This paper shows that program algebra (PGA) [8] offers a mathematical and systematic framework for reasoning about correctness and equivalence of algorithms and transformation rul...
We add a limited but useful form of quantification to Coalition Logic, a popular formalism for reasoning about cooperation in game-like multi-agent systems. The basic constructs o...
Collective rationality in its ordinary sense is rationality’s extension to groups. It does not entail efficiency by definition. Showing that it entails efficiency requires a nor...
Business contracts tend to be complex. In current practice, contracts are often designed by hand and adopted by their participants after, at best, a manual analysis. This paper mo...
Nirmit Desai, Nanjangud C. Narendra, Munindar P. S...
Planning in dynamic continuous environments requires reasoning about nonlinear continuous effects, which previous Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) planners do not support. In this ...