{"product_id":"the-space-and-motion-of-communicating-agents-paperback-9780521738330","title":"The Space and Motion of Communicating Agents (Paperback) 9780521738330","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Space and Motion of Communicating Agents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobin Milner presents a unified structural theory for modelling networks of agents that is destined to have far-reaching significance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Milner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521738330, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages, 50 exercises\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 biological cells. It is important to be able to model networks of agents in order to understand and optimise their behaviour. Robin Milner describes in this book just such a model, by presenting a unified and rigorous structural theory, based on bigraphs, for systems of interacting agents. This theory is a bridge between the existing theories of concurrent processes and the aspirations for ubiquitous systems, whose enormous size challenges our understanding. The book is reasonably self-contained mathematically, and is designed to be learned from: examples and exercises abound, solutions for the latter are provided. Like Milner's other work, this is destined to have far-reaching and profound significance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Space: 1. The idea of bigraphs\u003cbr\u003e 2. Defining bigraphs\u003cbr\u003e 3. Algebra for bigraphs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Relative and minimal bounds\u003cbr\u003e 5. Bigraphical structure\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sorting\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Motion: 7. Reactions and transitions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bigraphical reactive systems\u003cbr\u003e 9. Behaviour in link graphs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Behavioural theory for CCS\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Development: 11. Further topics\u003cbr\u003e 12. Background, development and related work\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: Appendix 1. Technical detail\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Solutions to exercises\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of terms and symbols.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mathematical theory of computation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematical theory of computation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematical%20theory%20of%20computation%20%5BUYA%5D%22\"\u003eUYA\u003c\/a\u003e], Communications engineering \/ telecommunications [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Communications engineering \/ telecommunications\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Communications%20engineering%20\/%20telecommunications%20%5BTJK%5D%22\"\u003eTJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003136725272,"sku":"9780521738330","price":41.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521738330i_59f6dd92-a3e5-4869-81d9-ac033b67d80d.jpg?v=1691380663","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-space-and-motion-of-communicating-agents-paperback-9780521738330","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}