Common use of Semantics Clause in Contracts

Semantics. The semantics of the language of agreements L is based on a possible worlds model We rst de ne a class of models M De nition M hW i is a tuple associating the possible multi agent world states W a function that assigns truth values to formulae and an acces sibility relation associated to programs Now focusing on the actions performed by agents within a multi agent system we de ne the set of paths along which the state of the multi agent system may pass This set of paths is used to de ne our notion of commitment i e what it means for an agent to be bound to uphold an agreement see constraints " in table

Semantics. The semantics of the language of agreements L is based on a possible worlds model We rst de ne a class of models M De nition M hW i is a tuple associating the possible multi agent world states W a function that assigns truth values to formulae and an acces sibility relation associated to programs Now focusing on the actions performed by agents within a multi agent system we de ne the set of paths along which the state of the multi agent system may pass This set of paths is used to de ne our notion of commitment i e what it means for an agent to be bound to uphold an agreement see constraints " in tabletable and s t i i g