyza Merve Hafizoğlu (University of Tulsa, USA)

Roger Mailler (University of Tulsa, USA)

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Blame on Them, Shame on Us: Combining Affective and Normative Behaviour in Intelligent Virtual Agents (Page 1215)
Nuno Ferreira (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Samuel Mascarenhas (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Ana Paiva (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
John Mc Breen (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Nick Degens (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Gert Jan Hofstede (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Gennaro Di Tosto (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Frank Dignum (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Giulia Andrighetto (ISCT-CNR, Italy)
Rosaria Conte (ISCT-CNR, Italy)

Dynamic Facts in Large Team Information Sharing (Extended Abstract) (Page 1217)
Adam Eck (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Leen-Kiat Soh (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Towards a Truck-Driver Model Using a Hysteresis Based Analysis and Verification Approach (Page 1219)
Lancelot Six (IFSTTAR, France)

Zahia Guessoum (Lip6, France)
Julien Saunier (IFSTTAR, France)
Sio-Song Ieng (IFSTTAR, France)

Distributed Problem Solving in Geometrically-Structured Constraint Networks (Page 1221)
Roger Mailler (University of Tulsa, USA)

Huimin Zheng (University of Tulsa, USA)

Embedding Agents in Business Applications Using Enterprise Integration Patterns (Page 1223)
Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Surangika Ranathunga (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Opposites Repel: The Effect of Incorporating Repulsion on Opinion Dynamics in the Bounded Confidence Model (Page 1225)
Chad Crawford (The University of Tulsa, USA)

Logan Brooks (The University of Tulsa, USA)
Sandip Sen (The University of Tulsa, USA)

The Price of Independence in Simultaneous Auctions (Page 1227)
BrandonA. Mayer (Brown University, USA)

Eric Sodomka (Brown University, USA)
Amy Greenwald (Brown University, USA)

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Benchmarking Smart Spaces Through Autonomous Virtual Agents (Page 1229)
Mario Caruso (Sapienza University, Italy)

Francesco Leotta (Sapienza University, Italy)
Massimo Mecella (Sapienza University, Italy)
Stavros Vassos (Sapienza University, Italy)

Poster Session 3 - Extended Abstracts 3

Planning of Diverse Trajectories for UAV Control Displays (Page 1231)
Jan Tožička (FEE CTU in Prague, Czech Rep)

David Šišlák (FEE CTU in Prague, Czech Rep)
Michal Pěchouček (FEE CTU in Prague, Czech Rep)

A Macroscopic Model for Multi-Robot Stigmergic Coverage (Page 1233)
Bijan Ranjbar-Sahraei (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Gerhard Weiss (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Karl Tuyls (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

On the Rationality of Cycling in the Theory of Moves Framework (Page 1235)
Jolie Olsen (University of Tulsa, USA)

Sandip Sen (University of Tulsa, USA)

Voting with Partial Information: What Questions to Ask? (Page 1237)
Ning Ding (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)

Fangzhen Lin (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)

Learning in Real-Time in Repeated Games Using Experts (Page 1239)
Jacob W. Crandall (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE)

Agent-Based Evolving Societies (Page 1241)
Loïs Vanhée (Utrecht Universiteit, The Netherlands)

Jacques Ferber (LIRMM, France)
Frank Dignum (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Social Capital: The Power of Influencers in Networks (Page 1243)
Karthik Subbian (University of Minnesota, USA)

Dhruv Sharma (University of Minnesota, USA)
Zhen Wen (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Jaideep Srivastava (University of Minnesota, USA)

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Overcoming Erroneous Domain Knowledge in Plan-Based Reward Shaping (Page 1245)
Kyriakos Efthymiadis (University of York, UK)

Sam Devlin (University of York, UK)
Daniel Kudenko (University of York, UK)

Preferences with Qualitative Thresholds and Methods for Individual and Collective Decisions (Page 1247)
Samy Sá (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil)

João Alcântara (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil)

