A Logic for Policy Based Resource Exchanges in Multiagent Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces a formal logical framework for modeling resource exchange policies in multiagent systems, enabling precise specification and analysis of agent interactions and resource management.

Contribution

It presents a novel formalism using a decidable extension of linear logic to represent and analyze resource exchanges and agent policies in multiagent systems.

Findings

Formal exchange environments are effectively modeled using the proposed logic.

The logic allows for decidable reasoning about resource exchange dynamics.

The approach facilitates verification of agent policies and resource management.

Abstract

In multiagent systems autonomous agents interact with each other to achieve individual and collective goals. Typical interactions concern negotiation and agreement on resource exchanges. Modeling and formalizing these agreements pose significant challenges, particularly in capturing the dynamic behaviour of agents, while ensuring that resources are correctly handled. Here, we propose exchange environments as a formal setting where agents specify and obey exchange policies, which are declarative statements about what resources they offer and what they require in return. Furthermore, we introduce a decidable extension of the computational fragment of linear logic as a fundamental tool for representing exchange environments and studying their dynamics in terms of provability.