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Multiagent systems and self-organizative virtual organizations, a step ahead in adaptive MAS

Rodríguez González, Sara,Prieta Pintado, Fernando de la,Zato Domínguez, Davinia Carolina,Corchado Rodríguez, Juan Manuel,Bajo, Javier

Abstract

Organizations of agents based on Virtual Organizations needs to be supported by a coordinated effort that explicitly determines how the agents should be organized and carry out the actions and tasks assigned to them. The interactions of a multi-agent system cannot be only related to the agent and the communication skills, but also to the concepts of organizational engineering. Moreover, nowadays there is a clear trend towards using methods and tools that can help to develop and simulate virtual organizations by means of multiagent systems (MAS). Simulation is used for several purposes ranging from work flow to system's procedures representation. The contribution from agent based computing to the field of computer simulation mediated by ABS (Agent Based Simulation) is a new paradigm for the simulation of complex systems that require a high level of interaction between the entities of the system. The main goal of this work is a new global coordination model for an agent organization in a simulation context. The innovation of this work consists of the dynamic and adaptive planning capability to distribute tasks among the agent of the organization. The middleware used for simulation makes it possible to visualize the emergent agent behaviour and the entity agent.

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i P oceedings o he 2011 11 h In e na ional Con e ence on In elligen Sys ems Design and Applica ions 22 – 24 No embe 2011 Có doba, Spain Sebas ián Ven u a, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Aji h Ab aham, Machine In elligence Resea ch (MIR) Labs, USA K zysz o Cios, Vi ginia Commonweal h Uni e si y, USA C is óbal Rome o, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain F ancesco Ma celloni, Uni e si y o Pisa, I aly José Manuel Bení ez, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain E a Gibaja, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain IEEE Ca alog Numbe : CFP11394-CDR ISBN: 978-1-4577-1675-1 Technical suppo & inqui ies Resea ch Publishing Se ices :+65-6492 1137; :+65-6747 4355; e:enqui ies@ psonline.com.sg Copy igh and Rep in Pe mission: Abs ac ing is pe mi ed wi h c edi o he sou ce. Lib a ies a e pe mi ed o pho ocopy beyond he limi o U.S. copy igh law o p i a e use o pa ons hose a icles in his olume ha ca y a code a he bo om o he i s page, p o ided he pe -copy ee indica ed in he code is paid h ough Copy igh Clea ance Cen e , 222 Rosewood D i e, Dan e s, MA 01923. Fo o he copying, ep in o epublica ion pe mission, w i e o IEEE Copy igh s Manage , IEEE Ope a ions Cen e , 445 Hoes Lane, Pisca away, NJ 08854. All igh s ese ed. Copy igh © 2011 by IEEE. ii Welcome om he Gene al Chai s Welcome o he 11 h In e na ional Con e ence on In elligen Sys ems Design and Applica ions (ISDA’11) ha his yea akes place in Co doba, No embe 22-24. Co doba is loca ed in he egion o Andalusia, in sou he n Spain, wi h mo e han wo housand yea s o his o y. I s old own con ains nume ous eminde s o when i was he capi al o Hispania Ul e io du ing he ime o he Roman Republic and he capi al o Hispania Bae ica du ing he Roman Empi e. Co doba was also du ing he 10-11 h cen u ies he capi al o he Islamic Calipha e o Co doba ha included mos o he Ibe ian Peninsula. In hese imes Co doba was he mos populous ci y in he wo ld and he in ellec ual cen e o Eu ope. Today i is a medium size ci y wi h a popula ion o abou 350,000 ha man ains an eno mous cul u al and monumen al pa omony as he i age o hei ances o s. The Uni e si y o Co doba is wi ness o his en i e cul u al he i age, while he passion o knowledge, espec , uni e sal p ojec ion and ha mony among ci iliza ions make he ci y ha houses ou ins i u ion a pa adigm