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Symbolic Model Checking for Temporal-Epistemic Logic

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Logic Programs, Norms and Action

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We survey some of the recent work in verification via symbolic model checking of temporal-epistemic logic. Specifically, we discuss OBDD-based and SAT-based approaches for epistemic logic built on discrete and real-time branching time temporal logic. The underlying semantical model considered throughout is the one of interpreted system, suitably extended whenever necessary.

An earlier version of this paper was published in ACM SIGACT News. Logic Column. 38(3), pp 76-100. 2007. ACM Press.

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Lomuscio, A., Penczek, W. (2012). Symbolic Model Checking for Temporal-Epistemic Logic. In: Artikis, A., Craven, R., Kesim Çiçekli, N., Sadighi, B., Stathis, K. (eds) Logic Programs, Norms and Action. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7360. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29414-3_10

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