Brief Curriculum

Aggregation in Mathematics (UTL, 1988), Ph. D. in Artificial Intelligence (University of Edinburgh, 1980), Specialist in Informatics (LNEC, 1980), Diplome of Studies in Signal Handling (Philips International Institute, 1969) and Graduation in Electronic and Electrical Enginering (IST/UTL, 1968).

Full Professor (University of Lisbon, August, 1995) at the Department of Informatics of the Faculty of Sciences (FCUL). Efective member of the National Academy of Engineering of Portugal. ECCAI fellow.

President of the Instituto das Ciências da Complexidade (2005-2008), Director of Laboratório de modelação de Agentes (LabMAg, 2004-2006), Director of Centro de Ciências da Complexidade (1998-2004) and of Laboratório de Modelos e Arquitecturas Computacionais (1998-2004). President of the Department of Informatics of the FCUL (November 1995, October 1997); Full Professor. at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Economics and Management (ISEG) of the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) from January 1990 till July 1995; Head of the Section of Technology and Science of Information of ISEG (UTL) from 1993 to 1995; Senior Research at LNEC (1985-89) and Head of the Section of Information Systems. of the Department of Informatics.

Research Interests and Key Topics:

Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems: Models and Architectures.

Knowledge Engineering, Knowledge Management, Agent-Based Computing,Natural Language Understanding.

Sciences of Complexity.

Recent Papers:

Automated Bilateral Negotiation and Bargaining Impasse, em colaboração com Fernando Lopes e A. Q. Novais, Proceedings of AI-2008: The Twenty-eighth SGAI International Conference, Cambridge (UK), December 9-11, 2008.

Simulating Argumentation about Exchange Values in Multi-Agent Interactions, with Márcia Franco and António Rocha Costa, Proceedings of the 1st Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation (BWSS 2008), 19th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (SBIA2008), Salvador. October 26-30, 2008.

Rehearsing Policies for GHGs Emission Control, with João Balsa, Luis Antunes and Luis Moniz, Proceedings of the 1st Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation (BWSS 2008), 19th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (SBIA2008), Salvador. October 26-30, 2008.

Simulating a Multi-Agent Electricity Market, with Paulo Trigo, Proceedings of the 1st Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation (BWSS 2008), 19th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (SBIA2008), Salvador. October 26-30, 2008.

Evaluation of Collaborative Annotation Systems and Simulation of User Behaviour on Social Networks, with João Ferreira and Paulo Trigo, Proceedings of the 1st Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation (BWSS 2008), 19th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (SBIA2008), Salvador. October 26-30, 2008.

The Evolution of Negotiation and Impasse in Two-Party Multi-Issue Bargaining, with Fernando Lopes and A. Q. Novais, Proceedings of 11^th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IBERAMIA-2008), October 14-17, ISCTE (Lisboa), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on AI 5290, H. Geffner, R. Prada, I. M. Alexandre and N. David (Eds.), 2008.

Modelling Model Comparasions, with Luis Antunes and João Balsa, III of Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation, A Cross-Disciplinary Workshop (EPOS2008), ISCTE, Lisboa (Portugal), October 2-3, 2008.

Decisions with Multiple Simultaneous Goals and Uncertain Causal Effects, with Paulo Trigo, in Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice II, Proceedings of the IFIP AI´08 at IFIP World Computer Congress, September 7-10, Milan (Italy), Springer, 2008.

Negotiation under Complete and Incomplete Information, with Fernando Lopes and A. Q. Novais, Proceedings of the 9^th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies (EC-Web´08), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, September 1-5, 2008.

A Hybrid Approach to Multi-Agent Decision-Making, with Paulo Trigo, Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2008), M. Ghallab, C. D. Spyropoulos, N. Fakotakis and N. Avouris (eds.), IOS Press, Patras (Greece), July 21-25, 2008.

Interdisciplinary Approach to Automated Negotiation: A Preliminary Report, with Fernando Lopes, IADIS Conference on Intelligent Systems and Agents, Amsterdam, July 22-24, 2008.

Exploring Context Permeability in Multiple Social Networks, with Luis Antunes, João Balsa and Paulo Urbano, World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS-2008), George Mason University Fairfax (USA), July 14-17, 2008.

Interdisciplinary Approach to Automated Negotiation, with Fernando Lopes, 22th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS 2008), Nicosia (Cyprus), June 3-6, 2008.

