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As autonomy becomes prevalent in many applications, ranging from recommendation systems to fully autonomous vehicles, there is an increased need to provide safety guarantees for such systems. The problem is difficult, as these are large,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-22 Corina S. Pasareanu , Divya Gopinath , Huafeng Yu

Microservice systems are becoming increasingly adopted due to their scalability, decentralized development, and support for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). However, this decentralized development by separate teams and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Connor Wojtak , Darek Gajewski , Tomas Cerny

This article introduces a fully automated verification technique that permits to analyze real-time systems described using a continuous notion of time and a mixture of operational (i.e., automata-based) and descriptive (i.e., logic-based)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-08-14 Carlo A. Furia , Matteo Pradella , Matteo Rossi

Autonomous Driving Systems (ADS) use complex decision-making (DM) models with multimodal sensory inputs, making rigorous validation and verification (V&V) essential for safety and reliability. These models pose challenges in diagnosing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Halit Eris , Stefan Wagner

This paper presents a simulation model based on the general framework of Multi-Agent System (MAS) that can be used to investigate construction project bidding process. Specifically, it can be used to investigate different strategies in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-03-23 Rui Liu

The coordination of multiple autonomous vehicles into convoys or platoons is expected on our highways in the near future. However, before such platoons can be deployed, the new autonomous behaviors of the vehicles in these platoons must be…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-02-05 Maryam Kamali , Louise A. Dennis , Owen McAree , Michael Fisher , Sandor M. Veres

Formal specification is widely employed in the construction of high-quality software. However, there is often a huge gap between formal specification and actual implementation. While there is already a vast body of work on software testing…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2012-03-29 Zhiqiang Ren , Hongwei Xi

In this survey, we review the recent advances in control design methods for robotic multi-agent systems (MAS), focussing on learning-based methods with safety considerations. We start by reviewing various notions of safety and liveness…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Kunal Garg , Songyuan Zhang , Oswin So , Charles Dawson , Chuchu Fan

This paper presents an approach based on the analysis, design, and formal verification of a multi-agent based university Information Management System (IMS). University IMS accesses information, creates reports and facilitates teachers as…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-01-07 Nadeem Akhtar , Aisha Shafique Ghori , Nadeem Salamat

Real-world visualization tasks involve complex, multi-modal requirements that extend beyond simple text-to-chart generation, requiring reference images, code examples, and iterative refinement. Current systems exhibit fundamental…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Jinwei Lu , Yuanfeng Song , Chen Zhang , Raymond Chi-Wing Wong

We analyze the challenges of benchmarking scientific (multi)-agentic systems, including the difficulty of distinguishing reasoning from retrieval, the risks of data/model contamination, the lack of reliable ground truth for novel research…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Marcin Abram

IT-security experts engage in behavior-based malware analysis in order to learn about previously unknown samples of malicious software (malware) or malware families. For this, they need to find and categorize suspicious patterns from large…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-02-27 Markus Wagner , Alexander Rind , Niklas Thür , Wolfgang Aigner

Trust is a crucial component in collaborative multiagent systems (MAS) involving humans and autonomous AI agents. Rather than assuming trust based on past system behaviours, it is important to formally verify trust by modelling the current…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-17 Asieh Salehi Fathabadi , Vahid Yazdanpanah

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) offer promising potential for automating formal methods. However, applying them to formal verification remains challenging due to the complexity of specification languages, the risk of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Xinyue Zuo , Yifan Zhang , Hongshu Wang , Yufan Cai , Zhe Hou , Jing Sun , Jin Song Dong

TThis paper argues that \textbf{a comprehensive vulnerability analysis is essential for building trustworthy Large Language Model-based Multi-Agent Systems (LLM-MAS)}. These systems, which consist of multiple LLM-powered agents working…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Pengfei He , Yue Xing , Juanhui Li , Shen Dong , Zhenwei Dai , Xianfeng Tang , Hui Liu , Han Xu , Zhen Xiang , Charu C. Aggarwal , Hui Liu

While Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) show potential for complex clinical decision support, the field remains hindered by architectural fragmentation and the lack of standardized multimodal integration. Current medical MAS research suffers from…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Yunhang Qian , Xiaobin Hu , Jiaquan Yu , Siyang Xin , Xiaokun Chen , Jiangning Zhang , Peng-Tao Jiang , Jiawei Liu , Hongwei Bran Li

We present VERIFAI, a software toolkit for the formal design and analysis of systems that include artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) components. VERIFAI particularly seeks to address challenges with applying formal…

Probabilistic model checking is a technique for formal automated reasoning about software or hardware systems that operate in the context of uncertainty or stochasticity. It builds upon ideas and techniques from a diverse range of fields,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-08 David Parker

Large language model-driven multi-agent systems (LLM-MAS) excel at complex tasks, yet unreliable agents remain a key bottleneck to system-level reliability. Automatic failure attribution is therefore critical, but existing approaches, such…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Hezhe Qiao , Hanghang Tong , Ee-Peng Lim , Bing Liu , Guansong Pang

The rapid spread of misinformation in the digital era poses significant challenges to public discourse, necessitating robust and scalable fact-checking solutions. Traditional human-led fact-checking methods, while credible, struggle with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Tam Trinh , Manh Nguyen , Truong-Son Hy