Segmentation of Hand Gestures Using Motion Capture Data (Page 1249)
Ajay Sundar Ramakrishnan (University of California Davis, USA)

Michael Neff (University of California Davis, USA)

Enabling Human-Robot Collaboration via Argumentation (Page 1251)
Elizabeth Sklar (City University of New York, USA)

Mohammad Q. Azhar (City University of New York, USA)
Todd Flyr (City University of New York, USA)
Simon Parsons (City University of New York, USA)

An Empirical Study of Trading Agent Robustness (Page 1253)
Shai Hertz (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Mariano Schain (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Yishay Mansour (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Scheduling Mobile Exploration Tasks for Environment Learning (Page 1255)
Max Korein (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Brian Coltin (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Manuela Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

"What If There Was No Oxygen?": Responding to Hypothetical Questions in an Intelligent Tutoring Agent (Page 1257)
Neil Yorke-Smith (American University of Beirut & University of Cambridge, Lebanon)

Stijn Heymans (SRI International, USA)
Vinay Chaudhri (SRI International, USA)

Learning in Non-Stationary MDPs as Transfer Learning (Page 1259)
M. M. Hassan Mahmud (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Subramanian Ramamoorthy (University of Edinburgh, UK)

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Applying Distributed Optimization for QoS-Security Tradeoff in a Distributed Information System (Page 1261)
Hala Mostafa (Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA)

Nathaniel Soule (Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA)
Nicholas Hoff (Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA)
Partha Pal (Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA)
Patrick Hurley (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)

Multi-Agent RRT*: Sampling-based Cooperative Pathfinding (Page 1263)
Michal Čáp (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Peter Novák (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Jiří Vokřínek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Michal Pěchouček (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Deliberating about Voting Dimensions (Page 1265)
Daniele Porello (Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISTC-CNR), Italy)

Benchmarking Communication in Actor- and Agent-Based Languages (Page 1267)
Rafael C. Cardoso (FACIN-PUCRS, Brazil)

Jomi F. Hübner (DAS-UFSC, Brazil)
Rafael H. Bordini (FACIN-PUCRS, Brazil)

Decentralized Coordination via Task Decomposition and Reward Shaping (Page 1269)
Atil Iscen (Oregon State University, USA)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

Affect Detection from Semantic and Metaphorical Interpretation of Virtual Drama (Page 1271)
Li Zhang (University of Northumbria, UK)

John Barnden (University of Birmingham, UK)
Ming Jiang (University of Leeds, UK)

Multiagent POMDPs with Asynchronous Execution (Page 1273)
João V. Messias (Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal)

Matthijs T. J. Spaan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal)

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Introducing Alarms in Adversarial Patrolling Games (Page 1275)
Enrique Munoz de Cote (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico)

Ruben Stranders (University of Southampton, UK)
Nicola Basilico (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Nicola Gatti (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Nick Jennings (University of Southampton, UK)

Graphical Models in Continuous Domains for Multiagent Reinforcement Learning (Page 1277)
Scott Proper (Oregon State University, USA)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

Multiagent Negotiation on Multiple Issues with Incomplete Information (Page 1279)
Ronghuo Zheng (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Nilanjan Chakraborty (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Tinglong Dai (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Addressing Hard Constraints in the Air Traffic Problem through Partitioning and Difference Rewards (Page 1281)
William Curran (Oregon State University, USA)

Adrian Agogino (NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University, USA)

Maximizing Matching in Double-Sided Auctions (Page 1283)
Jinzhong Niu (The City College, The City University of New York, USA)

Simon Parsons (Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, USA)

Model Based Approach to Detect Emergent Behavior in Multi-Agent Systems (Page 1285)
Mohammad Moshirpour (University of Calgary, Canada)

Nariman Mani (Carleton University, Canada)
Armin Eberlein (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
Behrouz H. Far (University of Calgary, Canada)

Predicting Migration and Opinion Adoption Patterns in Agent Communities (Page 1287)
Sreerupa Chatterjee (University of Tulsa, USA)

