SABIS

Software Agents in Business Information Systems

Special Session

in conjunction with

the 6th International Conference

on Business Information Systems BIS 2003

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

June 4-6, 2003

Call for Papers

For a number of years now, researchers promise that the agent technology is about to have a significant impact on (among others):

Obviously, this list is far from being exhaustive, and there exists a considerable overlap between application and research areas as well. The breadth and depth of these areas supports the claim that agent technology, if successful, can lead to breakthroughs in a wide variety of fields, including those especially relevant to the corporate world, such as managerial decision-making, planning, executing and monitoring. Despite this promise, and years of extensive research, agents have not lived up to the excitement surrounding them.
 

The aim of this Special Session is to assess the state of the art in software agent applications to business information systems. We would like to bring together academic as well as industrial researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and experiences, to initiate new connections toward future cooperation and/or to strengthen existing collaborations. We are particularly interested in the following topics (however papers addressing other research and application areas are also invited):

 

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Applications

Agent-based approaches are controversial. There are those who view them as just a fad that in the long run will not be able to bring significant breakthroughs. Others believe that these systems are just a repackaging of old ideas, and claim that while nothing particularly new is being brought to the table, there is potential in this approach from the application developer’s viewpoint. We would like to extend invitation to the critics and supporters of the agent approach that can demonstrate why the agent framework will or will not lead to realistic breakthroughs in business settings. We also welcome papers that approach the agent-related issues from different perspectives e.g. decision theory versus belief, desire, and intention. It should be stressed that this special session appears in the context of the conference devoted to business information systems. Thus, submissions to this track have to be related to the business applications.

SUBMISSION

Papers to be considered for regular conference presentation and proceedings should be submitted via the regular conference submission process.

Detailed submission guidelines will be available soon.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

SESSION ORGANIZERS

Oklahoma State University

7th International Conference BIS 2004