This paper presents a new logic programming language for modelling Agents and Multi-Agent systems in computational logic. The basic objective of the specification of this new language has been the identification and the formalization of what we consider to be the basic patterns for reactivity, proactivity, internal "thinking", and "memory".

Program specialization can divide a computation into several computation stages. This paper investigates the theoretical limitations and practical problems of standard specialization tools, presents multi-level specialization, and demonstrates that, in combination with the cogen approach, it is far more practical than previously supposed. The program generator which we designed and implemented for a higher-order functional language converts programs into very compact multi-level generating extensions that guarantee fast successive specialization. Experimental results show a remarkable reduction of generation time and generator size compared to previous attempts of multi-level specialization by self-application. Our approach to multi-level specialization seems well-suited for applications where generation time and program size are critical.

We present the basic principles and possible applications of systems capable of meta-reasoning and reflection. After a discussion of the seminal approaches, we outline our own perception of the state of the art, mainly but not only in computational logic and logic programming. We review relevat successful...

Declarative meta-programming is vital, since it is the most promising means by which programs can be made to reason about other programs. A metaprogram is a program that takes another program, called the object program, as data. A declarative programming language is a programming language based on a logic that has a model theory. A meta-program operates on a representation of an object...