CÒIR: Verifying normative specifications of complex systems

Gasparini, Luca, Norman, Timothy J., Kollingbaum, Martin J., Chen, Liang and Meyer, John Jules C (2016) CÒIR: Verifying normative specifications of complex systems. In Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Normes in Agent Systems XI - COIN 2015 International Workshops COIN@AAMAS, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 9628, Springer. pp. 134-153 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42691-4_8).

Abstract

Existing approaches for the verification of normative systems consider limited representations of norms, often neglecting collective imperatives, deadlines and contrary-to-duty obligations. In order to capture the requirements of real-world scenarios, these structures are important. In this paper we propose methods for the specification and formal verification of complex normative systems that include contraryto- duty, collective and event-driven imperatives with deadlines. We propose an operational syntax and semantics for the specification of such systems. Using Maude and its linear temporal logic model checker, we show how important properties can be verified for such systems, and provide some experimental results for both bounded and unbounded verification.

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Contributors

Author: Timothy J. Norman

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