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Multi-agent systems (MAS) are increasingly used in critical applications. To ensure dependability of MAS, we need to formally specify and verify their fault tolerance, i.e., to ensure that collaborative agent activities are performed correctly despite agent failure. In this paper, we present a formalisation of fault tolerant MAS and use it to define specification and refinement patterns for modelling MAS in Event-B.
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Troubitsyna, E. (2021). Formal Specification of Fault-Tolerant Multi-agent Systems. In: Dignum, F., Corchado, J.M., De La Prieta, F. (eds) Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Social Good. The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12946. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85739-4_24
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