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Computer science --- Programming --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- informatica --- programmeren (informatica) --- software engineering --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- robots --- AI (artificiële intelligentie)

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We welcome you to Coordination ’99, the third in a series of conferences d- icated to an important perspective on the development of complex software systems. That perspective is shared by a growing community of researchers - terested in models, languages, and implementation techniques for coordination. The last decade has seen the emergence of a class of models and languages variously termed “coordination languages”, “con?guration languages”, “arc- tectural description languages”, and “agent-oriented programming languages”. Theseformalismsprovideacleanseparationbetweenindividualsoftwarecom- nents and their interaction within the overall software organization. This se- ration makes complex applications more tractable, supports global analysis,and enhances the reuse of software components. The proceedings of the previous two conferences on this topic were published by Springer as Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1061 and 1282. This issue of LNCS containing the papers presented at Coordination ’99 continues the tradition of carefully selected and high quality papers representing the state of the artin coordinationtechnology.In responseto thecallfor papers,wereceived 67 submissions, from which 26 papers were accepted. These proceedings also contain abstracts for posters presented at the conference. This year’s program features invited talks by Rocco De Nicola and Danny B. Lange. Reading through the papers, we expect that you may be surprised by the variety of disciplines within computer science that have embraced the notion of coordination. In fact, we expect this trend to continue, and hope that you will contribute to the on-going exploration of its strengths, weaknesses, and applications.

Parallel processing (Electronic computers) --- Electronic data processing --- Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Distributed processing --- Computer science. --- Computer communication systems. --- Computer programming. --- Software engineering. --- Programming languages (Electronic computers). --- Operating systems (Computers). --- Computers. --- Computer Science. --- Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters. --- Operating Systems. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Programming Techniques. --- Computation by Abstract Devices. --- Software Engineering. --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Computer operating systems --- Computers --- Disk operating systems --- Systems software --- Informatics --- Science --- Operating systems --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Electronic computer programming --- Electronic digital computers --- Programming (Electronic computers) --- Coding theory --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Computer languages --- Computer program languages --- Computer programming languages --- Machine language --- Languages, Artificial --- Programming --- Parallel processing (Electronic computers) - Congresses --- Electronic data processing - Distributed processing - Congresses

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One of the most important reasons for the current intensity of interest in agent technology is that the concept of an agent, as an autonomous system capable of interacting with other agents in order to satisfy its design objectives, is a natural one for software designers. Just as we can understand many systems as being composed of essentially passive objects, which have a state and upon which we can perform operations, so we can understand many others as being made up of interacting semi-autonomous agents. This book brings together revised versions of papers presented at the First International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, AOSE 2000, held in Limerick, Ireland, in conjunction with ICSE 2000, and several invited papers. As a comprehensive and competent overview of agent-oriented software engineering, the book addresses software engineers interested in the new paradigm and technology as well as research and development professionals active in agent technology.

Software engineering --- Intelligent agents (Computer software) --- Computer science. --- Computer communication systems. --- Software engineering. --- Computer programming. --- Computer logic. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer Science. --- Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Software Engineering. --- Logics and Meanings of Programs. --- Programming Techniques. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Logic design. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Design, Logic --- Design of logic systems --- Digital electronics --- Electronic circuit design --- Logic circuits --- Machine theory --- Switching theory --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Informatics --- Science --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Computers --- Electronic computer programming --- Electronic digital computers --- Programming (Electronic computers) --- Coding theory --- Computer science logic --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Distributed processing --- Programming --- Software engineering - Congresses --- Intelligent agents (Computer software) - Congresses --- Computer networks.

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This volume contains the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages, Coordination 2006. This year the conf- ence was part of a set of federated conferences named DisCoTec 2006, held in Bologna in June 2006. It was held in the series of successful conferences whose proceedings were also published in LNCS, in volumes 1061, 1282, 1594, 1906, 2315, 2949, and 3454. The conference was born in 1996, as a forum for researchers working on programming models, formalisms, and platforms for describing or supporting concurrent and distributed computations. Contemporary information systems increasingly rely on combining concurrentand distributed, and now also mobile, recon?gurable and heterogeneous components. New models, architectures, l- guages,andveri?cationtechniquesarenecessaryto copewith the complexity- ducedbythedemandsoftoday'ssoftwareindustry.Coordinationlanguageshave emerged as a successful approach, in that they provide abstractions that cleanly separatebehaviorfromcommunication,therebysupportingmodulardesign,s- plifying reasoning,and ultimately enhancing softwaredevelopment. Researchon coordination models and languages is still playing a crucial role in addressing the technological concerns of widely distributed applications and services. We received 50 submission. All papers were reviewed by four reviewers. The Program Committee used a tool for collaborative conference management to select 18 regular papers. The Program Committee invited Chris Hankin and Pierpaolo Degano to give talks.

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The topics treated in this handbook cover all areas of games and entertainment technologies, such as digital entertainment; technology, design/art, and sociology. The handbook consists of contributions from top class scholars and researchers from the interdisciplinary topic areas.  The aim of this handbook is to serving as a key reference work in the field and provides readers with a holistic picture of this interdisciplinary field covering technical issues, aesthetic/design issues, and sociological issues. At present, there is no reference work in the field that provides such a broad and complete picture of the field. Engineers and researchers who want to learn about this emerging area will be able to find adequate answers regarding technology issues on digital entertainment. Designers and artists can learn how their skills and expertise can contribute to this emerging area. Also researchers working in the field of sociology and psychology will find how their experience and knowledge are connected to other areas such as technology and art/design. Although topics are written by foremost experts from the field, the description for each topic has been intended to be easily understandable but yet comprehensive enough so that it caters not only for the experts but also beginners and students in the field.

Mathematics --- Mass communications --- Programming --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- neuronale netwerken --- fuzzy logic --- cybernetica --- communicatie --- computers --- informatica --- massamedia --- externe fixatie (geneeskunde --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- interfaces --- AI (artificiële intelligentie)