Feyza Merve Hafizoğlu(University of Tulsa, USA)
Sandip Sen (University of Tulsa, USA)

Bases of Social Power for Agents (Page 1289)
Gonçalo Pereira (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico and Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal)

Rui Prada (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico and Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal)
Pedro A. Santos (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico and Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal)

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Concurrent Reinforcement Learning as a Rehearsal for Decentralized Planning Under Uncertainty (Page 1291)
Landon Kraemer (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)

Bikramjit Banerjee (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)

Robustness Evaluation of Incentive Mechanisms (Page 1293)
Yuan Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Jie Zhang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Dynamic Information Transfer and Sharing Model in Agent Based Evacuation Simulations (Page 1295)
Masaru Okaya (Meijo University, Japan)

Mary Southern (University of Minnesota, USA)
Tomoichi Takahashi (Meijo University, Japan)

Poster Session 4 - Extended Abstracts 4

Modeling Human Adversary Decision Making in Security Games: An Initial Report (Page 1297)
Thanh H. Nguyen (University of Southern California, USA)

James Pita (University of Southern California, USA)
Rajiv Maheswaran (University of Southern California, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)
Amos Azaria (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Sarit Kraus (Bar Ilan University & University of Maryland, College Park, Israel & USA)

Towards Ridesharing with Passenger Transfers (Page 1299)
Brian Coltin (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Manuela Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Resistance to Bribery when Aggregating Soft Constraints (Page 1301)
Maria Silvia Pini (University of Padova, Italy)

Francesca Rossi (University of Padova, Italy)
Kristen Brent Venable (Tulane University and IHMC, USA)

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An Agent Design for Repeated Negotiation and Information Revelation with People (Page 1303)
Noam Peled (Bar Ilan University, Israel)

Ya'akov Kobi Gal (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
Sarit Kraus (Bar Ilan University, Israel)

Seeding Influential Nodes in Non-Submodular Models of Information Diffusion (Page 1305)
Elliot Anshelevich (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Ameya Hate (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Malik Magdon-Ismail (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Rating Players in Games with Real-Valued Outcomes (Page 1307)
Christopher Archibald (University of Alberta, Canada)

Neil Burch (University of Alberta, Canada)
Michael Bowling (University of Alberta, Canada)
Matthew Rutherford (University of Denver, USA)

Biasing the Behavior of Organizationally Adept Agents (Page 1309)
Daniel Corkill (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)

Chongjie Zhang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Bruno da Silva (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Yoonheui Kim (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Daniel Garant (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Victor R. Lesser (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Xiaoqin Zhang (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA)

Memory and the Design of Migrating Virtual Agents (Page 1311)
Ruth Aylett (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

Michael Kriegel (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Iain Wallace (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Elena Segura (SICS, Sweden)
Johanna Mercurio (SICS, Sweden)
Stina Nylander (SICS, Sweden)

Bi-Directional Double Auction for Financial Market Simulation (Page 1313)
Meng Chang (Aston University, UK)

Minghua He (Aston University, UK)
Aniko Ekart (Aston University, UK)
Xudong Luo (Sun Yat-Sen University, UK)
Shichao Zhang (Guangxi Normal University, China)

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A Reputation-aware Decision-making Approach for Improving the Efficiency of Crowdsourcing Systems (Page 1315)
Han Yu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Zhiqi Shen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Chunyan Miao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Bo An (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

CHAINME: Fast Decentralized Finding of Better Supply Chains (Page 1317)
Toni Penya-Alba (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)

Jesus Cerquides (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Meritxell Vinyals (University of Southampton, UK)

Minimal Concession Strategy for Reaching Fair, Optimal and Stable Marriages (Page 1319)
Patricia Everaere (Université Lille 1, France)

Maxime Morge (Université Lille 1, France)
Gauthier Picard (École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France)

Reinforcement Social Learning of Coordination in Cooperative Multiagent Systems (Page 1321)
Jianye Hao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