Teamwork Decision-Making with MDP and BDI, with Paulo Trigo, Proceedings of the Adaptative Learning Agents and MAS, AAMAS-2008, Estoril, May 14-16, 2008.

Human Face Verification Based on Multidimension Polynomial Power of Sigmoid (PPS), with João Fernando Marar, Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2008), Funchal, January 28-31, 2008.

Multidimensional Polynomial Powers of Sigmoid (PPS) Wavelet Neural Networks, with João Fernando Marar, Proceedings of The International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS 2008), Funchal, January 28-31, 2008.

Context Permeability, with Luis Antunes João Balsa and Paulo Urbano, Proceedings of the 1st ICC Workshop on Complexity in Social Systems, ISCTE, Lisbon, January 11-12, 2008.

Human Face Verification Based on Multidimension Polynomial Power of Sigmoid (PPS), with João Fernando Marar, Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2008), Funchal, January 28-31, 2008.

Multidimensional Polynomial Powers of Sigmoid (PPS) Wavelet Neural Networks, Proceedings of The International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS 2008), Funchal, January 28-31, 2008.

Decision Making with Hybrid Models: the Case of Collective and Individual Motivations, with Paulo Trigo Silva, Actas do 13º Encontro Português de Inteligência Artificial (EPIA07), Guimarães, December 3-7, 2007.

Tax Compliance through MABS: the Case of Indirect Taxes, with Luis Antunes and João Balsa, Actas do 13º Encontro Português de Inteligência Artificial (EPIA07), Springer-Verlag, LNCS, Guimarães, December 3-7, 2007.

Deliberation Process in a BDI Model with Bayesian Networks, with Moser Fagundes and Rosa Vicari, Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA07), Springer-Verlag LNCS, Bangkok, November 21-23, 2007.

Using Virtual Players in GMABS Methodology: a Case Study in Natural Resources Management, with Diana Adamatti and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA07), Toulouse, September 10-14, 2007.

The Challenge of Context Permeability in Social Simulation, with Luis Antunes, João Balsa and Paulo Urbano, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA07), Toulouse, September 10-14, 2007.

An Hybrid Approach to Teamwork, with Paulo Trigo Silva, Proceedings of VI Encontro Nacional de Inteligência Artificial (ENIA2007), XXVII Congresso da SBC, Rio de Janeiro, July 2-6, 2007.

Inserção de Jogadores Virtuais na Metodologia GMABS: uma Aplicação em Gestão de Recursos Naturais, with Diana Adamati and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of VI Encontro Nacional de Inteligência Artificial, XXVII Congresso da SBC, Rio de Janeiro, July 2-6, 2007.

Utilização de RPG e MABS no Desenvolvimento de Sistemas de Apoio à Decisão em Grupos, with Diana Adamati and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of IV Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas Colaborativos (SBSC2007), Rio de Janeiro, June 30-July 6, 2007.

E*plore v.0: Principia for Strategic Exploration of Social Simulation Experiments Design Space, with Luis Antunes, João Balsa and Ana Luísa Respício, in Advancing Social Simulation: The First Worls Congress, S. Takahashi, D. Sallach and J. Rouchier (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 295-306, 2007.

Agents that Collude to Evade Taxes, em colaboração with Luis Antunes and João Balsa, Proceedings of AAMAS07, Honolulu, Hawai, May 14-18, 2007.

Tuning Behaviours Using Embedded Attributes, with José Cascalho, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2007) , Innsbruck (Austria), February 12-14, 2007.

Virtual Players in RPG, with Diana F. Adamati and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the International Workshop AI for Human Computing (AI4HC’07), 20th IJCAI-2007, Hyderabad (India), January 6, 2007.

Tuning Behaviours Using Attributes Embedded in an Agents´Architecture, with José Cascalho, Proceedings of the EUMAS2006 Workshop, Lisboa, December, 14-15, 2006.

e*plore-ing the Simulation Design Space, with Luis Antunes and João Balsa, Proceedings of the EUMAS2006 Workshop, Lisboa, December, 14-15, 2006.

Simulation as Formal and Generative Social Science: The Very Idea, with Nuno David and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the EUMAS2006 Workshop, Lisbon, December, 14-15, 2006.

