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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (surveys, general topics, standards)

• C. Bernon, M. Cossentino, J. Pavon. Agent Oriented Software Engineering. Knowledge Engineering Review. Vol.20, Issue 02, June 2005, pp. 99-116. (pdf)

• C. Bernon, M. Cossentino, J. Pavon. An Overview of Current Trends in European AOSE Research. Informatica Journal, vol. 29, Number 4, 2005. (pdf)

• L. Cernuzzi, M. Cossentino, F. Zambonelli. Process Models for Agent-based Development. Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, (EAAI). Elsevier. Vol. 18, No.2, March 2005. (draft)

• Z. Guessom, M. Cossentino, and J. Pavon. Roadmap of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering: The European Agentlink Perspective. In Methodologies and Software Engineering for Agent Systems. Kluwer, 2004. pp. 431-450. (draft)

• M. Cossentino and F. Zambonelli. Agent Design from the Autonomy Perspective. In Agents and Computational Autonomy: Potential, Risks, and Solutions, volume 2969 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 140-150. Springer-Verlag, 2004. Invited Paper.  pp. 140-150. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, G. Hopmans, J. Odell - FIPA Standardization Activities in the Software Engineering Area - Workshop on Object and Agents (WOA'03) Sept, 10-11, 2003. Cagliari (Italy).(pdf)

• M. Cossentino - "Different perspectives in designing multi-agent systems" - AGES '02 workshop at NODe02 - 8-9 October 2002 - Erfurt, Germany  (pdf)

Design Processes

• Garcia-Magarino, I., Cossentino, M., Seidita, V.  A metrics suite for evaluating agent-oriented architectures. 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. Sierre, Switzerland. 22-26 March, 2010. (pdf)

• L. Cernuzzi, M. Cossentino, F. Zambonelli. Process Models for Agent-based Development. Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, (EAAI). Elsevier. Vol. 18, No.2, March 2005. (draft)

• M. Cossentino and F. Zambonelli. Agent Design from the Autonomy Perspective. In Agents and Computational Autonomy: Potential, Risks, and Solutions, volume 2969 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 140-150. Springer-Verlag, 2004. Invited Paper.  pp. 140-150. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, G. Hopmans, J. Odell - FIPA Standardization Activities in the Software Engineering Area - Workshop on Object and Agents (WOA'03) Sept, 10-11, 2003. Cagliari (Italy).(pdf)

• M. Cossentino - "Different perspectives in designing multi-agent systems" - AGES '02 workshop at NODe02 - 8-9 October 2002 - Erfurt, Germany  (pdf)

PASSI

• (PASSI 2) M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. PASSI 2 - Going Towards Maturity of the PASSI Process. ICAR-CNR Technical Report #09-02. December 2009. (pdf)

• B. Henderson-Sellers, J. Debenham, N. Tran, M. Cossentino, G. Low. Identification of Reusable Method Fragments from the PASSI Agent-Oriented Methodology. In Agent Oriented Information Systems III. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3529. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2006. pp. 95-110.

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. The PASSI and Agile PASSI MAS Meta-models Compared with a Unifying Proposal. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3690. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2005. pp. 183-192. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. The PASSI and Agile PASSI MAS Meta-models Compared with a Unifying Proposal.In proc. of the CEEMAS'05 Conference. Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 2005.(pdf)

• (REFERENCE PAPER ON PASSI) M. Cossentino. From Requirements to Code with the PASSI Methodology. In Agent-Oriented Methodologies, B. Henderson-Sellers and P. Giorgini (Editors). Idea Group Inc., Hershey, PA, USA. 2005. (draft)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Tools and patterns in designing multi-agent systems with passi. In 6th WSEAS Int.Conf. on Telecommunications and Informatics (TELE-INFO 04), Cancun, Mexico, May 2004.