Ho-fung Leung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

Generating and Ranking Commitment Protocols (Page 1323)
Akin Günay (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Michael Winikoff (Otago University, New Zealand)
Pinar Yolum (Bogazici University, Turkey)

DeGED: An Efficient Divide-and-Coordinate Algorithm for DCOP (Page 1325)
Daisuke Hatano (Kobe University, Japan)

Katsutoshi Hirayama (Kobe University, Japan)

Exact Algorithms for Weighted and Unweighted Borda Manipulation Problems (Page 1327)
Yongjie Yang (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany)

Jiong Guo (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany)

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Self-Checking Logical Agents (Page 1329)
Stefania Costantini (University of L'Aquila, Italy)

Do Underlying Attitudes Affect Users' Subjective Experiences? The Case of an Empathic Agent (Page 1331)
Janneke M. van der Zwaan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Virginia Dignum (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Deontic Logic Programs (Page 1333)
Ricardo Gonçalves (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

José Júlio Alferes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

"Can I ask you a favour?" - A Relational Model of Socio-Cultural Behaviour (Page 1335)
Samuel Mascarenhas (Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal)

Rui Prada (Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal)
Ana Paiva (Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal)
Nick Degens (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Gert Jan Hofstede (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)

You Are Who You Hang Out With: Agents With Dynamic Identity (Page 1337)
Joana Dimas (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal)

Rui Prada (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal)

On the Analysis of Joining Communities of Agent-Based Web Services (Page 1339)
Jamal Bentahar (Concordia University, Canada)

Babak Khosravifar (McGill University, Canada)
Kathleen Clacens (University of Namur, Belgium)
Christophe Goffart (University of Namur, Belgium)
Philippe Thiran (University of Namur, Belgium)

An Agent for Optimizing Airline Ticket Purchasing (Page 1341)
William Groves (University of Minnesota, USA)

Maria Gini (University of Minnesota, USA)

Using Response Probability to Build System Redundancy in Multiagent Systems (Page 1343)
Annie S. Wu (University of Central Florida, USA)

R. Paul Wiegand (University of Central Florida, USA)
Ramya Pradhan (University of Central Florida, USA)

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Schulze and Ranked-Pairs Voting Are Fixed-Parameter Tractable to Bribe, Manipulate, and Control (Page 1345)
Lane A. Hemaspaandra (University of Rochester, USA)

Rahman Lavaee (University of Rochester, USA)
Curtis Menton (University of Rochester, USA)

Quality-Control Mechanism Utilizing Worker's Confidence for Crowdsourced Tasks (Page 1347)
Yuko Sakurai (Kyushu University and JST PRESTO, Japan)

Tenda Okimoto (Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center, Japan)
Masaaki Oka (Kyushu University, Japan)
Masato Shinoda (Nara Women's University, Japan)
Maokoto Yokoo (Kyushu University, Japan)

Session: Demo Papers

Simulating Household Activities to Lower Consumption Peaks (Page 1349)
Edouard Amouroux (LIP6, UPMC, France)

François Sempé (Francois Sempé AE, France)
Thomas Huraux (LIP6 UPMC - EDF R&D, France)
Nicolas Sabouret (LIMSI CNRS - SUPELEC, France)
Yvon Haradji (EDF R&D, France)

Divas 4.0: A Framework for the Development of Situated Multi-Agent Based Simulation Systems (Page 1351)
Frederico Araujo (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Junia Valente (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Mohammad Al-Zinati (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Dane Kuiper (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Rym Zalila-Wenkstern (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

An Argumentation-Based Dialogue System for Human-Robot Collaboration (Page 1353)
Mohammad Q. Azhar (Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York, USA)

Simon Parsons (The Graduate Center & Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, USA)
Elizabeth Sklar (The Graduate Center & Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, USA)

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An Approach to Team Programming with Markup for Operator Interaction (Page 1355)
Nathan Brooks (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Ewart de Visser (Perceptronics Solutions, Inc., USA)
Timur Chabuk (Perceptronics Solutions, Inc., USA)
Elan Freedy (Perceptronics Solutions, Inc., USA)
Paul Scerri (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