Jogadores Virtuais em Jogos de Papeis, with Diana F. Adamati and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the V Brazilian Symposium on Computer Games and Digital Entertainment, Recife (Brazil), November 8-10, 2006.

Coordination with Collective and Individual Decisions, with Paulo Trigo and Anders Jonsson, Proceedings of the IBERAMIA/SBIA 2006, Ribeirão Preto (Brasil), October 23-27, Springer-Verlag LNAI series 4140, pp. 37-47, 2006.

Characterising agents'behaviour: Selecting Goal Strategies Based on Attributes, with José Cascalho, Luis Antunes and Milton Corrêa, Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop CIA 2006 on Cooperative Information Agents, University of Edinburgh, UK, September 11 - 13, Springer-Verlag LNCS 4149, 2006.

e*plore v.0: Principia for Stategic Exploration of Social Simulation Experiments Design Space, with Luis Antunes, João Balsa and Ana Respício, Proceedings of the First World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS2006), Kyoto (Japan), August 21-25, Springer-Verlag, 2006.

Decision Support for Public Tax Policies through Social Simulation, with Ana Respício, Luis Antunes and João Balsa, Proceedings of the IFIP TC 8/8.3 WG International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support (CIDMDS 2006), London, June 28-July 1, 2006 and Adam F, Brezillon P, Carlsson S, and Humphreys P. (eds.), Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, Vol2, Ludic Publishing Ltd (ISBN 978-1-905800-01-0), pp 834-850, 2006.

The Meta Sketch Editor, com Leonel Nóbrega and Nuno Nunes, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces (CADUI 2006) and the Second International Workshop on Design and Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems (MIXER´2006), Bucharest, June 5-8, 2006.

An Interplay between Science and Healing: Looking into the Mind, with Milton Corrêa, Proceedings of the IV International Biosynthesis Congress, UL, Lisbon, June 1-3, 2006.

Tactical Exploration of Tax Compliance Decisions in Multi-Agent Based Simulation, em colaboração com Luis Antunes, Ana Luisa Respício e João Balsa, Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS’06), Luis Antunes and Keoki Takadama (Eds.), Springer-Verlag LNCS Vol. 4442 (2007), Future University-Hakodate, Japan, May 8-9, 2006.

Around the Empirical and Intentional References of Agent-Based Simulation in the      Social Sciences, with Nuno David, Proceedings of ICEIS, Paphos/Cyprus, May 24-27. 2006.

Autonomous Inspectors in Tax Compliance Simulation, with Joao Balsa, Luis Antunes and Ana Respicio, Proceedings of the European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research (EMCSR'06), Viena, April 18 - 21, 2006.

The Multi-Team Formation Precursor of Teamwork, with Paulo Trigo Silva, Proceedings of EPIA 2005 MASTA Workshop, Covilhã (Portugal), December 5-7, Springer-Verlag LNAI 3808, 2005.

From Consensus to Consensus: random evolution of collective choices, with Paulo Urbano, Proceedings of EPIA 2005 MASTA Workshop, Carlos Bento, Amilcar Cardoso and Gaël Dias (eds.), Covilhã (Portugal), December 5-7, IEEE, 2005.

Negotiation Among Autonomous Agents: Experimental Evaluation of Integrative Strategies, em colaboração com Fernando Lopes, A. Q. Novais and Nuno Mamede, Proceedings of EPIA 2005 MASTA Workshop, Carlos Bento, Amilcar Cardoso and Gaël Dias (eds.), Covilhã (Portugal), December 5-7, IEEE, 2005.

Discussing Agent Power-Of by Experimentation, with Francisco Coelho, Proceedings of EPIA 2005 MASTA Workshop, Carlos Bento, Amilcar Cardoso and Gaël Dias (eds.),Covilhã (Portugal), December 5-7, IEEE, 2005.

The Multi-Team Formation Defense of Teamwork, with Paulo Trigo Silva, Proceedings of CAEPIA´05, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), November 16-18, Springer-Verlag LNAI  series, 2005.

Toward a motivated BDI using attributes embedded in mental states, with José Cascalho, Luis Antunes and Milton Corrêa, Proceedings of CAEPIA´05, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), November 16-18, Springer-Verlag LNAI  series, 2005.

An Agent Architecture to Handle Commitment, with Francisco Coelho, Proceedings of the Conceptual Modeling and Simulation Conference (CMS-EMM05), Marseilles, France, October 20-22, 2005.