• (AN INTRODUCTION TO FIPA AGENT DESIGN WITH PASSI) M. Cossentino and L. Sabatucci. Agent System Implementation in Agent-Based Manufacturing and Control Systems: New Agile Manufacturing Solutions for Achieving Peak Performance. CRC Press, April 2004. (draft)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Tools and patterns in designing multi-agent systems with PASSI. WSEAS Transactions on Communications, 3(1):352-358, Jan 2004. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, and A. Chella. Patterns reuse in the PASSI methodology. In Engineering Societies in the Agents World IV, 4th International Workshop, ESAW 2003, Revised Selected and Invited Papers, volume 3071 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Springer-Verlag, 2004. pp. 294-310 (pdf)

• M. Cossentino; L. Sabatucci, S. Sorace, A. Chella - Patterns reuse in the PASSI methodology - Fourth International Workshop Engineering Societies in the Agents World (ESAW'03) - 29-31 October 2003, Imperial College London, (UK). (draft)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Designing jade systems with the support of case tools and patterns. Exp Journal, 3(3):86-95, Sept 2003. (draft)

• M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, A. Chella - A Possible Approach to the Development of Robotic Multi-Agent Systems - IEEE/WIC Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'03). October, 13-17, 2003. Halifax (Canada) (draft)

• M. Cossentino, P. Burrafato, S. Lombardo, L. Sabatucci - "Introducing Pattern Reuse in the Design of Multi-Agent Systems" - Agent Technologies, Infrastructures, Tools, and Applications for E-Services - R. Kowalczyk, J. Muller, H. Tianfield, R. Unland (eds.) - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. .2592. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2003. pp. 107-120. (pdf) 

• M. Cossentino, P. Burrafato, S. Lombardo, L. Sabatucci - "Introducing Pattern Reuse in the Design of Multi-Agent Systems" - AGES'02 workshop at NODe02 - 8-9 October 2002 - Erfurt, Germany (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, C. Potts - "A CASE tool supported methodology for the design of multi-agent systems" - The 2002 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'02) - June 24 - 27, 2002 - Las Vegas (NV), USA  (pdf)

• P. Burrafato, M. Cossentino - "Designing a multi-agent solution for a bookstore with the PASSI methodology" - Fourth International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented Information Systems (AOIS-2002) - 27-28 May 2002, Toronto (Ontario, Canada) at CAiSE'02n (pdf)

PASSI Extensions

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. Towards a Methodology for Designing Artificial Conscious Robotic Systems. AAAI 2009 Fall Symposium on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. Arlington, Virginia (USA). 5-7 November 2009. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, G. Fortino, A. Garro, S. Mascillaro and W. Russo. PASSIM: a simulation-based process for the development of MASs.  International Journal on Agent Oriented Software Engineering (IJAOSE), 2(2). 2008. (pdf)

• V. Seidita, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio. Adapting PASSI to Support a Goal Oriented Approach: a Situational Method Engineering Experiment.  Proc. of the Fifth European workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS'07). 13-14 December, 2007. Hammameth (Tunisia). (pdf)

• G. Fortino, A.Garro, W. Russo, R. Caico, M. Cossentino, F. Termine. Simulation-Driven Development of Multi-Agent Systems. In proc. Of the Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (MAS&S) at the ISC Conference 2006. Palermo, Italy. June 2006. (pdf)

(see also Agile PASSI and ASPECS below) 

Agile PASSI

• (REFERENCE PAPER ON Agile PASSI) A. Chella, M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. Agile PASSI: An Agile Process for Designing Agents. International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering. Special issue on "Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems", 21(2). March 2006. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. The PASSI and Agile PASSI MAS Meta-models Compared with a Unifying Proposal. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3690. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2005. pp. 183-192.

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. The PASSI and Agile PASSI MAS Meta-models Compared with a Unifying Proposal.In proc. of the CEEMAS'05 Conference. Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 2005.

• M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. Composition of a New Process to Meet Agile Needs Using Method Engineering. Software Engineering for Large Multi-Agent Systems vol. III. LNCS Series, vol.3390. Springer-Verlag GmbH  (2005). pp. 36-51. (draft)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. From PASSI to Agile PASSI: Tailoring a design process to meet new needs. In 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT-04), Beijing, China, Sept 2004. (draft) (pdf)

ASPECS

• V. Seidita, M. Cossentino. From Modelling to Implementing the Perception Loop in Self-Conscious Systems. International Journal of Machine Consciousness. In printing. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Galland, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, and A. Koukam. How to control emergence of behaviours in a holarchy. In Proc. of Self-Adaptation for Robustness and Cooperation in Holonic Multi-Agent Systems (SARC2008) Workshop at the IEEE Second International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2008). Isola di San Servolo (Venice), Italy, October 20-24, 2008.(pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Galland, S. Gaglio, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, A. Koukam and V. Seidita. A MAS metamodel-driven approach to process composition. In Proc. of the Ninth International Workshop on Agen-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2008) at The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal. May, 2008. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, N. Gaud, S. Galland, V. Hilaire, and A. Koukam. A Metamodel and Implementation Platform for Holonic Multi-Agent Systems. Proc. of the Fifth European workshop on Multi-Agent Systems(EUMAS'07). 13-14 December, 2007. Hammameth (Tunisia). (pdf)

