Call for Participation: DCR 2010

[Evan Sultanik]

We are delighted to invite you to register for the Twelfth
International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR 2010).
http://www.cs.drexel.edu/dcr2010

May 11, 2010
Co-Located with AAMAS 2010
Toronto, Canada

Registration is now open, at
http://www.aaai.org/Forms/aamas-registration-form.php#WORKSHOPS
!!!EARLY REGISTRATION: 12 March 2010!!!

You can find a preliminary workshop schedule at
https://www.cs.drexel.edu/dcr2010/program

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Workshop Description:

Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR) problems arise when pieces of information
about variables, constraints or both are relevant to independent but
communicating
agents. They provide a promising framework to deal with the increasingly diverse
range of distributed real-world problems emerging from the evolution
of computation
and communication technologies.

The new challenges posed by solving Distributed Constraint Reasoning Problems
include dealing with resource restrictions (such as limits on time and
communication), privacy requirements, exploiting opportunities for cooperation,
and designing conflict resolution strategies.

The workshop addresses modeling, formulation and solution of
Distributed Constraint
Reasoning problems, including both Distributed Constraint Satisfaction and
Optimization Problems. The workshop encourages submissions on all
topics related to
Distributed Constraint Reasoning, including (but not limited to) the following:

* unified frameworks for distributed constraint reasoning
* complete and incomplete algorithms for solving distributed
constraint reasoning
problems
* privacy issues in distributed constraint reasoning
* problem solving in systems with self-interested agents
* negotiation among self-interested agents
* distributed constraint propagation and consistency
* generation and formulation/modeling of distributed constraint reasoning
* applications of distributed constraint reasoning