A stepwise refinement-based development of self-organising multi-agent systems: application to the foraging ants

Abstract

This paper proposes a formal modelling for self-organising multi-agent systems SOMAS based on stepwise refinements, with the Event-B language and the temporal logic of actions TLA. This modelling allows to develop this kind of systems in a more structured manner. In addition, it enables to reason, in a rigorous way, about the correctness of the derived models both at the local level and the global level. Our work is illustrated by the foraging ants case study.