My Dream Theatre (Page 1357)
Henrique Campos (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico - UTL, Portugal)

Joana Campos (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico - UTL, Portugal)
João Cabral (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico - UTL, Portugal)
Carlos Martinho (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico - UTL, Portugal)
Jeppe Herlev Nielsen (Serious Games Interactive, Denmark)
Ana Paiva (INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico - UTL, Portugal)

Mechanical Design and Computational Aspects for Locomotion and Reconfiguration of the ModRED Modular Robot (Page 1359)
Prithviraj Dasgupta (University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA)

José Baca (University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA)
S. G. M. Hossain (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Ayan Dutta (University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA)
Carl Nelson (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

GAMA: Multi-Level and Complex Environment for Agent-Based Models and Simulations (Page 1361)
Alexis Drogoul (UMMISCO, IRD, Vietnam)

Edouard Amouroux (LIP6, UPMC, France)
Philippe Caillou (LRI, Université Paris Sud, France)
Benoit Gaudou (IRIT, Université Toulouse 1, France)
Arnaud Grignard (UMMISCO, IRD, Vietnam)
Nicolas Marilleau (UMMISCO, IRD, France)
Patrick Taillandier (Université Rouen, France)
Maroussia Vavasseur (IRIT, Université Toulouse 1, France)
Duc-An Vo (UMMISCO, IRD, Vietnam)
Jean-Daniel Zucker (UMMISCO, IRD, Vietnam)

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OctoSLAM: A 3D Mapping Approach to Situational Awareness of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Page 1363)
Joscha-David Fossel (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Daniel Hennes (Maaastricht University, The Netherlands)
Sjriek Alers (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Daniel Claes (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Karl Tuyls (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

NetArg: An Agent-Based Social Simulator with Argumentative Agents (Page 1365)
Simone Gabbriellini (University of Bologna, Italy)

Paolo Torroni (University of Bologna, Italy)

Volttron: An Agent Platform for the Smart Grid (Page 1367)
Jereme Haack (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)

Bora Akyol (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
Brandon Carpenter (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
Cody Tews (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
Lance Foglesong (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)

A Collaborative Activity for Evaluating HAT-COM: Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (Page 1369)
Nader Hanna (Macquarie University, Australia)

Deborah Richards (Macquarie University, Australia)

Formation Control for Cooperative Localization of MAV Swarms (Demonstration) (Page 1371)
Arjun Iyer (Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, USA)

Luis Rayas (Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, USA)
Andrew Bennett (Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, USA)

Learning Agent Models in SeSAm (Page 1373)
Robert Junges (Örebro University, Sweden)

Franziska Klügl (Örebro University, Sweden)

Roundabout Collision Avoidance for Multiple Robots Based on Minimum Enclosing Rectangle (Page 1375)
Fan Liu(Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

Ajit Narayanan(Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

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Game-Theoretic Patrol Strategies for Transit Systems: The TRUSTS System and Its Mobile App (Page 1377)
Samantha Luber (Microsoft, USA)

Zhengyu Yin (University of Southern California, USA)
Francesco Delle Fave (University of Southern California, USA)
Albert Xin Jiang (University of Southern California, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)
John P. Sullivan (LA County Sheriff's Department, USA)

Industrial Process Optimisation with JIAC (Page 1379)
Marco Lützenberger (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)

Tobias Küster (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Thomas Konnerth (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Alexander Thiele (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Nils Masuch (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Axel Heßler (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Jan Keiser (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Michael Burkhardt (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Silvan Kaiser (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Jakob Tonn (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Sahin Albayrak (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)

iCO2 - Promoting Eco-Driving Practice through Multiuser Challenge Optimization (Page 1381)
Marconi Madruga (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Helmut Prendinger (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

RMASBench: A Benchmarking System for Multi-Agent Coordination in Urban Search and Rescue (Page 1383)
Fabio Maffioletti (University of Verona, Italy)

