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Agent Technology from a Formal Perspective

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Rouff, C.A., Rash, J.L., Hinchey, M.G., Truszkowski, W.F. (2006). Formal Methods at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. In: Rouff, C.A., Hinchey, M., Rash, J., Truszkowski, W., Gordon-Spears, D. (eds) Agent Technology from a Formal Perspective. NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-271-3_10

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