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

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Lomuscio, A., Qu, H. and Raimondi, F. 2017. MCMAS: an open-source model checker for the verification of multi-agent systems. International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer. 19 (1), pp. 9-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-015-0378-x
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TitleMCMAS: an open-source model checker for the verification of multi-agent systems
AuthorsLomuscio, A., Qu, H. and Raimondi, F.
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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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