An Application of Meta-Agency and Individual-Power, with Francisco Coelho, Proceedings of the Conceptual Modeling and Simulation Conference (CMS-ESS05), Marseilles, France, October 20-22, 2005.

Exploring the Decision Mechanisms behind BDI-like Architecture, with José Cascalho, Leonel Nóbrega and Milton Corrêa, Conceptual Modeling and Simulation Conference (CMS 2005), Marseilles, France, October 20-22, 2005.

Plataforma de Suporte à Geração de Cenas Animadas com Agentes Inteligentes, with Beatriz Carmo, Ana Paula Cláudio, João Duarte Cunha, Maria Pinto Albuquerque and Miguel Silvestre, 13º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica, Vila Real (Portugal), October 12-14, 2005.

DialogSketch: Dynamics of the Canonical Prototypes, with Leonel Nóbrega and Nuno Nunes, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on TAsk MOdels and DIAgrams for user interface design For Work and Beyond (TAMODIA'2005),  Gdansk, Poland, September 26-27, 2005.

Meta-agency and individual power an Experimental Approach, with Francisco Coelho, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligence Agent Technology (IAT05), September 19-22, Campiègne (France), 2005.

The Role of Intentional Decision-Making in the Context of Complex Systems and Information Tecgnologies, with Nuno David e Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of Complexity, Science and Society Conference, Philosophy and Complexity session, Liverpool (UK), September 11-14, 2005.

Predictability for Autonomous Decision Support, with Francisco Coelho, Proceedings of the Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS-2005) Workshop, at the AAAI´2005 International Conference, Utrecht (Netherlands), July 25-29, Springer-Verlag LNAI,  2005.

Intentional Adequacy of Programs as the Experimental Reference of Agent Based Social Simulations, with Nuno David and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the AAMAS-05, Utrecht (Netherlands), July 25-29, 2005.

Negotiation Among Autonomous Agents: Experimental Evaluation of Problem Solving Strategies, with Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede and Augusto Novais, Proceedings of the AAMAS-05, Utrecht (Netherlands), July 25-29, 2005.

A Platform for the Generation of Virtual Environments Inhabited by Intelligent Virtual Humans, with M. Silvestre, M. Pinto-Albuquerque, M. B. Carmo, A. P. Cláudio and J. D. Cunha, The Tenth Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITICSE), UNL, Monte da Caparica, June 27-29, Symposium Proceedings, ACM Pub., 2005.

The Presenter Role Monitoring Capability in a Multiagent Environment, with Luis Moniz and Paulo T. Silva, Proceedings of the IADIS International  Conference, Algarve, February 22-25,  2005.

Collective Mental States in an Extended Mental States Framework, with Milton Corrêa, International Conference on Collective Intentionality IV, Certosa di Pontignano (Italy), October 13-15, 2004.

Computer Science Epistemology in Agent-Based Social Simulation: Computation, Simulation and Intention, with Nuno David, Maria Bruno Marietto and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation, A Cross-Disciplinary Workshop (EPOS-04), Koblenz, July 1-2, 2004.

Computer science epistemology in agent-based social simulation: computation, simulation and intention, with Nuno David, M. B. Marietto and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of EPOS-04, Koblenz (Germany), July 1-2, 2004.

Negotiation strategies for autonomous computational agents, with Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede and A. Q. Novais, Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Valencia (Spain), August 22-27, 2004.

The presenter role in a multi-agent environment: a knowledge sharing approach, with Paulo T. Silva, Luis Moniz e Afonso Remédios, Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on agent-Based Simulation, Helder Coelho and Bernard Espinasse (eds.), Lisboa (Portugal), pp. 161-167, May 3-5, SCS, 2004.

INTERSECTIONS: a management tool for science and technology parks, with Michel Schilperoord and José. Castro Caldas, Proceedings of XX IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks, Lisbon, June 1-4, 2003.

Applications of consensus games to the selection of metrical conventions, with Paulo Urbano and Luis Antunes, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and automation (CIMCA´2003), Vienna, 12-14 February 2003.

A distributed search (best-path) algorithm based on local communication, with João Neto, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and automation (CIMCA´2003), Vienna, 12-14 February 2003.

A tool to model robotic behaviour in a simulated environment, with Luis Moniz and Paulo Urbano, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and automation (CIMCA´2003), Vienna, 12-14 February 2003.

