Event-B Specification of a Situated Multi-Agent System: Study of a Platoon of Vehicles

Authors:
Arnaud Lanoix
Affiliations:
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Venue:
TASE '08 Proceedings of the 2008 2nd IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Situated Multi-Agents Systems (MAS), and other Agent-based systems, are often complex. Formal reasoning is needed to ensure their correctness and structure their development. Event-B is a formal method with tool support allowing a stepwise development of reactive distributed systems. We propose using Event-B to helpful the specification and the safe development of situated MAS. In this article, we mainly report our experience with the Event-B stepwise development of a situated MAS which study the movement of vehicles in a convoy. This article also aims at serving as a guide for the development of other MAS, taking agents-specific features into account.