Dear Conference participants, final version of MESAS18 proceeding will be temporary available (until 20 April 2019) on: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-14984-0

Following the outcomes of previous editions and towards  new directions, main topic for the year 2018 were:
Swarming – R&D and Application:

• Multi-robot Systems
• Robotic Swarms, Benefits, Threats, and Challenges
• Distributed Control for Multi-robot Systems
• Robust Decision Making via Cooperative Estimation  
• Relevant Concepts and Experiments
• Concepts and Visions of Future Warfare and Application
• M&S in Capability Evaluation of Robotic Swarms
• Co-simulation Tools for Multi-domain Analysis
• Effectiveness, Reliability, and Cyber-Security Issues

Future Challenges of Advanced M&S Technology:

• Key Challenges of the Research and Development
• Capability Dev. in Context of Future Ops and Social Environment
• Man versus Computer, Advanced M&S Projects
• Future Technology and Impact on Society 

M&S of Intelligent Systems – AI, R&D and Application:

• Autonomous Tactical Behaviour
• Math Modelling and Simulation of AI Tasks
• RT Issue and Reality Gaps in Context of New AI Concepts, M&S of Future Operational Tasks

AxS in Context of Future Warfare and Security Environment (Concepts, Applications, Training, Interoperability, etc.):

• Autonomous Systems Strategy and Concept Develop. and Implementation in all Domains of Operation
• Advances in AI and its Impact on Future Operations
• The Role of the Robots and Foot Soldier in the Future Operations
• Security, Use of AxS as Lethal Instruments, Safety of Aviation
• Ethical, Psychological, Legal and Operational Aspects, CIMIC
• Cyber Security (in Context of AxS an their Applications)

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