text_combined: iyad rahwan aeidswuacmorg apologies multiple postings argmas 2008 fifth international workshop argumentation multiagent systems argmas 2008 estoril portugal may 12 13 2008 conjunction aamas 2008 httphomepagesinfedacukirahwanargmasargmas08 overview argumentation abstractly defined interaction different arguments conclusion last years argumentation gaining increasing importance multiagent systems mainly vehicle facilitating rational interaction ie interaction involves giving receiving reasons argumentation provides tools designing implementing analysing sophisticated forms interaction among rational agents argumentation made solid contributions practice multiagent dialogues application domains include legal disputes business negotiation labor disputes team formation scientific inquiry deliberative democracy ontology reconciliation risk analysis scheduling logistics single agent may also use argumentation techniques perform individual reasoning needs make decisions complex preferences policies highly dynamic environment workshop builds three successful workshops argmas 2007 held conjunction aamas 2007 honolulu hawaii usa attracted 22 participants argmas 2006 held conjunction aamas 2006 future university hakodate japan attracted 21 participants argmas 2005 held conjunction aamas 2005 universiteit utrecht utrecht netherlands attracted 31 participants argmas 2004 held conjunction aamas 2004 columbia university new york usa attracted 20 participants postproceedings previous editions workshop published springer lncs volumes 3366 4049 4766 topics solicit papers dealing limited following areas computational models argumentation argumentationbased decision making argumentationbased joint deliberation argumentationbased persuasion argumentationbased inquiry argumentationbased negotiation conflict resolution argumentation risk assessment argumentation legal reasoning argumentation electronic democracy argumentation coordination cooperation team formation argumentation game theory multiagent systems humanagent argumentation argumentation preferences modelling strategic behaviour argumentbased dialogues deception trust reputation argumentbased interaction computational complexity argumentation dialogues properties argumentation dialogues termination success etc hybrid argumentationbased models implemented argumentationbased multiagent systems new application areas publication proceedings argmas printed distributed workshop done previous argmas workshops planned publish revised versions accepted full papers edited book part springer lecture notes artificial intelligence lnai series publication would isbn number would available printed form well electronically springerlink online library important dates note dates fixed aamas conference submission deadline 25 january 2008 notification acceptancerejection 25 february 2008 camera ready due 5 march 2008 workshop 12 13 may 2008 confirmed submission procedure contributors may submit either full papers longer 5000 words including figures two page position statement outlines interests background discussion aspect workshop theme authors encouraged submit papers springer lecture notes computer science lncs style since format required planned postproceedings book formatting instructions well style sample files found httpwwwspringerdecomplncsauthorshtml papers must submitted dedicated easychair site found httpwwweasychairorgconferencesconfargmas2008 least one author accepted papers must register workshop organising committee iyad rahwan corresponding organiser faculty informatics british university dubai pobox 502216 dubai uae school informatics university edinburgh pavlos moraitis dept mathematics computer science paris descartes university 45 rue des saintsperes 75270 paris cedex 06 france argmas steering committee antonis kakas university cyprus cyprus nicolas maudet universite paris dauphine france peter mcburney university liverpool uk pavlos moraitis paris descartes university france simon parsons city university new york usa iyad rahwan british university dubai uae university edinburgh uk chris reed university dundee uk program committee confirmed lecturer msc programme director faculty informatics british university dubai pobox 502216 dubai uae tel 9714367 1959 fax 9714366 4698 fellow school informatics university edinburgh uk httphomepagesinfedacukirahwan fri 08 aug 2008 144240 0400 uai cfp argmas 2008 argumentation multiagent systems