Title
Logic-Based Modeling of Information Transfer in Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems
Abstract
In modeling multi-agent systems, the structure of their communication is typically one of the most important aspects, especially for systems that strive toward self-organization or collaborative adaptation. Traditionally, such structures have often been described using logic-based approaches as they provide a formal foundation for many verification methods. However, these formalisms are typically not well suited to reflect the stochastic nature of communication in the cyber-physical setting. In particular, their level of abstraction is either too high to provide sufficient accuracy or too low to be practicable in more complex models. Therefore, we propose an extension of the logic-based modeling language SALMA, which we have introduced recently, that provides adequate high-level constructs for communication and data propagation, explicitly taking into account stochastic delays and errors. In combination with SALMA's tool support for simulation and statistical model checking, this creates a pragmatic approach for verification and validation of cyber-physical multi-agent systems. Logic-based modeling of information transfer in multi-agent systems.Considers stochastic nature of communication in the cyber-physical setting.Allows property specification with first-order time-bounded LTL.Can be used for statistical model checking.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.future.2015.09.013
Future Generation Computer Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Statistical model checking,cyber–physical systems,Situation calculus,Discrete event simulation
Abstraction,Verification and validation,Information transfer,Computer science,Statistical model checking,Modeling language,Multi-agent system,Cyber-physical system,Rotation formalisms in three dimensions,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
56
C
0167-739X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.54
14
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christian Kroiss1303.00
Tomás Bures218728.93