@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10006779,
	  title     = {A Safety Analysis Method for Multi-Agent Systems},
	  author    = {Ching Louis Liu and  Edmund Kazmierczak and  Tim Miller},
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	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Safety analysis for multi-agent systems is complicated by the, potentially nonlinear, interactions between agents. This paper proposes a method for analyzing the safety of multi-agent systems by explicitly focusing on interactions and the accident data of systems that are similar in structure and function to the system being analyzed. The method creates a Bayesian network using the accident data from similar systems. A feature of our method is that the events in accident data are labeled with HAZOP guide words. Our method uses an Ontology to abstract away from the details of a multi-agent implementation. Using the ontology, our methods then constructs an “Interaction Map,” a graphical representation of the patterns of interactions between agents and other artifacts. Interaction maps combined with statistical data from accidents and the HAZOP classifications of events can be converted into a Bayesian Network. Bayesian networks allow designers to explore “what it” scenarios and make design trade-offs that maintain safety. We show how to use the Bayesian networks, and the interaction maps to improve multi-agent system designs.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering},
	  volume    = {9},
	  number    = {10},
	  year      = {2015},
	  pages     = {2303 - 2312},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10006779},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/106},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 106, 2015},
	}