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A layered semantics for mobile computation

  • Jianghua Lv*
  • , Shilong Ma
  • , Jing Pan
  • , Li Ma
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • College of Computer Science and Technology
  • Beihang University
  • University of Science and Technology Beijing

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Abstract

Since mobile computation involves variants information and different behaviors, it is very complicated in mobile computation systems. In order to analysis mobile computation and understand the essential of mobile computing, in the paper we develop a denotational semantics for mobile computation. Here we take CLAIM, a computational language for autonomous, intelligent and mobile agents, as our object language because it characterizes the essential ingredients in mobile computation. After abstracting the syntax construction of CLAIM, we give its semantics description. This is achieved by structuring the semantics in layers working at three different levels: internal ambient, ambients and programs based on the basic concept: ambient. For each of these three levels, their semantics are defined in detail as well as the relationship between levels. Through our approach, we can also obtain an explicit model of behaviors in mobile computation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAgent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems
Subtitle of host publication9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages175-186
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)3540367071, 9783540367079
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006 - Guilin, China
Duration: 7 Aug 20068 Aug 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4088 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period7/08/068/08/06

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