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Verifying time, memory and communication bounds in systems of reasoning agents

Alechina, Natasha; Logan, Brian; Nga, Nguyen Hoang; Rakib, Abdur

Authors

Natasha Alechina

Brian Logan

Nguyen Hoang Nga

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Rakib Abdur Rakib.Abdur@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Mobile Security



Contributors

Lin Padgham
Editor

David Parkes
Editor

J{\"o}rg M{\"u}ller
Editor

Simon Parsons
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Abstract

We present a framework for verifying systems composed of heterogeneous reasoning agents, in which each agent may have differing knowledge and inferential capabilities, and where the resources each agent is prepared to commit to a goal (time, memory and communication bandwidth) are bounded. The framework allows us to investigate, for example, whether a goal can be achieved if a particular
agent, perhaps possessing key information or inferential capabilities, is unable (or unwilling) to contribute more than a given portion of its available computational resources or bandwidth to the problem. We present a novel temporal epistemic logic, BMCL, which allows us to describe a set of reasoning agents with bounds on time, memory and the number of messages they can exchange. The bounds on memory and communication are expressed as axioms in the logic. As an example, we show how to axiomatize a system of agents which reason using resolution and prove that the
resulting logic is sound and complete. We then show how to encode a simple system of reasoning agents specified in BMCL in the description language of a model checker, and verify that the agents can achieve a goal only if they are prepared to commit certain time, memory and communication resources.

Citation

Alechina, N., Logan, B., Nga, N. H., & Rakib, A. (2008, May). Verifying time, memory and communication bounds in systems of reasoning agents. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008)
Conference Location Estoril, Portugal
Start Date May 12, 2008
End Date May 16, 2008
Acceptance Date Dec 19, 2007
Publication Date May 12, 2008
Deposit Date Jun 16, 2017
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2
Pages 736-743
Keywords formalisms and logics
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1012531
Publisher URL http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1402326
Related Public URLs http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1402326
Additional Information Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : The Seventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems