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Compositional formal specification of multi-agent systems

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In this paper it is investigated how multi-agent systems with complex agents can be designed and formally specified based on the notion of a compositional architecture. After identifying the types of knowledge required for an agent we formally define a general multi-agent system. Moreover, a specific type of agent with various capabilities of reasoning and acting is given. Some essential patterns of integrated reasoning, communication and interaction with the material world are described. Finally, we present an overview of formal semantics for our approach.

This work is part of the ESPRIT III Basic Research project 6156 DRUMS II.

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  1. Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 2, 02-097, Warszawa, Poland

    Barbara Dunin-Keplicz

  2. Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Free University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081, HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jan Treur

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Dunin-Keplicz, B., Treur, J. (1995). Compositional formal specification of multi-agent systems. In: Wooldridge, M.J., Jennings, N.R. (eds) Intelligent Agents. ATAL 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 890. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58855-8_6

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