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Topology and Knowledge of Multiple Agents

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A multi-agent version of Moss and Parikh’s logic of knowledge and effort is developed in this paper. This is done with the aid of particular modalities identifying the agents involved in the system in question. Throughout the paper, special emphasis is placed on foundational issues.

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Heinemann, B. (2008). Topology and Knowledge of Multiple Agents. In: Geffner, H., Prada, R., Machado Alexandre, I., David, N. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2008. IBERAMIA 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5290. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88309-8_1

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