Agent-Based Defeasible Control in Dynamic Environments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction and Basic Concepts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • John-Jules Ch. Meyer, Jan Treur

      Pages 3-8

   3. Basic Concepts

      • J.-J. Ch. Meyer, J. Treur

      Pages 9-16

3. Modelling Frameworks and Generic Agent Models

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Compositional Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Modelling Dynamics and Control

      • Frances M. T. Brazier, Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur

      Pages 19-63

   3. Control Techniques for Complex Reasoning: The Case of Milord II

      • Lluís Godo, Josep Puyol-Gruart, Carles Sierra

      Pages 65-97

   4. Coordinating Heterogeneous Components Using Executable Temporal Logic

      • Adam Kellett, Michael Fisher

      Pages 99-112

   5. Compositional Design and Reuse of a Generic Agent Model

      • Frances M. T. Brazier, Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur

      Pages 113-163

4. Formal Analysis: General Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Semantic Formalisation of Emerging Dynamics of Compositional Agent Systems

      • Frances Brazier, Pascal Van Eck, Jan Treur

      Pages 167-196

   3. Descriptive Dynamic Logic and Its Application to Reflective Architectures

      • Carles Sierra, Lluís Godo, Ramon Lopez De Mántaras, Maria Manzano

      Pages 197-220

   4. Compositional Verification of Multi-Agent Systems in Temporal Multi-Epistemic Logic

      • Joeri Engelfriet, Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur

      Pages 221-250

5. Formal Analysis: Logics for Agents

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251

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   2. Formalising Abilities and Opportunities of Agents

      • Bernd van Linder, Wiebe van der Hoek, John-Jules CH. Meyer

      Pages 253-307

   3. Seeing is Believing and So are Hearing and Jumping

      • Wiebe van der Hoek, John-Jules Ch. Meyer, Bernd van Linder

      Pages 309-339

   4. Motivational Attitudes in the Karo Framework

      • J.-J. Ch. Meyer, W. van der Hoek, B. van Linder

      Pages 341-356

   5. Modelling Social Agents: Towards Deliberate Communication

      • Frank Dignum, Bernd van Linder

      Pages 357-380

6. Formal Analysis: Reasoning about Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 381-381

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   2. Reasoning about Action and Change Using Dijkstra’s Semantics for Programming Languages

      • Witold Łukaszewicz, Ewa Madalińska-Bugaj

      Pages 383-398

This volume, the 7th volume in the DRUMS Handbook series, is part of the aftermath of the successful ESPRIT project DRUMS (Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems) which took place in two stages from 1989- 1996. In the second stage (1993-1996) a work package was introduced devoted to the topics Reasoning and Dynamics, covering both the topics of "Dynamics of Reasoning", where reasoning is viewed as a process, and "Reasoning about Dynamics", which must be understood as pertaining to how both designers of and agents within dynamic systems may reason about these systems. The present volume presents work done in this context extended with some work done by outstanding researchers outside the project on related issues. While the previous volume in this series had its focus on the dynamics of reasoning pro­ cesses, the present volume is more focused on "reasoning about dynamics', viz. how (human and artificial) agents reason about (systems in) dynamic environments in order to control them. In particular we consider modelling frameworks and generic agent models for modelling these dynamic systems and formal approaches to these systems such as logics for agents and formal means to reason about agent­ based and compositional systems, and action & change more in general. We take this opportunity to mention that we have very pleasant recollections of the project, with its lively workshops and other meetings, with the many sites and researchers involved, both within and outside our own work package.

• Analysis
• communication
• logic
• multi-agent system
• programming
• programming language
• semantics
• uncertainty
• verification

• Utrecht University, The Netherlands

  John-Jules Ch. Meyer

• Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Jan Treur

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