Abstract. This article considers the link between theory and practice in agentoriented programming. We begin by rigorously defining a new formal specification language for autono...
In this paper we present a formalisation of motivational attitudes, the attitudes that are the driving forces behind the actions of agents. We consider the statics of these attitu...
Bernd van Linder, Wiebe van der Hoek, John-Jules C...
Abstract. Rely-guarantee is a well-established approach to reasoning about concurrent programs that use parallel composition. However, parallel composition is not how concurrency i...
Mike Dodds, Xinyu Feng, Matthew J. Parkinson, Vikt...
This chapter aims to introduce the reader to the basic issues surrounding the design and implementation of intelligent agents. It begins by motivating the idea of an agent, present...
Open-ended spoken interactions are typically characterised by both structural complexity and high levels of uncertainty, making dialogue management in such settings a particularly...