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Formal Modelling and Verification of Probabilistic Resource Bounded Agents

Hoang Nguyen Orcid Logo, Abdur Rakib Orcid Logo

Journal of Logic, Language and Information, Volume: 32, Issue: 5, Pages: 829 - 859

Swansea University Author: Hoang Nguyen Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10849-023-09405-1

Abstract

Many problems in Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) research are formulated in terms of the abilities of a coalition of agents. Existing approaches to reasoning about coalitional ability are usually focused on games or transition systems, which are described in terms of states and actions. Such approaches h...

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Published in: Journal of Logic, Language and Information
ISSN: 0925-8531 1572-9583
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2023
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64995
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Abstract: Many problems in Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) research are formulated in terms of the abilities of a coalition of agents. Existing approaches to reasoning about coalitional ability are usually focused on games or transition systems, which are described in terms of states and actions. Such approaches however often neglect a key feature of multi-agent systems, namely that the actions of the agents require resources. In this paper, we describe a logic for reasoning about coalitional ability under resource constraints in the probabilistic setting. We extend Resource-bounded Alternating-time Temporal Logic (RB-ATL) with probabilistic reasoning and provide a standard algorithm for the model-checking problem of the resulting logic Probabilistic resource-bounded ATL (pRB-ATL). We implement model-checking algorithms and present experimental results using simple multi-agent model-checking problems of increasing complexity.
Keywords: Logic of resources, Alternating-time temporal logic, Probabilistic logic, Markov decision process, Multi-agent systems
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 5
Start Page: 829
End Page: 859

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