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CfP special issue Synthese: Logic and Social Interaction, Deadline: 1 Sep 2009

Synthese KRA volume on Logic and Social Interaction
          Call for Submissions for Special Issue
       http://www.imsc.res.in/tcsweb/kra-lasi.html

There is now a growing body of research on formal algorithmic models of 
social procedures and interactions between rational agents. These models 
attempt to identify logical elements within our day-to-day social 
activities.

Largely using the language of logic and game theory, these studies have 
led to new insights into the dynamics of observation, updating of 
knowledge and belief, preference change, dialogues and processes of 
strategic interaction. Central to many of these studies is a multi-agent 
perspective on rational agency that situates inference in an interactive 
context.

In this context, a workshop on Logic and Social Interaction

      http://ali.cmi.ac.in/icla2009/social.html

was held in the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai during 7-8 
January, 2009, focussing on current advances made towards modelling 
complex multi-agent interactive situations, attempting to identify logical 
elements in our daily social activities.

As a follow-up of the Workshop, a special issue of the "Knowledge, 
Rationality and Action" section of the journal "Synthese" is planned on 
the theme of Logic and Social Interaction. Please see the Special Issue 
page for details.

Potential authors who are interested to submit to this volume are 
requested to send a mail to one of the Guest Editors, by May 1, 2009, 
mentioning their intention, with a title and an abstract of one paragraph.

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2009
Acceptance Decision: January 1, 2010
Final Manuscript: March 1, 2010
Publication Date (tentative): September 2010

Guest-Editors

R. Ramanujam
Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Chennai 600113
India
jam@imsc.res.in

and

Sujata Ghosh
Artificial Intelligence Group
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
sujata@ai.rug.nl