The well-founded semantics (WFS) for logic programs is one of the few major paradigms for closed-world reasoning. With the advent of the Semantic Web, it is being used as part of r...
We introduce a novel view on how to deal with the problems of semantic interoperability in distributed systems. This view is based on the concept of emergent semantics, which sees ...
This paper presents a formal framework and outlines a method that autonomous agents can use to negotiate the semantics of their communication language at run-time. Such an ability...
Chris Reed, Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jenning...
The operational semantics of interactive systems is usually d by labeled transition systems. Abstract semantics is defined in terms of bisimilarity that, in the finite case, can ...
We show how it is possible to pair the NuSMV model checker with Akka, a software platform used to check validity of propositional modal formulas, to verify properties of multi-age...
Alessio Lomuscio, Franco Raimondi, Marek J. Sergot