Urbano and Luis Moniz, Proceedings of the VIII IberoAmerican Conference on AI (IBERAMIA-2002), Wokshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Multiagent Systems, Sevilha, November 12-15, 2002.

Multi-society organisations and social opacity: when agents play the role of observers, with Nuno David and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the Anais do 16º Simpósio Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial (SBIA02), Porto de Galinhas (Brasil), November 12-15, Springer-Verlag LNAI, 2002.

Towards a methodology for experiments with autonomous agents, with Luis Antunes, Proceedings of the Anais do 16º Simpósio Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial (SBIA02), Porto de Galinhas (Brasil), November 12-15, Springer-Verlag  LNAI, 2002.

The queen robots: behaviour-based situated robots solving the n-queens puzzle, with Paulo Urbano and Luis Moniz, Proceedings of the Anais do 16º Simpósio Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial (SBIA02), Porto de Galinhas (Brasil), November 12-15, Springer-Verlag LNAI, 2002.

Negotiation among autonomous computational agents, with Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede and Augusto Novais, Proceedings of the 8th Ibero-American Conference on AI (IBERAMIA 2002), Sevilha, November 12-15, Springer-Verlag LNAI, 2002.

Em direcção a uma nova classificação para a área de Inteligência Artificial e Sistemas Computacionais relacionados, with Maria Marietto, Nuno David and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the 8th Ibero-American Conference on AI (IBERAMIA 2002), Sevilha, November 12-15, 2002.

Requirements analysis of agent-based simulation platforms: state of the art and new prospects, em colaboração com Maria Marietto, Nuno David e Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the MABS 2002 (Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation), First International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS2002), Bologna, July 15-17, 2002.

Towards an emergence-driven software process for agent-based simulation, with Nuno David and Jaime Sichman, Proceedings of the MABS 2002 (Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation), First International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS2002), Bologna, July 15-17, 2002.

BVG choice in Axelrod´s tribute model, with Luis Antunes and Leonel Nóbrega, Proceedings of the MABS 2002 (Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation), First International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS2002), Bologna, July 15-17, 2002.

Incomplete information exchange in a simulation environment: a communication layer, with Paulo Silva and Porfírio Filipe, Proceedings of the RASTA 2002 (Workshop on Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems: Theories and Applications), First International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS2002), Universität Hamburg, FBI-HH-M-318/02, Bologna, July 15-17, 2002.

A broker based architecture to control robots in a simulated environment, with Luis Moniz and Paulo Urbano, Proceedings of the RASTA 2002 (Workshop on Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems: Theories and Applications), First International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS2002), Universität Hamburg, FBI-HH-M-318/02, Bologna, July 15-17, 2002.

Decision theory in a multi-agent environment, with João Faria and Luis Antunes, Proceedings of the Seventh Valencia International Meeting on Bayesian Statistics (ISBA), June 2-6, Tenerife, 2002.

 Choice: the key for autonomy, with Luis Antunes and João Faria, Proceedings of EPIA-01, Lecture Notes in AI 2258, Springer-Verlag, Porto, 17-19 December, 2001

 The formation of collective identity in an artificial agent society: The “gestalt” odour metaphor, with Paulo Urbano, Proceedings of MASTA Workshop, EPIA-01, Porto, 17-19 December, 2001

 On tailoring teams of software agentes tuned for tasks, with Luis Moniz, Proceedings of MASTA Workshop, EPIA-01, Porto, 17-19 December, 2001BVG: Agents that use values for decision, with Luis Antunes, Mind and Action III – The Explanation of Human Interpretation, Lisbon, 24-27 May 2001

Competitive learning and symbolic computation integration, with João Neto and Ademar Ferreira, V Congresso Brasileiro de Redes Neurais, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 2-5 April 2001

 Negotiation tactics for autonomous agents, with Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede and Augusto Novais, Internet Robots, Systems, Applications, IEEE Comp. Press, pp. 708-714, 2001.

 Conflict management and negotiation among intentional agents, with Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede and Augusto Novais, Agent-Based Simulation, SCS-Europe, 117-124, 2001.

Recent Books:

Coelho, H. Teoria da Agência: Arquitectura e Cenografia, (Submitted to a publisher), 2008.