Riccardo Reffato (University of Verona, Italy)
Alessandro Farinelli (University of Verona, Italy)
Alexander Kleiner (Linköping University, Sweden)
Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)
Bing Shi (Wuhan University of Technology, China)

Diversity Beats Strength? A Hands-on Experience with 9X9 Go (Page 1385)
Leandro Soriano Marcolino (University of Southern California, USA)

Douglass Chen (University of Southern California, USA)
Albert Xin Jiang (University of Southern California, USA)
Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)

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Traveller: An Intercultural Training System with Intelligent Agents (Page 1387)
Samuel Mascarenhas (INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

André Silva (INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Ana Paiva (INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Ruth Aylett (Herriot-Watt University, Scotland Uk)
Felix Kistler (Augsburg University, Germany)
Elisabeth André (Augsburg University, Germany)
Nick Degens (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Gert Jan Hofstede (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Arvid Kappas (Jacobs University, Germany)

IRON: A Machine for the Automated Synthesis of Normative Systems (Page 1389)
Javier Morales (University of Barcelona & Spanish Council of Scientific Research, Spain)

Maite Lopez-Sanchez (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford, UK)
Wamberto Vasconcelos (University of Aberdeen, UK)

An MAS Negotiation Support Tool for Schema Matching (Page 1391)
Hung Quoc Viet Nguyen (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

Xuan Hoai Luong (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Zoltán Miklós (Université de Rennes 1, France)
Tho Quan Thanh (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam)
Karl Aberer (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

A Task Complexity Assessment Tool for Single-Operator Multi-Robot Control Scenarios (Page 1393)
A. Tuna Özgelen (The City University of New York - The Graduate Center, USA)

Elizabeth Sklar (The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA)

Argtrust: Decision Making with Information From Sources of Varying Trustworthiness (Page 1395)
Simon Parsons (The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA)

Elizabeth Sklar (The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA)
Jordan Salvit (The City University of New York - The Graduate Center, USA)
Holly Wall (The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA)
Zimi Li (The City University of New York - The Graduate Center, USA)

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MUST: MUlti Agent Simulation of Multi-Modal Urban Traffic (Page 1397)
Deepika Pathania (International Institute of Information Technology, India)

Bharath Vissapragada (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Nahil Jain (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Apeksha Khare (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Soujanya Lanka (International Institute of Information Technology, India)
Kamalakar Karlapalem (International Institute of Information Technology, India)

A Social Network Interface to an Interactive Narrative (Page 1399)
Julie Porteous (Teesside University, UK)

Fred Charles (Teesside University, UK)
Marc Cavazza (Teesside University, UK)

AgentSwitch: Towards Smart Energy Tariff Selection (Page 1401)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)

Michael A. Osborne (University of Oxford, UK)
Oliver Parson (University of Southampton, UK)
Talal Rahwan (University of Southampton, UK)
Sasan Maleki (University of Southampton, UK)
Steve Reece (University of Oxford, UK)
Trung D. Huynh (University of Southampton, UK)
Muddasser Alam (University of Southampton, UK)
Joel E. Fischer (University of Nottingham, UK)
Tom Rodden (University of Nottingham, UK)
Luc Moreau (University of Southampton, UK)
Stephen Roberts (University of Oxford, UK)

StiCo in Action (Page 1403)
Bijan Ranjbar-Sahraei (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Sjriek Alers (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Karl Tuyls (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Gerhard Weiss (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

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Coordinating Maintenance Planning Under Uncertainty (Page 1405)
Joris Scharpff (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Matthijs T.J. Spaan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Leentje Volker (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Mathijs M. De Weerdt (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Deployment of Multi-Agent Algorithms for Tactical Operations on UAV Hardware (Page 1407)
Martin Selecký (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Michal Štolba (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Tomáš Meiser (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Michal Čáp (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Antonín Komenda (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Milan Rollo (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Jiří Vokřínek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Michal Pěchouček (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

