Verifying Multi-agent Systems via Unbounded Model Checking

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M. Kacprzak, A. Lomuscio, T. Lasica, W. Penczek, M. Szreter
Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems 3rd International Workshop, FAABS 2004, Greenbelt, MD, April 26-27, 2004, Revised Selected Papers
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3228
Springer
2005

We present an approach to the problem of verification of epistemic properties in multi-agent systems by means of symbolic model checking. In particular, it is shown how to extend the technique of unbounded model checking from a purely temporal setting to a temporal-epistemic one. In order to achieve this, we base our discussion on interpreted systems semantics, a popular semantics used in multi-agent systems literature. We give details of the technique and show how it can be applied to the well known train, gate and controller problem.

keywordsModel checking, unbounded model checking, multi-agent systems