Model checking abilities of agents: A closer look

Theory of Computing Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-410

  Jamroga, Wojciech ^a   Dix, Jürgen ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational complexity; Model checking; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING TIME TEMPORAL LOGIC; ALTERNATING TRANSITION SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; CONCURRENT GAME STRUCTURES; IMPERFECT INFORMATION; NONDETERMINISTIC POLYNOMIAL; PERFECT INFORMATIONS; TRANSITION SYSTEM;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GAME THEORY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

MODEL CHECKING;

EID: 38949156539     PISSN: 14324350     EISSN: 14330490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00224-007-9080-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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