Proving BDI Properties of Agent-Oriented Programming Languages: The asymmetry thesis principles in AgentSpeak(L)

In this paper, we consider each of the nine BDI principles defined by Rao and Georgeff based on Bratman's asymmetry thesis, and we verify which ones are satisfied by Rao's AgentSpeak(L), a logic programming language inspired by the BDI architecture for cognitive agents. In order to set the...

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Published in:Annals of mathematics and artificial intelligence Vol. 42; no. 1-3; pp. 197 - 226
Main Authors: Bordini, Rafael H., Moreira, Álvaro F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.09.2004
Subjects:
Asymmetry
Computer programming
Logic programming
Principles
Programming languages
Semantics
Software agents
ISSN:1012-2443, 1573-7470
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Summary:In this paper, we consider each of the nine BDI principles defined by Rao and Georgeff based on Bratman's asymmetry thesis, and we verify which ones are satisfied by Rao's AgentSpeak(L), a logic programming language inspired by the BDI architecture for cognitive agents. In order to set the grounds for the proofs, we first introduce a rigorous way in which to define the informational, motivational, and deliberative modalities of BDI logics for AgentSpeak(L) agents, according to its structural operational semantics that we introduced in a recent paper. This computationally grounded semantics for the BDI modalities forms the basis of a framework that can be used to further investigate BDI properties of AgentSpeak(L) agents, and contributes towards establishing firm theoretical grounds for a BDI approach to agent-oriented programming.
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ISSN:1012-2443
1573-7470
DOI:10.1023/B:AMAI.0000034527.45635.e5