Termination of Derivations in a Fragment of Transitive Distributed Knowledge Logic
Volume 19, Issue 4 (2008), pp. 597–616
Pub. online: 1 January 2008
Type: Research Article
Received
1 February 2008
1 February 2008
Accepted
1 June 2008
1 June 2008
Published
1 January 2008
1 January 2008
Abstract
A transitive distributed knowledge logic is considered. The considered logic S4nD is obtained from multi-modal logic S4n by adding transitive distributed knowledge operator. For a fragment of this logic loop-check-free sequent calculus is proposed. The considered fragment is such that it can be applied for specification and verification of safety properties of knowledge-based distributed systems. By relying on the constructed loop-check-free sequent calculus a PSPACE procedure to determine a termination of backward derivation in considered fragment of the logic S4nD is presented.