List of Accepted Papers for CIA-2001

Following papers have been accepted for publication in the proceedings of the

CIA 2001 workshop (LNAI series, Springer). The list also includes the invited contributions

in the order of their appearance in the corresponding sections of the proceedings.

A selected number of all papers in this list will be expanded and revised for inclusion in a

special issue of the International Journal on Cooperative Information Systems by World Scientific.

Personal Assistance (1): Interaction and Avatars

Invited Contribution:
Interactive Integration of Information Agents on the Web
Y. Kitamura et al. (Japan)

Improving communication in 3D virtual environments by means of task delegation in agents
R. Imbert, A. de Antonio, J. Segovia (Spain)

Making an example-based dialog agent through wizard of Oz method
M. Okamoto, Y. Yang, T. Ishida (Japan)

Personal Assistance (2): Information Search and Recommendation

Supporting user-profiled semantic Web-oriented search
L. Palopoli, D.  Rosaci, G. Terracina, D. Ursino (Italy)

Recommending a trip plan by negotiation with a software travel agent
V.-W. Soo, S.-H. Liang (Taiwan)

CoWing: A collaborative bookmark management system
R. Kanawati, M. Malek (France)

Context-aware personal information agents
E. Plaza, J.-L. Arcos (Spain) [fp]

Data Warehousing and Mining

Invited Contribution:
Data Warehouse Quality and Agent Technology
M. Jarke (Germany)

Decision trees for multiple abstraction levels of data
D. Lee, M. Jeong (Korea) [fp]

Collaborative Information Agents: Systems and Applications

Supporting Information Integration With Autonomous Agents
S. Bergamaschi, G. Cabri, F. Guerra, L. Leonardi,
M. Vincini, F. Zambonelli (Italy) [fp]

Using agents in performing multi-site queries
E. di Nitto, C. Ghezzi, M. Sabba, P. Selvin (Italy)

Extending a multi-agent system for genomic annotation
K. Decker, S. Khan, C. Schmidt, D. Michaud (USA) [fp]

Domain-independent ontologies for cooperative information agents
M. Gomez, C. Abasolo, E. Plaza (Spain) [fp]

Trading Internet Agents (1): Auctions

An autonomous bidding agent for simultaneous auctions
N. Formara, L.M. Gambardella (Switzerland) [fp]

Optimality and risk in purchase from multiple auctions
O. Shehory (Israel) [fp]

Cryptographic protocols for secure second-price auctions
F. Brandt (Germany) [fp]

Trading Internet Agents (2): Strategies, Negotiation, and Design

Equilibria strategies for selecting sellers and satisfying buyers
C.V. Goldman, S. Kraus, O. Shehory (USA, Israel) [fp]

On the logical aspects of argument-based negotiation among agents
L. Brito, P. Novais, J. Neves (Portugal)  [fp]

Introducing a multi-agent, multi-criteria methodolgy for modeling
electronic consumer's behavior: The case of Internet radio
N. Manouselis, N.F. Matsatsinis (Greece)

Modeling commercial knowledge to develop advanced agent-based
marketplaces for e-commerce
M. Molina (Spain)

Arms race within information ecosystems
B. Carlsson, R. Gustavsson (Sweden)

Issues of Collaboration and Coordination

Invited Contribution (Abstract):
Information Agents: The Social Nature of Information and the Role of Trust
C. Castelfranchi (Italy)

A Framework for the Exchange and Installation of Protocols in a Multi-Agent System
T. Iwao, Y. Wada, M. Okada, M. Amamiya (Japan) [fp]

Ontology negotiation as a basis for opportunistic cooperation
between intelligent information agents
S.C. Ballin, W. Truszkowski (USA)

A mechanism for temporal reasoning by collaborative agents
M. Hadad, S. Kraus (Israel, USA)

Agent coordination infrastructures for virtual enterprises and workflow management
A. Ricci, E. Denti, A. Omicini (Italy)

Information Agents for Mobile and Wireless Environments:

Practical Issues and Directions

Invited Contribution (Abstract):
Mobile Agents: State of the Art and Research Opportunities
G.P. Picco (Italy)

Enabling FIPA agents on small devices
G. Adorni, F. Bergenti, A. Poggi, G. Rimassa (Italy) [fp]

Towards efficient and reliable agent communication in wireless environments
H. Helin, M. Laukkanen (Finland)

Invited Contribution:
T. Finin (USA)