Bigraphical Modelling and Design of Multi-Agent Systems

Multi-agent systems are recognized as a major area of distributed artificial intelligence. In fact, MAS have found multiple applications, including the design and development of complex, hierarchical and critical systems. However, ensuring the accuracy of complex interactions and the correct execution of activities of a MAS is becoming a tedious task. In this work, we focus on the formal specification of interaction, holonic and sociotechnical concepts to the BRS-MAS model. The proposed approach, is based on Bigraphical reactive systems. Bigraphs, provide means to specify at same time locality and connectivity of different type of system ranging from soft systems to cyber physical systems. In addition, to its intuitive graphical representation, it provides algebraic definition. This, makes the resulted specifications more precise. Further, it enables the verification of the specified system at the design time (before the implementation) using verification tools.