• Massimo Cossentino, Nicolas Gaud, Stephane Galland, Vincent Hilaire, and Abderrafiaa Koukam. A Holonic Metamodel for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design. In Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4659, pag. 237-264. (pdf) 

• M. Cossentino, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, S. Galland, A. Koukam. An organizational approach to engineer emergence within holarchies. International Journal on Agent Oriented Software Engineering (IJAOSE). 4(3), 2010, pp. 304-329. (pdf)

• (REFERENCE PAPER ON ASPECS) M. Cossentino, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, S. Galland, A. Koukam. ASPECS: an Agent-oriented Software Process for Engineering Complex Systems. International Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (IJAAMAS). 20(2). 2010. pag. 260. (pdf)

Situational Method Engineering

• Puviani, M. Cossentino, M. Cabri, G., Molesini, A. Building an Agent Methodology from Fragments: the MEnSA experience. 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. Sierre, Switzerland. 22-26 March, 2010.

• (REFERENCE PAPER ON THE PRODE SME DESIGN PROCESS COMPOSITION APPROACH) V. Seidita, M. Cossentino, S. Galland, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, A. Koukam and S. Gaglio. The Metamodel: a Starting Point for Design Processes Construction. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE). 20(4), June 2010, pp.575-608. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, S. Galland, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, A. Koukam and V. Seidita. A MAS Metamodel-Driven Approach to Process Fragments Selection. In Agent-Oriented Software Engineering 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 5386-0086. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2009. (pdf)

• V. Seidita, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio. Using and Extending the SPEM Specifications to Represent Agent Oriented Methodologies. In Agent-Oriented Software Engineering 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 5386-0086. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2009. (pdf)

• Seidita, V., Ralyte, J., Henderson-Sellers, B., Cossentino, M., Arni-Bloch, N. A comparison of deontic matrices, maps and activity diagrams for the construction of situational methods. The 19th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'07) Forum. 11-15 June 2007, Trondheim, Norway. (pdf)

• (REFERENCE PAPER ON METHOD FRAGMENT DEFINITION AND FIPA METHODOLOGY TC WORK IN 2005) M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, A. Garro, V. Seidita. Method Fragments for agent design methodologies: from standardization to research. International Journal on Agent Oriented Software Engineering (IJAOSE). 1(1). 2007. (pdf)

• B. Henderson-Sellers, J. Debenham, N. Tran, M. Cossentino, G. Low. Identification of Reusable Method Fragments from the PASSI Agent-Oriented Methodology. In Agent Oriented Information Systems III. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3529. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2006. pp. 95-110.

• (DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS FRAGMENT REPOSITORY) Seidita, V., Cossentino, M., Gaglio, S. A repository of fragments for agent systems design. Proc. Of the Workshop on Objects and Agents (WOA'06).  Catania, Italy. September 2006. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, B. Henderson-Sellers and V. Seidita. A metamodelling-based approach for method fragment comparison. Eleventh International Workshop on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD 06) at CAISE'06- Luxembourg, June 2006. (pdf)

• B. Henderson-Sellers, J. Debenham, N. Tran, M. Cossentino, G. Low. Identification of Reusable Method Fragments from the PASSI Agent-Oriented Methodology. In proc. of Agent Oriented Information Systems (AOIS'05@AAMAS-2005) workshop. Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 2005.

