Multi-agent systems (MAS) offer important concepts and technical solutions for the analysis, design
and construction of business systems, especially regarding more and more complex company structures.
Therefore, MAS represent a conceptual and technological foundation for solving typical problems of
distributed systems such as communication, conflict resolution, cooperation and concurrency.
The construction of software using architectures inspired by agent-oriented concepts has the clear
advantage that domain-centered metaphors such as groups, actors, objects and services can be directly
transferred to the technical side as they are supported on this level as well. This is an essential
point regarding the realization of organizational structures and processes within the software architecture.
The agent-oriented paradigm exhibits an especially high degree of concept continuity from the domain to
the technical perspective.
Foundation of an efficient IT-management is the usage of an appropriate system infrastructure which
is in case of distributed systems often backed by middleware systems and/or services. The traditional
point-of-view that considers middleware as a solution for classical problems of distributed systems is
in many cases not sufficient when complex business applications need to be built, because advanced
functionalities e.g. from software engineering, artificial intelligence and service orientation need
to be taken into account. Thus, new approaches are needed that offer support domain centered adjustment
of business processes and structures.
In this respect, MAS can be seen as the underlying paradigm for the architecture of software
systems as well as providing a technical middleware for their realization. This leads to the
question how middleware and architecture can reflect the business system entities.
Therefore, applications and their analysis with respect to their requirements for direct
IT-support are also of high interest for the workshop.
MAS² is intended to be a medium for bringing together researchers and
practitioners interested in agent-orientation. Modeling and
realization of software systems based on the agent metaphor build the
foundation for an integrated discussion of the applicability of
multi-agent systems as middleware and architectures for business systems.
The abstraction and the merging of domain and technical perspectives
under a common conceptual metaphor therefore receive a special focus
going beyond the common technically centered treatment.
The workshop MAS² "Multi-Agent Systems as Middleware and Architectures
for Business Systems" will be held as part of the
"Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2008" in Munich, Germany
(more information is available at
http://www.mkwi2008.de/). We plan to put together a program
composed of high-quality full papers as well as short papers describing
work in progress.
We invite submissions of high quality, original papers,
which are not simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere.
Papers should be formatted according to the GI´s LNI style,
which can be obtained from
http://www.gi-ev.de,
and not exceed 12 pages including figures, references, etc.
Submissions should be sent by E-mail to the workshop chairs.
The message should indicate paper title, authors and abstract,
with the Microsoft Word (.doc) version of the paper in attachment.
Email:
Important dates:
| Thursday, 28.02.2008 | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session 1 |
|
Invited Talk: Models and Multi-Agent Simulations of Logistics Networks
- A Case-Study in Self-Organization by Microeconomics Wolfgang Renz | |
| Integration einer Multiagentensimulation in ein Geoinformationssystem Michael Schüle, Thomas Bieser, Paul Karänke, Stefan Kirn | |
| Refactoring of Agent-based Simulation Models Cornelia Triebig and Franziska Klügl | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:30 | Session 2 |
| Software-Agenten zur Integration von Informationssystemen im Gesundheitswesen Ali Sunyaev, Andreas Schweiger, Jan Marco Leimeister, Helmut Krcmar | |
| Self-describing Agents Günther Görz, Bernd Ludwig, Peter Reiß, Bernhard Schiemann, Tobias Seutter | |
| A Rule-based Middleware for Business Process Execution Adrian Paschke, Alexander Kozlenkov | |
Lars Braubach, Universität Hamburg
Daniel Moldt, Universität Hamburg
Alexander Pokahr, Universität Hamburg
Questions to the workshop organizers should be directed to
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