Automated Verification of Quantum Protocols using MCMAS
This addresses the challenge of verifying quantum protocols for researchers in quantum computing and formal methods, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing logical frameworks and tools.
The researchers tackled the problem of automated verification of quantum protocols by developing a methodology using the MCMAS model checker, resulting in a compiler (dmc2ispl) that translates quantum protocols into MCMAS input and successfully verified the Quantum Teleportation Protocol with performance analysis.
We present a methodology for the automated verification of quantum protocols using MCMAS, a symbolic model checker for multi-agent systems The method is based on the logical framework developed by D'Hondt and Panangaden for investigating epistemic and temporal properties, built on the model for Distributed Measurement-based Quantum Computation (DMC), an extension of the Measurement Calculus to distributed quantum systems. We describe the translation map from DMC to interpreted systems, the typical formalism for reasoning about time and knowledge in multi-agent systems. Then, we introduce dmc2ispl, a compiler into the input language of the MCMAS model checker. We demonstrate the technique by verifying the Quantum Teleportation Protocol, and discuss the performance of the tool.