Editors:
- Provides an in-depth look at formal methods research as it applies to agent-based systems
- Gives an in-depth look at formal method tools that are being applied to agent-based systems
- Provides an overview of agent technology and formal methods (most books only do one or the other)
- Provides sample formal specifications and analysis of agent-based systems
- Contributing authors are from the USA, UK, Europe and Canada, as well as from industry, Government and universities: a range of views on the subject matter is represented
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering (NASA)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Formal Agent Verification and Redesign
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Significant Applications
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Back Matter
About this book
The field of agent & multi-agent systems is experiencing tremendous growth. At the same time the field of formal methods is blossoming and has proven its importance in industrial and government applications. The FAABS (Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems) workshops, merging the concerns of the two fields, provided a timely and compelling platform on which the growing concerns and requirement of agent-based systems users that systems should be accompanied by behavioral assurances, could be discussed. This book has arisen from the overwhelming response to FAABS ’00, ’02 & ’04 and all chapters are updated or represent new research, and are designed to provide a more in-depth treatment of the topic. Examples of how others have applied formal methods to agent-based systems are included, plus formal method tools & techniques that readers can apply to their own systems.
Agent Technology from a Formal Perspective provides an invaluable in-depth view of the key issues related to agent technology from a formal perspective, for both researchers and practitioners. This is a relatively new interdisciplinary field, and there is enormous room for further growth The book not only creates an initial foundation, but points to the gaps; indicating open problems to be addressed by future researchers, students & practitioners.
Editors and Affiliations
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Science Applications International Corporation, USA
Christopher A. Rouff
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Michael Hinchey, James Rash, Walter Truszkowski
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Computer Science Department, University of Wyoming, USA
Diana Gordon-Spears
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agent Technology from a Formal Perspective
Editors: Christopher A. Rouff, Michael Hinchey, James Rash, Walter Truszkowski, Diana Gordon-Spears
Series Title: NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-271-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-947-0Published: 26 October 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-969-7Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-271-3Published: 27 January 2006
Series ISSN: 1860-0131
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6597
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 354
Topics: Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages, Artificial Intelligence