• M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. Composition of a New Process to Meet Agile Needs Using Method Engineering. Software Engineering for Large Multi-Agent Systems vol. III. LNCS Series, vol.3390. Springer-Verlag GmbH  (2005). pp. 36-51. (draft)

• M.Cossentino and A. Chella. Designing a problem specific design process for multi-agent systems. In Proc. of The Intelligent Agent Architectures: Combining the Strengths of Software Engineering and Cognitive Systems Workshop at the Nineteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, San Jose, California, July 2004. (pdf)

• Massimo Cossentino, Luca Sabatucci, Valeria Seidita. Method Fragments from the PASSI process. Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Technical Report. 03/21. (pdf) 

• M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. SPEM Description of ADELFE Process. Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Technical Report. RT-ICAR-PA-05-07. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, V. Seidita, N. Miciletto, R. Rubino. Tropos: Processo e frammenti. Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Technical Report.  05/06. (pdf)
  

Design Notation

• L. Padgham, M. Winikoff, S. DeLoach, M. Cossentino. A Unified Graphical Notation for AOSE. In Proc. of the Ninth International Workshop on Agen-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2008) at The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomaous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal. May, 2008. (pdf) (LNCS Extended version pdf)

• V. Seidita, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio. Using and Extending the SPEM Specifications to Represent Agent Oriented Methodologies. In Proc. of the Ninth International Workshop on Agen-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2008) at The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal. May, 2008. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, G. Hopmans, J. Odell - FIPA Standardization Activities in the Software Engineering Area - Workshop on Object and Agents (WOA'03) Sept, 10-11, 2003. Cagliari (Italy).(pdf)

Design Tools

• M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, V. Seidita, S. Gaglio. A Collaborative Tool for Designing and Enacting Design Processes. In Proc. of 24th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC2009), Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies and Systems (AOMS@SAC2009) track. 10 March 2009 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, V. Seidita, S. Gaglio. An Expert System for the Design of Agents. International Workshop on Agent Supported Cooperative Work at the IEEE The Second International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM'07). October 2007. Lyon (France). (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, V. Seidita, S. Gaglio. An Agent Oriented Tool for New Design Processes. Fourth European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS'06). Lisbon, Portugal. December 2006. (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Tools and patterns in designing multi-agent systems with passi. In 6th WSEAS Int.Conf. on Telecommunications and Informatics (TELE-INFO 04), Cancun, Mexico, May 2004.

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Tools and patterns in designing multi-agent systems with PASSI. WSEAS Transactions on Communications, 3(1):352-358, Jan 2004. (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Designing jade systems with the support of case tools and patterns. Exp Journal, 3(3):86-95, Sept 2003. (draft)

Design Patterns

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, V. Seidita. Agent-Oriented Software Patterns for Rapid and Affordable Robot Programming. Journal of Systems and Software. 83(4). April, 2010. (pdf)

• L. Sabatucci, A. Garcia, N. Cacho, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio. Conquering Fine-Grained Blends of Design Patterns. In Proc. of the International Conference on Software Reuse - ICSR'08. Beijing, China. May, 2008. (pdf)

• L. Sabatucci, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio. A Semantic Description For Agent Design Patterns. In Proc. of the Sixth International Workshop "From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation" (AT2AI-6) at The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal. May, 2008. (pdf) 

• V. Morreale, G. Francaviglia, F. Centineo, M. Puccio, M. Cossentino. Intentional Agent Patterns with the PRACTIONIST Framework. Fourth European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS'06). Lisbon, Portugal. December 2006. (pdf)

• Sabatucci, L., Cossentino, M., Gaglio, S. Building Agents with Agents and Patterns. Proc. Of the Workshop on Objects and Agents (WOA'06).  Catania, Italy. September 2006. BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino; L. Sabatucci, S. Sorace, A. Chella - Patterns reuse in the PASSI methodology - Fourth International Workshop Engineering Societies in the Agents World (ESAW'03) - 29-31 October 2003, Imperial College London, (UK). (draft)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, and L. Sabatucci. Designing jade systems with the support of case tools and patterns. Exp Journal, 3(3):86-95, Sept 2003. (draft)

• M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, A. Chella - A Possible Approach to the Development of Robotic Multi-Agent Systems - IEEE/WIC Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'03). October, 13-17, 2003. Halifax (Canada) (draft)

• L. Sabatucci, M. Cossentino - A Multi-Platform Architecture for Agent Patterns Representation and Reuse - Workshop on Object and Agents (WOA'03) Sept, 10-11, 2003. Cagliari (Italy).

