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A Three-Value Abstraction Technique for the Verification of Epistemic Properties in Multi-agent Systems

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Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2016)

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We put forward an abstraction technique, based on a three-value semantics, for the verification of epistemic properties of agents participating in a multi-agent system. First we introduce a three-value interpretation of epistemic logic, based on a notion of order defined on the information content of the local states of each agent. Then, we use the three-value semantics to introduce an abstraction technique to verify epistemic properties of agents in infinite-state multi-agent systems.

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    Francesco Belardinelli & Alessio Lomuscio

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Belardinelli, F., Lomuscio, A. (2016). A Three-Value Abstraction Technique for the Verification of Epistemic Properties in Multi-agent Systems. In: Michael, L., Kakas, A. (eds) Logics in Artificial Intelligence. JELIA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10021. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48758-8_8

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