collective agent based systems call for papers esslli - workshop on foundations and applications of collective agent based systems ( cabs ) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = workshop held in the section ' computation ' as part of the ' eleventh european summer school in logic , language and information ' esslli-99 august 16-20 , 1999 , utrecht , the netherlands program committee : wiebe van der hoek ( utrecht university ) john - jules meyer ( utrecht university ) cees witteveen ( delft university ) mike wooldridge ( university of london ) invited speaker : christiano castelfranchi , university of siena organisers : wiebe van der hoek ( utrecht university ) wiebe @ cs . uu . nl john - jules meyer ( utrecht university ) jj @ cs . uu . nl cees witteveen ( delft university ) witt @ cs . tudelft . nl questions concerning the workshop may be addressed to any of the organizers . background : this workshop concerns the description of , specification of and reasoning about collective agent-based systems , i . e . multi-agent systems in the sense of co-ordinated networks of autonomous agents . typical issues to be addressed are logic-based approaches to communication , synchronisation co-ordination , co-operation , conflict handling and negotiation , collective intentions / goals , goals and commitments . other topics include incident handling and fault-tolerant behaviour of such systems . finally , applications of collective agent-based systems in e . g . transportation , trade and e-commerce will be subject of discussion in the workshop . keywords : - theories , logics and specification formalisms for multi - agent systems - models for agent communication , co-ordination , co-operation , competition , collective intentions , contracts , delegation , ( social ) commitment , roles etc . - models and specification of emergent behaviour - theories for agent negotiation and argumentation - coalition formation - conflict handling / resolution - models and methods for conflict resolution - multi-agent programming - approaches dealing with incident handling and fault-tolerance in mas - applications in e . g . transport , trade and e-commerce how the workhsop will be organised : the workshop will consist of five sessions ( 90 min . each ) of presentation and discussion of contributed papers . it will take place during the second week esslli - summer school and will be open to all members of the lli - community . submissions : all researchers in the area , but especially ph . d . students and young researchers , are encouraged to submit an abstract ( hard copy or e-mail ) of not more than 12 pages to the following address : wiebe van der hoek department of computer science po box 80089 3508 tb utrecht the netherlands wiebe @ cs . uu . nl summary of dates : march 15 , 99 : deadline for submissions may 1 , 99 : notification of acceptance may 31 , 99 : deadline for final copy aug 9 , 99 : start of esslli ' 99 aug 16 , 99 : start of workshop registration : workshop contributors will be required to register for esslli-99 . further information : to obtain further information about the workshop , please go to http : / / pds . twi . tudelft . nl / cabs / esslli _ 99 . htm the esslli-99 home page is at http : / / esslli . let . uu . nl /