Agent Environments for Multi-Agent Systems IV 4th International Work

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Environments for Multiagent Systems, E4MAS 2014 - 10 years later, held in Paris, France, in May 2014 as an associated event of AAMAS 2014, the 13t

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Danny Weyns Fabien Michel (Eds.)

Agent Environments for Multi-Agent Systems IV 4th International Workshop, E4MAS 2014 – 10 Years Later Paris, France, May 6, 2014 Revised Selected and Invited Papers

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Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science

LNAI Series Editors Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Yuzuru Tanaka Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

LNAI Founding Series Editor Joerg Siekmann DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

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Danny Weyns Fabien Michel (Eds.) •

Agent Environments for Multi-Agent Systems IV 4th International Workshop, E4MAS 2014 - 10 Years Later Paris, France, May 6, 2014 Revised Selected and Invited Papers

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Editors Danny Weyns Department of Computer Science Linnaeus University Växjö Sweden

Fabien Michel LIRMM UMR 5506 Université Montpellier Montpellier France

ISSN 0302-9743 ISSN 1611-3349 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ISBN 978-3-319-23849-4 ISBN 978-3-319-23850-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23850-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015948703 LNCS Sublibrary: SL7 – Artificial Intelligence Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

Ten years ago, researchers in multi-agent systems became more and more aware that agent systems consist of more than only agents. The series of workshops on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems (E4MAS 2004-2006) emerged from this awareness. One of the primary outcomes of this endeavor was a principled understanding that the agent environment should be considered as a primary design abstraction, equally important as th