WOA 2024
25th Workshop "From Objects to Agents 2024"

Table of Contents

• Preface
  Summary: There were 22 papers submitted for peer-review to this workshop. Out of these, 22 papers were accepted for this volume, 22 as regular papers.

"Fabio Bellifemine" Keynote Speech

• Communication Meaning: Why Multiagent Abstractions Are Foundational to Software Systems Research
  Amit Chopra

Regular Papers

• Effects of Robot’s Adaptive Autonomy on Users Experience in a Museum Scenario 5-19
  Filippo Cantucci, Marco Marini, Rino Falcone
• An Empirical Study on the Robustness of Knowledge Injection Techniques Against Data Degradation 20-32
  Andrea Rafanelli, Matteo Magnini, Andrea Agiollo, Giovanni Ciatto, Andrea Omicini
• Hermes: a Wireless Communication Interface for Edge Computing 33-41
  Davide Carnemolla, Fabrizio Messina, Corrado Santoro, Federico Fausto Santor
• Enhancing Aggregation in Locomotor Multi-Agent Systems: a Theoretical Framework 42-57
  Paolo Pagliuca, Alessandra Vitanza
• Hybrid Personal Medical Digital Assistant Agents 58-62
  Sara Montagna, Christel Sirocchi
• Towards Transparent Computational Models of Theory of Mind in Collaborative Environments 63-73
  Carmine Grimaldi, Silvia Rossi
• Improving Computational Efficiency of the TONS algorithm in Selecting Neighbor Agents in Blockchain Trust-based IoT Environments 74-87
  Giancarlo Fortino, Domenico Rosaci, Giuseppe M. L. Sarné
• An Agent-based Framework including Diachronic MaaS Represention 88-102
  Maria Nadia Postorino, Giuseppe M. L. Sarné
• Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity: Approaches and Challenges 103-118
  Salvo Finistrella, Stefano Mariani, Franco Zambonelli
• Exploring the Dynamics of Learned, Pre-existing, and Partial Knowledge in Dependence Networks within Multi-Agent Systems 119-132
  Alessandro Sapienza, Rino Falcone
• Integrating System Dynamics and Agent-Based Models for Enhanced Analysis in Sustainable Development 133-147
  Beniamino Callegari, Christophe Feder
• Hands-on VITAMIN: A Compositional Tool for Model Checking of Multi-Agent Systems 148-160
  Angelo Ferrando, Vadim Malvone
• Creating Virtual Reality Scenarios for Pedestrian Experiments Focusing on Social Interactions 161-176
  Daniela Briola, Francesca Tinti, Giuseppe Vizzari
• Integrating Procedural Ontologies in VEsNA: Study, Requirements, and Preliminary Design 177-180
  Diana Ivan, Angelo Ferrando, Andrea Gatti, Giovanna Guerrini, Viviana Mascardi
• Enhancing Robotic Systems in Healthcare: A Preliminary Analysis of Agent-Based Paradigms and Simulation Environments 181-189
  Valeria Seidita, Antonio Chella
• A Multi-Agent System for a Robotic Table Soccer Game 190-201
  Gianluigi Forte, Marco Pometti, Domenico Massimo Porto, Corrado Santoro, Federico Fausto Santoro, Rosa Zuccarà
• Symbolic Knowledge Comparison: Metrics and Methodologies for Multi-Agent Systems 202-216
  Federico Sabbatini, Christel Sirocchi, Roberta Calegari
• Simulating the Law in a Multi-Agent System 217-232
  Matteo Cristani, Francesco Olivieri, Guido Governatori, Gabriele Buriola
• Towards Intelligent Pulverized Systems: a Modern Approach for Edge-Cloud Services 233-251
  Davide Domini, Nicolas Farabegoli, Gianluca Aguzzi, Mirko Viroli
• From pure Prolog to logic Agent-Oriented Programming Languages 252-266
  Rafael Bordini, Stefania Costantini, Andrea Monaldini, Alina Vozna
• SkRobot: A Pseudo-Realtime Multiplatform Framework For Robotics Agents Development 267-282
  Giovanni De Gasperis, Daniele Di Ottavio, Patrizio Migliarini, Stefania Costantini
• How Risk Preferences Shape City-State Success: An Agent-Based Model of Resource Management 283-297
  Andrea Piras, Francesco Bertolotti

Dissemination Papers

• SimJade: A Simulator of Jade Multiagent Systems
  Daniela Briola, Giuseppe Vizzari, Mauro Montinaro
• Curriculum-Based RL for Pedestrian Simulation: Sensitivity Analysis and Hyperparameter Exploration
  Giuseppe Vizzari, Daniela Briola, Federico Pisapia
• A Data-Driven Approach Supporting Location Decisions for Docking Stations in Bike-Sharing Systems
  Blerina Spahiu, Daniela Briola, Riccardo Sartori, Giuseppe Vizzari
• The Cognitive Hourglass: Agent Abstractions in the Large Models Era
  Alessandro Ricci, Stefano Mariani, Franco Zambonelli, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Samuele Burattini
• An Agent-Centric Perspective on Norm Enforcement and Sanctions
  Elena Yan,, Luis Gustavo Nardin, Jomi Fred Hübner, Olivier Boissier
• On the External Concurrency of Current BDI Frameworks for MAS
  Martina Baiardi, Samuele Burattini, Giovanni Ciatto, Danilo Pianini, Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Omicini
• Towards a Network of Co-working Spaces for Social Innovation in Mountain Areas
  Marco Alderighi, Cristina Baroglio, Mario Chiesa, Tiziana Ciano, Christophe Feder, Valeria Figini, Elisa Marengo, Stefano Tedeschi
• Optimizing Healthcare Workforce for Effective Patient Care: A Cooperative Game Theory Approach
  Ji Wu, Liu Dan, Innab Nisreen, Shutaywi Meshal, Tiziana Ciano, Massimiliano Ferrara
• Accountability in Multi-Agent Organizations: From Conceptual Design to Agent Programming
  Matteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, Roberto Micalizio, Stefano Tedeschi