We present a predicate abstraction technique for the verification of multi-agent systems against specifications defined in the epistemic logic ATLK, interpreted on a three-valued semantics. We reduce an infinite-state multi-agent program to a finite model by generating predicates automatically via SMT calls. We show that if an ATLK specification is either true or false in the abstract model, th...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 in this paper, a fully discretized bio-fidelity simulation model for bio-mechanical (kinematic) analysis of scoliosis for various patients was developed to analyze forces on vertebrae, loads acting on the intervertebral disc, corresponding angles between vertebrae, and tension in the spine muscles during lateral bending. it w...

investigations are carried out to evaluate the performance of a low heat rejection (lhr) diesel engine consisting of air gap insulated piston with 3-mm air gap, with superni (an alloy of nickel) crown and air gap insulated liner with superni insert with different operating conditions of crude jatropha oil with varied injection timing and injection pressure.  performance parameters of brake ther...

multi-part words in english language are hyphenated and hyphen is used to separate different parts. persian language consists of multi-part words as well. based on persian morphology, half-space character is needed to separate parts of multi-part words where in many cases people incorrectly use space character instead of half-space character. this common incorrectly use of space leads to some s...

in this paper, the radial breathing mode (rbm) frequencies of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (mwcnts) are  obtained based on the multiple-elastic thin shell model. for this purpose, mwcnt is considered as a multiple concentric elastic thin cylindrical shells, which are coupled through van der waals (vdw) forces between two adjacent tubes. lennard-jones potential is used to calculate the vdw forc...

This paper focuses on how simulation results are sensitive to agent modeling in multiagent-based simulation (MABS) and investigates such sensitivity by comparing results where agents have different learning mechanisms, i.e., Q-learning and Sarsa, in the context of reinforcement learning. Through an analysis of simulation results in a bargaining game as one of the canonical examples in game theo...

A parameter estimator is presented for a state space model with time delay based on the given input–output data. The basic idea is to expand the state equations and to eliminate some state variables, and to substitute the state equation into the output equation to obtain the identification model which contains the information vector and parameter vector. A least squares algorithm is developed t...

A multi-state system with multi-state components is a model of systems, where performance, capacity, or reliability levels of the systems are represented as states. It usually has more than two states, and thus can be considered as a multi-valued function, called a structure function. Since many structure functions are monotone increasing, their multi-state systems can be represented compactly ...

In this paper the problem of modelling partial mixing phenomena, mostly relevant in environmental and reactors modelling practice, is considered. The ultimate modelling goal is to find identifiable, finite-dimensional state-space models, which are physically interpretable, realisable and which describe partial mixing. Hence, realization theory will be linked to prior physical systems knowledge ...