Future Challenges for Autonomous Systems, Chapter in State of the Art in AI, Bramer, M. (ed.), IFIP Press, 2008

Policy Decision Support Through Social Simulation, with Luis Antunes, Ana Respício and João Balsa, Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies, Frederic Adam, and Patrick Humphreys, (eds.), IGI Global, pp. 716-723, (ISBN: 978-1-59904-843-7), 2008.

Worldviews, Science and Us: Philosophy and Complexity, with Simulation as Formal and Generative Social Science: The Very Idea, with Nuno David and Jaime Sichman, Carlos Gershenson, Diederik Aerts and Bruce Edmonds (Eds.), World Scientific, World, Science and US series, pp. 266-284, 2007.

Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA-SBIA 2006, 2nd International Joint Conference: Proceedings of 10th Ibero-American Conference on AI, 18th Brazilian AI Symposium, Jaime Simão Sichman, Helder Coelho, Solange Rezende Ribeirão (editors), Preto, Brazil, October, Springer-Verlag LNAI 4140, 2006.

Cognição e Conteúdo, Cognition and Content, Actas do Seminário de Filosofia Analítica 2003-2004, with Faces do Poder de um Agente, Organization of João Branquinho, Centro de Estudos de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, 2005.

The Explanation of Human Interpretation, Proceedings of the Conference Mind and Action III, May 2001, with BVG – Agents that Use Values for Decision, with Luis Antunes, edited by João Sàágua, Edições Colibri, 2005.

Absolutely the Other, with images from Cláudia Amandi, in Cuidados Paliativos, Imagens Médicas, Novas Geografias do Discurso, Manuel Valente Alves e Armando Brito de Sá (eds), Lisboa, MVA Invent/APMCG, 2005.

Explorações, Ligações e Reflexões (Rede de 30 anos de pesquisas em IA com sentido prático), Série de Manuais Universitários, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2004.

No Renascimento de uma Nova Era, Preface of Inteligência Artificial,  Fundamentos e Aplicações, written by Ernesto Costa and Anabela Simões, FCA, 2004.

Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Agent-Based Simulation, with Bernard Espinasse (Eds.), SCS - Society for  Modelling and Simulation Internation, 2004.

Medicina Geral e Familiar: Da Vontade, 3º Caderno de Viagem, with As Vertentes do Complexo, Manuel Valente Alves and Vitor Ramos (eds.), MVA Invest Livros, 2004.

Diálogos Disciplinares, As Ciências e as artes na viragem do milénio, with O que é que a IA pode contribuir para os Estudos Linguísticos, Alcinda Pinheiro de Sousa e Teresa de Ataíde Malafaia (eds.), IST Press, 2003.

 Crítica das Ligações na Era Técnica, Liaisons/Links, com a colaboração de A Atracção Irressistível pela Complexidade, J. Bragança de Miranda e Maria Teresa Cruz (eds.), Porto 2001, Tropismos 2002. 

 Imagens Médicas, série de ensaios Tripé da Imagem, com a colaboração A Instalação Mecânica como Arte, Manuel Valente Alves e Paulo Cunha e Silva (eds.), Porto 2001, Porto Editora, 2002. 

 Corpo Fast Forward/Fast Forward Body, with other authors, section A Body is not a Body, with Melhor é Provável, Paulo Cunha e Silva, Dinis Guarda and João Urbano (eds.), NúmeroMagazine, Porto 2001. 

 Estudos Ensino Superior e Competitividade, with other authors and Educação e Sociedade da Informação, with Ernesto Costa, Adriano Moreira and José Barata-Moura (eds.), CNAVES, 2001. 

 O Corpo na Era digital, with other authors, António Barbosa e Manuel Valente Alves (eds.), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, 2000.

Progress in Artificial Intelligence - IBERAMIA98, Proceedings of the 6th Ibero-American Conference on AI (Paper Track), Lisbon, Portugal, October, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1484, Springer-Verlag, 1998. 

 Progresso em Inteligência Artificial, IBERAMIA´98, Actas do 6º Congresso Iberoamericano de Inteligência Artificial (Discussion Track), Lisbon, Portugal, Outubro, Edições Colibri, 1998. 

 Sonho e Razão: Ao Lado do Artificial, Reflexões Pessoais sobre os Agentes Inteligentes, Círculo dos Leitores, 1996; 2nd edition, Relógio d’Água, 1999.