HRTeam: A Framework to Support Research on Human/Multi-Robot Interaction (Page 1409)
Elizabeth Sklar (The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA)

Simon Parsons (The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA)
A. Tuna Özgelen (The City University of New York - The Graduate Center, USA)
Eric Schneider (The City University of New York - Hunter College, USA)
Michael Costantino (The City University of New York - College of Staten Island, USA)
Susan L. Epstein (The City University of New York - Hunter College, USA)

Diverse Trajectory Planning for UAV Control Displays (Page 1411)
Jan Tožička (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Jan Balata (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)
Zdeněk Mikovec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Robin, an Empathic Virtual Buddy for Social Support (Page 1413)
Janneke M. van der Zwaan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Virginia Dignum (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Session: Doctoral Consortium Abstracts

Ad Hoc Coordination in Multiagent Systems with Applications to Human-Machine Interaction (Page 1415)
Stefano V. Albrecht (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Subramanian Ramamoorthy (University of Edinburgh, UK)

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Information Sharing for Care Coordination (Page 1417)
Ofra Amir (Harvard University, USA)

Designing an Automated Negotiator: Learning What to Bid and When to Stop (Doctoral Consortium) (Page 1419)
Tim Baarslag (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Agents with a Moral Dimension (Page 1421)
Cristina Battaglino (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy)

Solving Extensive-Form Games with Double-Oracle Methods (Page 1423)
Branislav Bosansky (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Rep)

Theory and Applications of Difference Evaluation Functions (Page 1425)
Mitchell K. Colby (Oregon State University, USA)

The Effects of Human Personality on Human-Agent Interactions (Page 1427)
Hongying Du (University of South Carolina, USA)

Active Sensing in Complex Multiagent Environments (Page 1429)
Adam Eck (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Ad Hoc Teamwork for Leading a Flock (Page 1431)
Katie Genter (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Emergence of Privacy Conventions in Online Social Networks (Page 1433)
Mohammad Rashedul Hasan (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

Dispersion and Exploration for Robot Teams (Page 1437)
Elizabeth A. Jensen (University of Minnesota, USA)

OperA+: A Model for Context-Aware Organizational Interactions in Virtual Organizations (Page 1435)
Jie Jiang (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Planning Under Uncertainty (Page 1439)
Landon Kraemer (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)

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Towards the Design of a Robust Incentive Mechanism for E-Marketplaces with Limited Inventory (Page 1441)
Yuan Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Towards "Live" Synthetic Populations for Large-Scale Realistic Multiagent Simulations (Page 1443)
Nidhi Parikh (Virginia Tech, USA)

Task Allocation for Multi-Agent Systems in Dynamic Environments (Page 1445)
James E. Parker (University of Minnesota, USA)

From Supply Chain Formation to Multi-Agent Coordination (Page 1447)
Toni Penya-Alba (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)

Influence of Inter-Agent Variation on System Redundancy in Multiagent Systems (Page 1449)
Ramya Pradhan (University of Central Florida, USA)

Computationally Efficient Techniques for Economic Mechanisms (Page 1451)
Marco Rocco (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Deliberation About Preferences and Group Decisions (Page 1453)
Samy Sá (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil)

Dynamic Contracting in Infrastructures (Page 1455)
Joris Scharpff (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Creating an Artificially Intelligent Director (AID) for Theatre and Virtual Environments (Page 1457)
Christine Talbot (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)

Artificial Culture in Artificial Societies (Page 1459)
Loïs Vanhée (University of Montpellier II, France)

Multimodal Intelligent Affect Detection with Kinect (Page 1461)
Yang Zhang (Northumbria University, UK)

Li Zhang (Northumbria University, UK)
Alamgir Hossain (Northumbria University, UK)

Programming Autonomous Robots Using Agent Programming Languages (Page 1463)
Pouyan Ziafati (University of Luxembourg & Utrecht University, Luxembourg & The Netherlands)