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International Workshop on Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems

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Using the KGP Model of Agency to Design Applications

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This paper is a tutorial describing the main features of the KGP (Knowledge-Goals-Plan) model of agency and giving user guidance on how the model can be used to develop applications. The KGP model is based on computational logic. It consists of an abstract component, a computational component and an implementation. This paper concentrates on the abstract component, which consists of formal specifications of a number of different modules, including the knowledge bases, capabilities, transitions and control. For each of these we summarise what is provided by the model, and through the platform implementing the model, and what is left to the users to specify according to the requirements of the applications for which they wish to use the KGP model to design agents.

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  1. Department of Computing, Imperial College London, 180 Queen’s gate, London, SW7 2BZ, UK

    Fariba Sadri

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  1. Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK

    Francesca Toni

  2. DEIS, University of Bologna, V.le Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Torroni

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Sadri, F. (2006). Using the KGP Model of Agency to Design Applications. In: Toni, F., Torroni, P. (eds) Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems. CLIMA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3900. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11750734_10

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