MCMAS: an open-source model checker for the verification of multi-agent systems

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We present MCMAS, a model checker for the verification of multi-agent systems. MCMAS supports efficient symbolic techniques for the verification of multi-agent systems against specifications representing temporal, epistemic and strategic properties. We present the underlying semantics of the specification language supported and the algorithms implemented in MCMAS, including its fairness and counterexample generation features. We provide a detailed description of the implementation. We illustrate its use by discussing a number of examples and evaluate its performance by comparing it against other model checkers for multi-agent systems on a common case study.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Lomuscio, A.R. Qu, H. Raimondi, F.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Dates:	Published: 26 April 2015
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	12 May 2015 10:52
Last Modified:	12 May 2015 10:52
Published Version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10009-015-0378-x
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1007/s10009-015-0378-x
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85886

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