• M. Cossentino, P. Burrafato, S. Lombardo, L. Sabatucci - "Introducing Pattern Reuse in the Design of Multi-Agent Systems" - Agent Technologies, Infrastructures, Tools, and Applications for E-Services - R. Kowalczyk, J. Muller, H. Tianfield, R. Unland (eds.) - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. .2592. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2003. pp. 107-120. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, P. Burrafato, S. Lombardo, L. Sabatucci - "Introducing Pattern Reuse in the Design of Multi-Agent Systems" - AGES'02 workshop at NODe02 - 8-9 October 2002 - Erfurt, Germany (pdf)

Metamodels

• (REFERENCE PAPER ON THE PRODE SME APPROACH) V. Seidita, M. Cossentino, S. Galland, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, A. Koukam and S. Gaglio. The Metamodel: a Starting Point for Design Processes Construction. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE). (in printing). (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Galland, S. Gaglio, N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, A. Koukam and V. Seidita. A MAS metamodel-driven approach to process composition. In Proc. of the Ninth International Workshop on Agen-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2008) at The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal. May, 2008. (pdf)

• Massimo Cossentino, Nicolas Gaud, Stephane Galland, Vincent Hilaire, and Abderrafiaa Koukam. A Holonic Metamodel for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design. In Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4659, pag. 237-264. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. The PASSI and Agile PASSI MAS Meta-models Compared with a Unifying Proposal. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3690. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2005. pp. 183-192.

• M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, and V. Seidita. The PASSI and Agile PASSI MAS Meta-models Compared with a Unifying Proposal.In proc. of the CEEMAS'05 Conference. Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 2005.

• C. Bernon, M. Cossentino, M. Gleizes, P. Turci, and F. Zambonelli. A study of some multi-agent meta-models. In Agent-Oriented Software Engineering V: 5th International Workshop, AOSE 2004. Revised Selected Papers. Editors: James Odell, Paolo Giorgini, Jorg P. Muller. LNCS Series, Vol. 3382 / 2005. Jan. 2005. pp. 62-77 (pdf)

• C. Bernon, M. Cossentino, M. Gleizes, P. Turci, and F. Zambonelli. A study of some multi-agent meta-models. In Proc. of the Fifth International Workshop on Agen-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2004) at The Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2004), New York, USA, July 2004. (pdf)

Agent Implementation & Platforms

• G. Caire, M. Cossentino, A. Negri, A. Poggi, and P. Turci. Multi-agent systems implementation and testing. In Proc. of From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation - Fourth International Symposium (AT2AI-4), Vienna, Austria, April 2004. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, A. Poggi, G. Rimassa, P. Turci - Implementation Level Issues in MAS Modeling - Workshop on Object and Agents (WOA'03) Sept, 10-11, 2003. Cagliari (Italy). (pdf)

• I. Infantino, M. Cossentino, A. Chella - "An Agent Based Multilevel Architecture for robotics vision systems" - The 2002 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'02) - June 24 - 27, 2002 - Las Vegas (NV), USA (pdf)

• A. Gentile, M. Cossentino, S. Vitabile, A. Chella, F. Sorbello - "Intelligent Agent Mapping on a Massively Parallel MIMD Computing Platform" - The 2002 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'02) - June 24 - 27, 2002 - Las Vegas (NV), USA  (pdf)

PRACTIONIST

• V. Morreale, S. Bonura, G. Francaviglia, F. Centineo, M. Puccio, M. Cossentino. Developing Intentional Systems with the PRACTIONIST Framework. In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN'07). July 2007,  Vienna, Austria. (pdf)

• V. Morreale, S. Bonura, G. Francaviglia, F. Centineo, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio: Goal-Oriented Development of BDI Agents: The PRACTIONIST Approach. IEEE Intelligent Agent Technology Conference (IAT'06). December 2006. pp. 66-72. (pdf)

• V. Morreale, G. Francaviglia, F. Centineo, M. Puccio, M. Cossentino. Intentional Agent Patterns with the PRACTIONIST Framework. Fourth European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS'06). Lisbon, Portugal. December 2006. (pdf)

• Morreale, V., Bonura, S., Francaviglia, G., Centineo, F., Cossentino, M., and Gaglio, S. Reasoning about Goals in BDI Agents: the PRACTIONIST Framework. Proc. Of the Workshop on Objects and Agents (WOA'06).  Catania, Italy. September 2006. (pdf)

• V. Morreale, S. Bonura, G. Francaviglia, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio. PRACTIONIST: a New Framework for BDI Agents. The Third European Workshop On Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS'05). Brussels (Belgium). Dec. 2005.

