The space and motion of communicating agents

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Milner R. (Robin), 1934-2010.
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xxi, 191 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780521490306 (hbk.)
0521490308 (hbk.)
9780521738330 (pbk.)
0521738334 (pbk.)
Index Number: O189
CLC: O189.21
Call Number: O189.21/M659
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The idea of bigraphs -- 2. Defining bigraphs -- 3. Algebra for bigraphs -- 4. Relative and minimal bounds -- 5. Bigraphical structure -- 6. Sorting -- 7. Reactions and transitions -- 8. Bigraphical reactive systems -- 9. Behaviour in link graphs -- 1
"The world is increasingly populated with interactive agents distributed in space, real or abstract. These agents can be artificial, as in computing systems that manage and monitor traffic or health; or they can be natural, e.g. communicating humans, or