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The main aim of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (ISSN 0974-0635) is to publish refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe the latest research and developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence. This is a broad-based journal covering all branches of Artificial Intelligence and its application in the following topics: Technology & Computing; Fuzzy Logic; Neural Networks; Reasoning and Evolution; Automatic Control; Mechatronics; Robotics; Parallel Processing; Programming Languages; Software & Hardware Architectures; CAD Design & Testing; Web Intelligence Applications; Computer Vision and Speech Understanding; Multimedia & Cognitive Informatics, Data Mining and Machine Learning Tools, Heuristic and AI Planning Strategies and Tools, Computational Theories of Learning; Signal, Image & Speech Processing; Intelligent System Architectures; Knowledge Representation; Bioinformatics; Natural Language Processing; Mathematics & Physics. The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) is a peer-reviewed online journal and is published in Spring and Autumn i.e. two times in a year.
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The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (ISSN-L 0974-0635) is reviewed, abstracted and indexed by the INSPEC, SCOPUS (Elsevier Bibliographic Databases), Zentralblatt MATH (io-port.net) of European Mathematical Society, getCITED, Newjour, JournalSeek, Math-jobs.com Journal Index and International Statistical Institute (ISI, Netherlands) Journal Index. The IJAI is already in request process to get reviewed, abstracted and indexed by the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge SCI, Mathematical Reviews of American Mathematical Society, and other agencies.
Call for Papers: Special Issue
Special Issue on
Negotiation and Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence
Important Dates
Deadline for author notification: First week of January 2010.
Background
Autonomous agents are computer systems capable of both autonomous action and interacting with other agents – they have the ability to decide for themselves which goals to adopt and which actions to perform in order to achieve these goals. Automated negotiation systems are systems composed of agents representing individuals or organizations and capable of reaching mutually beneficial agreements. The demand for these systems is becoming increasingly important.
Examples, to mention a few, include the following:
* the business trend toward agent-based supply chain management;
* the industrial trend toward virtual enterprises;
* the pivotal role that electronic commerce is assuming in many organizations.
Negotiation is usually understood as proceeding through three distinct phases:
* a beginning (or initiation phase);
* a middle (or problem-solving) phase;
* an ending (or resolution phase).
The initiation phase focuses on preparation and planning for negotiation and is marked by each party's efforts to posture for positions. The problem-solving phase focuses on movement toward an agreement and is characterized by strategic maneuvers and jockeying for positions. The resolution phase focuses on elaborating details and implementing an agreement.
The heart of negotiation is the exchange of offers and counter-offers. Negotiation involves, however, more than a series of proposed settlements – a great deal of information is often conveyed permitting a “common definition” of the situation to emerge. Also, successful argumentation is an important key to effective negotiation. Some researchers go far and consider that most of what happens in negotiation is the assertion of arguments by one side and the response with counter-arguments by the other side(s).
Argumentation can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion, and has emerged in the last years as an important area of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Automated negotiation is also an active area of research in AI. Various forums have been dedicated to the study of negotiation and argumentation in AI, such as the:
* Group Decision and Negotiation (series of joint conferences of the INFORMS section on group decision and negotiation, the EURO working group on decision and negotiation, and the EURO working group on decision support systems);
* Agent-Based Complex Automated Negotiation (series of ACAN workshops held in conjunction with AAMAS);
* Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (series of ArgMAS workshops held in conjunction with AAMAS).
While work over the past ten years has done much to consolidate diverse contributions to these two areas, many new concerns have been identified and form the basis of current research.
Objectives
This special issue of IJAI is intended to present the current state-of-the-art on the theory and practice of automated negotiation and argumentation. It will encourage the interaction between these areas toward mutual enhancement and synergism. Equally it will bring together researchers and industry practitioners from these areas to share R&D results and discuss existing and emerging theoretical and applied problems. In sum, the purpose of this issue is twofold:
* to present and discuss the work of AI researchers from the automated negotiation and argumentation communities;
* to widen the boundaries of these communities.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* conflict management and negotiation;
* preparing and planning for negotiation (pre-negotiation);
* negotiation protocols and negotiators’ preferences;
* negotiation strategies and tactics; dynamic strategic choice;
* negotiation offers and the exchange of feedback information;
* learning in negotiation;
* bargaining impasse and approaches to managing difficult negotiations;
* renegotiation and post-settlement settlements;
* argumentation in negotiation; persuasive arguments, threats and promises;
* argumentation and preference modelling;
* learning through argument;
* automated negotiation and argumentation frameworks;
* intelligent tools for automated negotiation and argumentation;
* negotiation support systems and argument-based decision support systems;
* practical automated negotiation systems and argument-based multi-agent systems.
Submission Information
The manuscripts must be in English and submitted to the special issue editors, in Cc with the two Editors-in-Chief, Radu-Emil Precup (radu.precup@aut.upt.ro) and Tanuja Srivastava (eic.ijai@yahoo.com). They should not normally exceed 6000 words and should follow the magazine’s style and presentation guidelines (see www.ceser.res.in/isder/ijai/instr4a.html). If possible manuscripts should be prepared using LaTeX (see www.ceser.res.in/ijamas/cont/ijamas-latex-kit.zip). In addition to the pdf file, manuscripts should be accompanied by a covering letter identifying the corresponding
author (see www.ceser.res.in/home/c-lett.html) and the following (as plain-text within the accompanying e-mail body):
* the paper title;
* subject classification numbers (see covering letter);
* names of all authors, affiliations, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses;
* an abstract;
* a list of keywords.
Articles are accepted for review on the understanding that these comply with the journal's policy on submissions. Longer versions of relevant papers that have appeared only in a preliminary form in conference proceedings are welcome (a brief accompanying text should indicate in what way the submission extends and differs from such previously published versions).
Special Issue Guest Editors-in-Chief:
Fernando Lopes
Department of Modelling and Simulation
National Research Institute (INETI)
1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Helder Coelho
Department of computer Science
University of Lisbon
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Call for Papers
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The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (ISSN 0974-0635) welcomes submissions of manuscripts. The main aim of the IJAI is to publish refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe the latest research and developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence. This is a broad-based journal covering all branches of Artificial Intelligence and it's application in the following topics: Technology & Computing; Fuzzy Logic; Neural Networks; Reasoning and Evolution; Automatic Control; Mechatronics; Robotics; Parallel Processing; Programming Languages; Software & Hardware Architectures; CAD Design & Testing; Web Intelligence Applications; Computer Vision and Speech Understanding; Multimedia & Cognitive Informatics, Data Mining and Machine Learning Tools, Heuristic and AI Planning Strategies and Tools, Computational Theories of Learning; Signal, Image & Speech Processing; Intelligent System Architectures; Knowledge Representation; Bioinformatics; Natural Language Processing; Mathematics & Physics. The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) is a peer-reviewed online journal and is published in Spring and Autumn i.e. two times in a year.
There are no page charges to individuals or institutions for contributions. The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (ISSN 0974-0635) is reviewed, abstracted and indexed by the INSPEC, Zentralblatt MATH (io-port.net) of European Mathematical Society, getCITED, Newjour, JournalSeek, Math-jobs.com Journal Index and International Statistical Institute (ISI, Netherlands) Journal Index. The IJAI is already in request process to get reviewed, abstracted and indexed by the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge SCI, Mathematical Reviews of American Mathematical Society, SCOPUS, and other agencies.
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