• V. Morreale, S. Bonura, F. Centineo, A. Rossi, M. Cossentino and S.Gaglio. PRACTIONIST: implementing PRACTIcal reasONIng sySTems. Workshop on Objects and Agents (WOA'05). Camerino (Italy). Nov. 2005. (pdf)

Robotics

• V. Seidita, M. Cossentino. From Modelling to Implementing the Perception Loop in Self-Conscious Systems. International Journal of Machine Consciousness. In printing. (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, V. Seidita, C. Tona. An Approach for the Design of Self-Conscious Agent for Robotics. 2010 International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT'10). August 28-30, 2010, Toronto, Canada. (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. Self-Conscious Robotic System Design - From Analysis to Implementation. In proc. of Brian Inspired Cognitive Systems (BICS) workshop (BICS 2010). Madrid (Spain). 14-16 July, 2010. 

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, V. Seidita. Software Design of an AGI System based on Perception Loop. The Third Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI 2010). Lugano (Switzerland). March 5-8, 2010.

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, S. Gaglio, L. Sabatucci, V. Seidita. Agent-Oriented Software Patterns for Rapid and Affordable Robot Programming. Journal of Systems and Software. 83(4). April, 2010. (pdf)

• I. Macaluso, E. Ardizzone, A. Chella, M. Cossentino, A. Gentile, R. Gradino, I. Infantino, M. Liotta, R. Rizzo, G. Scardino. Experiences with CiceRobot, a museum guide cognitive robot. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3673. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2005. pp. 474-482.

• I. Macaluso, E. Ardizzone, A. Chella, M. Cossentino, A. Gentile, R. Gradino, I. Infantino, M. Liotta, R. Rizzo, G. Scardino. Experiences with CiceRobot, a museum guide cognitive robot. In Proc. of AI*IA conference, Milan, Italy. Sept. 2005.

• I. Infantino, M. Cossentino, A. Chella - "An Agent Based Multilevel Architecture for robotics vision systems" - The 2002 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'02) - June 24 - 27, 2002 - Las Vegas (NV), USA (pdf)

• A. Chella, M.Cossentino, I. Infantino, R. Pirrone. A vision agent in a distributed architecture for mobile robotics. VII AI*IA Conference. 25-28 Sept. 2001. Bari (Italy)

• A. Chella, M.Cossentino, I. Infantino, R. Pirrone. An agent based design process for cognitive architectures in robotics. AI*IA - TABOO workshop Dagli oggetti agli agenti: tendenze evolutive dei sistemi software. 4-5 Sept. 2001. Modena (Italy). (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, G. Tomasino. An environment description language for multirobot simulations. ISR 2001. Seoul (Korea), Aprile 2001 (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Designing agent-based systems with UML. International Symposium on Robotics and Automation (ISRA'2000). Monterrey, Mexico. Novembre 2000.  (pdf)

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Applying UML use case diagrams to agents representation. Convegno AI*IA 2000, Milano, Settembre 2000.  (pdf)

Other topics

• N. Gaud, V. Hilaire, S. Galland, A. Koukam, and M. Cossentino. A Verification by Abstraction Framework for organizational Multi-Agent Systems. In Proc. of the Sixth International Workshop "From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation" (AT2AI-6) at The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal. May, 2008. (pdf)  

• A. Urso, G. Aiello, M. Alessi, M. Cossentino, P. Storniolo. DNK-WSD: a distributed approach for knowledge discovery in peer to peer networks. 15th Euromicro Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-based Processing. February 2007. Naples (Italy).pp. 325-330.

• Aiello, G., Alessi, M., Cossentino, M., Urso, A., Vella, G. RTDWD: Real-Time Distributed Wideband-Delphi for user stories estimation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4401. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2007. pp. 35-50.

• Aiello, G., Alessi, M., Cossentino, M., Urso, A., Vella, G. RTDWD: Real-Time Distributed Wideband-Delphi for user stories estimation. Proc. of RISE 2006 International Workshop on Rapid Integration of Software Engineering techniques. Geneve, Switzerland. September, 2006.

• Quiescenti, M., Roma, P., Perrone, G., Cossentino, M. Collaboration Engineering Framework to Support New Product Development in the Automobile Industry. 8th International Conference on the Modern Information Technology in the Innovation Processes of the Industrial Enterprises (MITIP 2006). Budapest, Hungary. September 2006.

