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

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.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Natasha Alechina, Brian Logan, Nguyen Hoang Nga, Abdur Rakib
• Keywords: ATAL 2008, Communication Bandwidth, Heterogeneous Reasoning Agents, Inferential Capabilities, Intelligent Agents