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Agent Technology from a Formal Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Christopher A. Rouff

    1. Science Applications International Corporation, USA

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  2. Michael Hinchey

    1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

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  3. James Rash

    1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

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  4. Walter Truszkowski

    1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

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  5. Diana Gordon-Spears

    1. Computer Science Department, University of Wyoming, USA

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Background

    1. What Is an Agent? And What Is an Agent Community?

      • Walter F. Truszkowski
      Pages 3-24

    2. Introduction to Formal Methods

      • Michael Hinchey, Jonathan P. Bowen, Christopher A. Rouff
      Pages 25-64

    3. Formal Methods and Agent-Based Systems

      • Michael Luck, Mark d’Inverno
      Pages 65-96

  3. Formal Methods in Agent Design

    1. A Process-Algebraic Agent Abstraction

      • Albert Esterline, Toinette Rorie, Abdollah Homaifar
      Pages 99-137

    2. Dynamic Team Formation in Executable Agent-Based Systems

      • Michael Fisher, Chiara Ghidini, Antony Kakoudakis
      Pages 139-158

    3. Scenario-Based Engineering of Multi-Agent Systems

      • Jon Whittle, Johann Schumann
      Pages 159-189

  4. Formal Agent Verification and Redesign

    1. Verification Within the KARO Agent Theory

      • Ullrich Hustadt, Clare Dixon, Renate A. Schmidt, Michael Fisher, John-Jules Charles Meyer, Wiebe van der Hoek
      Pages 193-225

    2. Assuring the Behavior of Adaptive Agents

      • Diana F. Spears
      Pages 227-257

    3. Agents in a Wild World

      • Tim Menzies, Ying Hu
      Pages 259-283

  5. Significant Applications

    1. Formal Methods at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

      • Christopher A. Rouff, James L. Rash, Michael G. Hinchey, Walter F. Truszkowski
      Pages 287-309

    2. Formal Verification of Autonomy Models

      • Charles Pecheur, Reid Simmons, Peter Engrand
      Pages 311-339

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 341-354
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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

  • Science Applications International Corporation, USA

    Christopher A. Rouff

  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

    Michael Hinchey, James Rash, Walter Truszkowski

  • Computer Science Department, University of Wyoming, USA

    Diana Gordon-Spears

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