Verification of games in the game description language

Journal of Logic and Computation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1127-1156

  Ruan, Ji ^a   Van Der Hoek, Wiebe ^a   Wooldridge, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternating time temporal logic; Game description language; General game playing; Model checking; Verification

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING TIME TEMPORAL LOGIC; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECLARATIVE LANGUAGES; DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; GENERAL GAME PLAYING; MODEL-CHECKING VERIFICATION; PLAYABILITY; STRATEGIC COOPERATION;

COMPETITION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; LINGUISTICS; MODEL CHECKING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES;

TEMPORAL LOGIC;

EID: 72649100670     PISSN: 0955792X     EISSN: 1465363X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/logcom/exp039     Document Type: Article

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