o humani y. This equilib ium and ha mony is e lec ed in he h ee b oad a eas in which he UCO unde akes i s ac i i ies: he Ag icul u al and Food Sciences, Science and Technology; Humani ies and Legal and Social Sciences and he Heal h Sciences; each wi h i s own special cha ac e is ics. This balance is also mani es ed in quali y eaching and esea ch, si ua ing i among he op academic ins i u ions in Spain. ISDA’11 is o ganized and sponso ed by he Machine In elligence Resea ch Labs (MIR Labs), he Uni e si y o Co doba (Spain), and he Minis y o Science and Inno a ion o Spain. Technically i is sponso ed by he IEEE Sys ems, Man and Cybe ne ics Socie y; he IEEE (Spain Sec ion); he IEEE Sys ems, Man and Cybe ne ics Socie y (Spanish Chap e ); In e na ional Fuzzy Sys ems Associa ion (IFSA); Eu opean Neu al Ne wo ks Socie y (ENNS); he Eu opean Socie y o Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUFLAT); he Wo ld Fede a ion o So Compu ing (WFSC) and Technically Suppo ed by he IEEE Sys ems, Man and Cybe ne ics Socie y Technical Commi ees on So Compu ing and G anula Compu ing. ISDA’11 b ings oge he esea che s, enginee s, de elope s and p ac i ione s om academia and indus y wo king in all in e disciplina y a eas o in elligen sys ems and sys em enginee ing o sha e hei expe iences, and o exchange and c oss- e ilize hei ideas. The aim o ISDA’11 is o se e as a o um o he dissemina ion o s a e-o - he-a esea ch and de elopmen o in elligen sys ems, in elligen echnologies, and applica ions. This yea we ecei ed 394 pape s, om 51 coun ies, o which 237 ha e been accep ed. All submissions we e e iewed by h ee e iewe s, wi h no dis inc ion be ween pape s submi ed o special sessions, wo kshops, o as egula pape s. We a e con inced ha he quali y and di e si y o he opics co e ed will sa is y bo h he a endees and eade s o he con e ence p oceedings. We a e pleased o announce hese ou s anding plena y speake s: • P o . Be na d De Bae s, Ghen Uni e si y, Belgium • P o . Ba Goe hals, Uni e si y o An we p, Belgium • P o . Vojisla Kecman, Vi ginia Commonweal h Uni e si y, U.S.A. • P o . Osma R. Zaïane, Uni e si y o Albe a, Canada • P o . Zhi-Hua Zhou, Nanjing Uni e si y, China We exp ess ou since e hanks o he P og amme Chai s: P o s. Jose Manuel Beni ez, F ancesco Ma celloni, and C is obal Rome o, o a anging he e y ich echnical p og amme. We also exp ess ou g a i ude o he wo kshop and special session o ganize s, and all he p og am commi ee membe s who e iewed he pape s and made he ISDA’11 a e y success ul con e ence. We will be welcoming you in Co doba and hope ha you will enjoy he con e ence p og amme. Gene al Chai s Sebas ian Ven u a, Uni e si y o Co doba, Spain iii Aji h Ab aham, Machine In elligence Resea ch (MIR) Labs, USA K zysz o J. Cios, Vi ginia Commonweal h Uni e si y, USA O ganizing Commi ee Gene al Co-chai s Sebas ián Ven u a, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Aji h Ab aham, Machine In elligence Resea ch (MIR) Labs, USA K zysz o Cios, Vi ginia Commonweal h Uni e si y, USA Technical P og am Commi ee (TPC) Co-chai s C is óbal Rome o, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain F ancesco Ma celloni, Uni e si y o Pisa, I aly José Manuel Bení ez, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Ad iso y Commi ee Aji h Ab aham, Machine In elligence Resea ch (MIR) Labs, USA K zysz o Cios, Vi ginia Commonweal h Uni e si y, USA Emilio Co chado, Uni e si y o Salamanca, Spain Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cai o Uni e si y, Egyp F ancisco He e a, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Janusz Kacp zyk, Polish Academy o Sciences, Poland Nikola Kasabo , AUT Uni e si y, New Zealand Ma io Koeppen, Kyuhsu Ins i u e o Technology, Japan Ja ie Mon e o, Complu ense Uni e si y o Mad id (UCM), Spain Nikhil R. Pal, Indian S a is ical Ins i u e, India Hen i P ade, IRIT, F ance Im e J. Rudas, Óbuda Uni e si y, Hunga y Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu Uni e si y, Japan Sebas ián Ven u a, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain In e na ional P og am Commi ee Siby Ab aham, Uni e si y o Mumbai, India Gio anni Acampo a, Uni e si y o Sale no, I aly Ni in Aga wal, Uni e si y o A kansas a Li le Rock, USA Ra ael Alcalá, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Jesús Alcalá-Fdez, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Jose Alonso, Eu opean Cen e o So Compu ing, Spain Michela An onelli, Dip. 