This book comprises the formal proceedings of KRAMAS 2008, a workshop on Knowledge Representation for Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, held at KR 2008, Sydney, Australia, September 17, 2008. The initiative for KRAMAS 2008 wastakenbylastyear'sKRChairstoenhancecross-fertilizationbetweentheKR (KnowledgeRepresentationandReasoning)andagentcommunities. Topromote participation in the KR schedule, the workshop was conveniently 'sandwiched' between days with regular KR sessions. The topics solicited included: - Knowledge representation and reasoning aspects of agent systems (lang- ges, ontologies,...

Specification and Verification of Multi-agent Systems presents a coherent treatment of the area of formal specification and verification of agent-based systems with a special focus on verification of multi-agent programs. This edited volume includes contributions from international leading researchers in the area, addressing logical formalisms and techniques, such as model checking, theorem proving, and axiomatisations for (semi) automatic verification of agent-based systems.

Chapters include: -Using Theorem Proving to Verify Properties of Agent Programs -The Refinement of...