• R. Pirrone, M. Cossentino, G. Pilato, R. Rizzo, G. Russo. Discovering Learning Paths on a Domain Ontology Using Natural Language Interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 3533. Springer-Verlag GmbH (2005). pp. 310-314.

• R. Pirrone, M. Cossentino, G. Pilato, and R. Rizzo. A tutoring system based on a hierarchical representation of information. In Proc. of the E-Learning Workshop in the Ninth Conference of the Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale, Perugia, Italy, Sept 2004.

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, M. Fisco, M. Liotta, A. Rossi, and G. Sajeva. Simulation based planning and mobile devices in cultural heritage robotics. In Proc. of the Robotics Workshop in the Ninth Conference of the Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale, Perugia, Italy, Sept 2004. AIIA.

• R. Pirrone, M. Cossentino, G. Pilato, R. Rizzo, Concept Maps and Course Ontology: a Multi-level Approach to E-learning, Proc. of II AI*IA Workshop on AI and E-learning, Pisa, Italy, Sept. 23-26, 2003.

• M. Cossentino, A. Damiani, S. Gaglio, F. Raimondi, and M. Vitale. Exploring the use of soft-computing and artificial intelligence techniques in atmospheric pollution modelling. In Proc. of the Air Pollution 2003 Conference, Catania, Italy, Sept 2003.

• A. Chella, M. Cossentino, D. Guarino, I. Infantino, R. Pirrone, R. Sorbello, "L'interazione tra uomo e robot attraverso la rete: tecnologie innovative, applicazioni e risorse". Immagini della emergente societa' in rete, collana editoriale "Comunicazione, Istituzioni e Mutamento sociale", Franco Angeli Editore, Milano, 2003

• R. Pirrone, M. Cossentino. Uno strumento di authoring multi-agente per applicazioni di web-learning. AI*IA Notizie - March 2003.

• A. Ruisi, M. Cossentino, I. Infantino, A. Chella, R. Pirrone - A Cooperative Agent Based Architecture for Environmental Exploration and Knowledge Sharing by Vision - IROS-2002 Workshop on Cooperative Robotics - October 1, 2002 - Lausanne, Switzerland (pdf)

• A. Chella, M.Cossentino, R. Pirrone, A. Ruisi - "Modeling Ontologies for Robotic Environments" - The Fourteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering - July 15-19, 2002 - Ischia, ITALY (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, F.M. Raimondi, M.C. Vitale. Bayesian models of the PM10 atmospheric urban pollution. Air Pollution 2001 Conference. 12-14 Sept. 2001. Ancona (Italy) (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. La progettazione di applicazioni Toolbook con UML. Convegno AICA Didamatica 2001, Maggio 2001, Bari. (pdf)

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Workgroup Hypermedia Editor: a tool to support a strategy for cooperative hypermedia production. Euro-CSCL. Maastricht (The Netherlands), Marzo 2001. (pdf)

• M. Accascina, V. Bartolozzi, M. Cossentino, R. Ducato, M.Galluzzo, G. La Sita, U. Lo Faso,  A. Picciotto, M.Torregrossa,  G. Viviani. A courseware for training waste water treatment plant operators and managers. Congresso IWA2000, Parigi, Luglio 2000.

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso, M. Spagnolo. Produzione di Ipertesti Multimediali Cooperativi. Convegno AICA Didamatica 2000, Maggio 2000. Cesena. (pdf)

• M. Accascina, M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Un progetto per la redazione di ipertesti cooperativi a distanza. Convegno "NIR-IT '99: Internet: il media del 2000. 29-31 Marzo '99, Milano.

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Requisiti ed attributi del software didattico. Informatica & Scuola. Ed. Hugony, n.2/98.

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Valutare la qualita' degli ipermedia. Informatica & Scuola. Ed. Hugony, n.4/97.

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. MediaTema - Ambiente per la creazione di temi multimediali. In Strumenti di didattica multimediale, ed. Garamond - Roma. Aprile 1998.

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Possibili cammini verso la profondita' o verso la superficialita'. Convegno Le 3 culture. Erice (TP). 1996.

• M. Cossentino, U. Lo Faso. Educare a nuove forme espressive: dal word-processor al  multimedia-processor ?. Convegno AICA Didamatica '96, Maggio 1996 Cesena.