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The problem of multi-agent system (MAS) specification and verification has been introduced in this paper, Epistemic transition system (ETS) represents an agent as the smallest unit in a multi-agent system, while Epistemic synchronous product (ESP) represents the formal model for a multi-agent system. Therefore, a formal framework for epistemic properties of multi-agent systems has been provided. A special extension of Action computation tree logic with unless operator for epistemic reasoning (ACTLW-ER) is used for MAS model checking. Epistemic operators of ACTLW-ER are implemented by symbolic model checking algorithms using binary decision diagrams.
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Bagić Babac, M., Kunštić, M. (2009). Implementation of Epistemic Operators for Model Checking Multi-agent Systems. In: Nguyen, N.T., Kowalczyk, R., Chen, SM. (eds) Computational Collective Intelligence. Semantic Web, Social Networks and Multiagent Systems. ICCCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5796. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04441-0_19
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