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Model-Checking Timed ATL for Durational Concurrent Game Structures

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Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS 2006)

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We extend the framework of ATL model-checking to “simply timed” concurrent game structures, i.e., multi-agent structures where each transition carry an integral duration (or interval thereof). While the case of single durations is easily handled from the semantics point of view, intervals of durations raise several interesting questions. Moreover subtle algorithmic problems have to be handled when dealing with model checking. We propose a semantics for which we develop efficient (PTIME) algorithms for timed ATL without equality constraints, while the general case is shown to be EXPTIME-complete.

This work is partly supported by ACI Sécurité & Informatique CORTOS, a program of the French ministry of research.

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Laroussinie, F., Markey, N., Oreiby, G. (2006). Model-Checking Timed ATL for Durational Concurrent Game Structures. In: Asarin, E., Bouyer, P. (eds) Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems. FORMATS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4202. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11867340_18

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