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Rome o, Uni e si y o Cas illa La Mancha, Spain Miguel Pagola, Uni e sidad Publica de Na a a, Spain Ma cin Pap zycki, IBS PAN, Poland Wi old Ped ycz, Uni e si y o Albe a, Canada i Da id Pel a, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain José Peña, Uni e sidad Poli écnica de Mad id, Spain An onio Pe eg in, Uni e si y o Huel a, Spain Ma ia del Ma Pe ez, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Jose Luis Pe ez de la C uz, Uni e si y o Malaga, Spain Vincenzo Piu i, Uni e si y o Milan, I aly Jan Pla os, VSB-Technical Uni e si y o Os a a, FEECS, Czech Republic Bea iz Pon es, Uni e si y o Se ille, Spain Ca los Po cel, Uni e si y o Jaén, Spain Pe Pošík, Czech Technical Uni e si y in P ague, Czech Republic Manuel P ie o-Mendez, Uni e si y o Cas illa-La Mancha, Spain José Pue a, Uni e si y o Cas illa-La Mancha, Spain Zbigniew Ras, Uni e si y o No h Ca olina, USA Ca los Reguei o, Uni e si y o Co uña, Spain Ge mano Resconi, Ca holic Uni e si y, I aly Leona do Reyne i, Poli ecnico di To ino, I aly Jose Riquelme, Uni e si y o Se ille, Spain An onio Ri e a, Uni e si y o Jaén, Spain F ancisco Ja ie Rod íguez Ma ínez, Uni e sidade de Vigo, Spain Ignacio Rojas, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain José Raúl Rome o, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Rocio Rome o-Zaliz, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain C is ina Rubio-Escude o, Uni e si y o Se illa, Spain An onio Salme ón, Uni e si y o Alme ía, Spain O idio Sal e i, ISTI-CNR, I aly Daniel Sánchez, Eu opean Cen e o So Compu ing, Spain Luciano Sanchez, Uni e si y o O iedo, Spain And ea Schae , Uni e si y o Udine, I aly Ja ie Sedano, Technological Ins i u e o Cas illa y Leon, Spain Gio anni Seme a o, Uni e si y o Ba i, I aly Jesús Se ano-Gue e o, Uni e si y o Cas illa La Mancha, Spain Geo gios Si akoulis, Democ i us Uni e si y o Th ace, G eece Luciano S e anini, Uni e si y o U bino “Ca lo Bo”, I aly Ayeley Tchangani, Uni e si y Toulouse III, F ance Radha Thanga aj, Indian Ins i u e o Technology Roo kee, India Alessand o Togne i, In e depa men al Resea ch Cen e “Cen o Piaggio”, Uni e si y o Pisa, I aly Me cedes To es, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Ma ia To sello, Uni e si y o Ba i, I aly Alicia T oncoso, Pablo o Ola ide Uni e si y o Se ille, Spain Ashish Um e, Uni e si y o Sussex, Uni ed Kingdom José Valen e de Oli ei a, Uni e si y o Alga e, Po ugal Massimo Vecchio, Uni e si y o Vigo, Spain Nele Ve bies , Ghen Uni e si y, Belgium Seema Ve ma, Uni e si y Banas hali Vidyapi h, India G egg Vesonde , AT&T Labs – Resea ch, USA Juan Vidal, Uni e sidade de San iago de Compos ela, Spain En ique Viedma, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Jose Villa , O iedo Uni e si y, Spain Michael V aha is, Uni e si y o Pa as, G eece Shyue-Liang Wang, Na ional Uni e si y o Kaohsiung, Taiwan Junzo Wa ada, Waseda Uni e si y, Japan Michal Wozniak, W oclaw Uni e si y o Technology, Poland Fa os Xha a, Technical Uni e si y o Ca alonia, Spain Yanping Xiang, Uni e si y o Elec onic Science and Technology o China, P.R. China En ique Yeguas, Uni e si y o Co doba, Spain ii Liu Yuzhe, Uni e si y o No e Dame, USA Amelia Za a, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Jun Zhang, Waseda Uni e si y, Japan Qieshi Zhang, Waseda Uni e si y, Japan Huiyu Zhou, Queens’ Uni e si y bel as , Uni ed Kingdom Ind e Žliobai e, Bou nemou h Uni e si y, Uni ed Kingdom Igo Zwi , Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Wo kshops and Special Sessions Co-chai s Jesús Alcalá-Fe nández, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain Manuel Mucien es, Uni e si y o San iago de Compos ela, Spain Publici y Co-chai s Ra ael Alcalá, Uni e si y o G anada, Spain José Raúl Rome o, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Pie o Ducange, Uni e si y o Pisa, I aly A B M Shawka Ali, Cen al Quuensland Uni e si y, Aus alia Edua do Raul H uschka, Uni e si y o São Paulo, B azil Local A angemen Chai Amelia Za a, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Publica ion Chai E a Gibaja, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain Web Chai Ped o A. Gu ié ez, Uni e si y o Có doba, Spain iii Technical P og am Tuesday, 22 No embe 2011 GS03 – In elligen Agen s SS24 – Thi d Special Session on Mul iagen Sys ems:Consciousness and Agen O ien ed So wa e Enginee ing GS01-1 – Ne wo ks and Secu i y SS01 – Thi d Wo kshop on Compu a ional In elligence o Pe sonaliza ion in Web Con en and Se ice Deli e y (CIWP’11) SS17 – Special Session on Linguis ic Da a Summa iza ion GS06-1 – In elligen Con ol and Au oma ion SS09 – Special Session on Robo ics and In elligen Sys ems (RIS2011) GS01-2 – Ne wo ks and Secu i y GS11 – Visualiza ion SS26 – Special Session on So -Compu ing o Biomedical Enginee ing and Applica ions GS13-1 – E olu iona y and Bio-inspi ed Algo i hms GS06-2 – In elligen Con ol and Au oma ion SS02-1 – Thi d Special Session on In elligen Sys ems o Indus ial P ocesses GS05 – Indus ial Applica ions GS09-1 – Classi ica ion GS07-1 – In elligen Knowledge Managemen GS13-2 – E olu iona y and Bio-inspi ed Algo i hms GS06-3 – In elligen Con ol and Au oma ion SS02-2 – Thi d Special Session on In elligen Sys ems o Indus ial P ocesses SS12 – Special Session on So Compu ing in In o ma ion Access Sys ems on he Web GS09-2 – Classi ica ion GS07-2 – In elligen Knowledge Managemen GS13-3 – E olu iona y and Bio-inspi ed Algo i hms Wednesday, 23 No embe 2011 GS08 – Clus e ing GS02 – Web In elligence SS18 – Special Session on Bayesian Ne wo ks in In elligen Sys ems Design GS19-1 – Image and Signal P ocessing SS11-1 – Special Session on So Compu ing in Compu e Vision/Image P ocessing GS04-1 – In elligen Business Sys ems GS18-1 – De ec ion and Recogni ion GS15-1 – Algo i hm Analysis and Applica ion SS19-1 – Special Session on In elligen Sys ems in Business Decision Making GS19-2 – Image and Signal P ocessing SS11-2 – Special Session on So Compu ing in Compu e Vision/Image P ocessing GS04-2 – In elligen Business Sys ems GS18-2 – De ec ion and Recogni ion GS15-2 – Algo i hm Analysis and Applica ion SS19-2 – Special Session on In elligen Sys ems in Business Decision Making SS13-1 – Wo kshop on Compu a ional Biology ix SS11-3 – Special Session on So Compu ing in Compu e Vision/Image P ocessing GS14 – Medical and Biological Applica ions GS18-3 – De ec ion and Recogni ion GS16 – Associa i e Ne wo ks and Associa ion Rules SS20 – Special Session on In elligen Sys ems o V-Lea ning SS03 – Special Session on Compu a ional In elligence in Wi eless Sys em Design, Managemen and Applica ions GS10 – Tex Mining SS14 – Special Session on In elligen Sys ems and Da a Mining Techniques o Bioin o ma ics Thu sday, 24 No embe 2011 GS12 – Mul i-Objec i e Op imazion SS07 – Special Session on Localiza ion and Mapping in Mobile Robo ics SS16 – Special Session on O dinal Reg ession SS13-2 – Wo kshop on Compu a ional Biology SS10-1 – Special Session on So Compu ing Techniques in Da a Mining SS04 – Special Session on Compu a ional In elligence o En i onmen al Moni o ing and Renewable Ene gies GS17 – Fea u e Selec ion SS25 – Special Session on On ologies: F om Theo y o Applica ions SS15 – Special Session on So Compu ing Applica ions o Real Wo ld P oblems SS13-3 – Wo kshop on Compu a ional Biology SS10-2 – Special Session on So Compu ing Techniques in Da a Mining x i González-Lina es, J. 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