Creator:
Bădică, Amelia ; Bădică, Costin
Contributor:
Korbicz, Józef - red. ; Uciński, Dariusz - red.
Title:
FSP and FLTL framework for specification and verification of middle-agents
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Subject and Keywords:
multi-agent system ; interaction protocol ; process algebra ; formal specification
Abstract:
Agents are a useful abstraction frequently employed as a basic building block in modeling service, information and resource sharing in global environments. The connecting of requester with provider agents requires the use of specialized agents known as middle-agents. In this paper, we propose a formal framework intended to precisely characterize types of middle-agents with a special focus on matchmakers, brokers and front-agents by formally modeling their interactions with requesters and providers. Our approach is based on capturing interaction protocols between requesters, providers and middle-agents as finite state processes represented using FSP process algebra ; The resulting specifications are formally verifiable using FLTL temporal logic. The main results of this work include (i) precise specification of interaction protocols depending on the type of middle-agent (this can also be a basis for characterizing types of middle-agents), (ii) improvement of communication between designers and developers and facilitation of formal verification of agent systems, (iii) guided design and implementation of agent-based software systems that incorporate middle-agents.
Publisher:
Zielona Góra: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski
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Source:
AMCS, Volume 21, Number 1 (2011) ; click here to follow the link