-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Call for papers: a special issue in Multiagent and Grid Systems ---- An International Journal Datum: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:42:56 +1000 Von: MinJie Zhang minjie@uow.edu.au Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.optimanumerics.com

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Papers for a special issue in /Multiagent and Grid Systems/ ---- An International Journal *

*Title: Negotiation Mechanisms for Multiagent and Grid Resource Management Systems *

*Guest Editors :* Kwang Mong Sim ( Hong Kong Baptist University) Minjie Zhang ( University of Wollongong) Takayuki Ito (Nagoya Institute of Technology ).

Automated negotiation among software agents is becoming increasingly important because automated interactions between agents can occur in many different contexts. For instance, designing agents that can negotiate deals on behalf of human traders is essential for developing the next generation of e-commerce and e-trading systems. More recently, bargaining and negotiation mechanisms have been applied as economic models for managing resources in a Grid computing platform. Additionally, recent studies seem to focus on completely open and highly uncertain environments in which agent systems are applied to the real world. In engineering practical negotiation agents, issues such as reliability, and robustness are essential in addition to the more traditional notion of rationality (in the sense of being utility optimizing). This special issue hopes to bring together researchers working in the broad areas of agent negotiation, multi-issue negotiations, auctions, mechanism design, electronic commerce, Grid resource management, and co-operation mechanisms. It serves to provide a forum for researchers to present their results and to highlight recent research achievements in the areas.

*Topics include but are not limited to: * Negotiation Protocols Multi-Issue Negotiations Concurrent, Multiple and Sequential Negotiations Computational Mechanism Design Incentive Compatible Mechanisms Rational Argumentation among Agents Agent-based Approaches for Grid Systems and Grid Applications Bargaining Models for Grid Resource Management Negotiation Mechanisms for e-commerce and G-commerce Other Economic Models for Grid Resource Allocation (e.g., Auction and Commodity Markets)

*Deadline for Submission : *August 1, 2006

Inquiries and manuscripts should be sent to one of the Guest Editors: K. M. Sim bsim@comp.hkbu.edu.hk, Minjie Zhang < minjie@uow.edu.au> or Takayuki Ito itota@ics.nitech.ac.jp .

The Instruction for Authors is available at: http://www.iospress.nl/html/15741702.php

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Minjie Zhang Associate Professor School of IT and Computer Science University of Wollongong Wollongong. NSW 2522 Australia Email: minjie@uow.edu.au URL: http://www.uow.edu.au/~minjie

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