---
_id: '1392'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Fault-tolerant distributed algorithms play an important role in ensuring the
reliability of many software applications. In this paper we consider distributed
algorithms whose computations are organized in rounds. To verify the correctness
of such algorithms, we reason about (i) properties (such as invariants) of the
state, (ii) the transitions controlled by the algorithm, and (iii) the communication
graph. We introduce a logic that addresses these points, and contains set comprehensions
with cardinality constraints, function symbols to describe the local states of
each process, and a limited form of quantifier alternation to express the verification
conditions. We show its use in automating the verification of consensus algorithms.
In particular, we give a semi-decision procedure for the unsatisfiability problem
of the logic and identify a decidable fragment. We successfully applied our framework
to verify the correctness of a variety of consensus algorithms tolerant to both
benign faults (message loss, process crashes) and value faults (message corruption).
acknowledgement: Supported by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) through
grant PROSEED.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
author:
- first_name: Cezara
full_name: Dragoi, Cezara
id: 2B2B5ED0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Dragoi
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Helmut
full_name: Veith, Helmut
last_name: Veith
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Widder, Josef
last_name: Widder
- first_name: Damien
full_name: Zufferey, Damien
id: 4397AC76-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zufferey
orcid: 0000-0002-3197-8736
citation:
ama: 'Dragoi C, Henzinger TA, Veith H, Widder J, Zufferey D. A logic-based framework
for verifying consensus algorithms. In: Vol 8318. Springer; 2014:161-181. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-54013-4_10'
apa: 'Dragoi, C., Henzinger, T. A., Veith, H., Widder, J., & Zufferey, D. (2014).
A logic-based framework for verifying consensus algorithms (Vol. 8318, pp. 161–181).
Presented at the VMCAI: Verification, Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation,
San Diego, USA: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54013-4_10'
chicago: Dragoi, Cezara, Thomas A Henzinger, Helmut Veith, Josef Widder, and Damien
Zufferey. “A Logic-Based Framework for Verifying Consensus Algorithms,” 8318:161–81.
Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54013-4_10.
ieee: 'C. Dragoi, T. A. Henzinger, H. Veith, J. Widder, and D. Zufferey, “A logic-based
framework for verifying consensus algorithms,” presented at the VMCAI: Verification,
Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation, San Diego, USA, 2014, vol. 8318, pp.
161–181.'
ista: 'Dragoi C, Henzinger TA, Veith H, Widder J, Zufferey D. 2014. A logic-based
framework for verifying consensus algorithms. VMCAI: Verification, Model Checking
and Abstract Interpretation, LNCS, vol. 8318, 161–181.'
mla: Dragoi, Cezara, et al. A Logic-Based Framework for Verifying Consensus Algorithms.
Vol. 8318, Springer, 2014, pp. 161–81, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-54013-4_10.
short: C. Dragoi, T.A. Henzinger, H. Veith, J. Widder, D. Zufferey, in:, Springer,
2014, pp. 161–181.
conference:
end_date: 2014-01-21
location: San Diego, USA
name: 'VMCAI: Verification, Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation'
start_date: 2014-01-19
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:45Z
date_published: 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:50:22Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '000'
- '005'
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doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-54013-4_10
ec_funded: 1
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page: 161 - 181
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S 11407_N23
name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '267989'
name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '5817'
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scopus_import: 1
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title: A logic-based framework for verifying consensus algorithms
type: conference
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volume: 8318
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...
---
_id: '1393'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Probabilistic programs are usual functional or imperative programs with two
added constructs: (1) the ability to draw values at random from distributions,
and (2) the ability to condition values of variables in a program via observations.
Models from diverse application areas such as computer vision, coding theory,
cryptographic protocols, biology and reliability analysis can be written as probabilistic
programs. Probabilistic inference is the problem of computing an explicit representation
of the probability distribution implicitly specified by a probabilistic program.
Depending on the application, the desired output from inference may vary-we may
want to estimate the expected value of some function f with respect to the distribution,
or the mode of the distribution, or simply a set of samples drawn from the distribution.
In this paper, we describe connections this research area called \Probabilistic
Programming" has with programming languages and software engineering, and
this includes language design, and the static and dynamic analysis of programs.
We survey current state of the art and speculate on promising directions for future
research.'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Andrew
full_name: Gordon, Andrew
last_name: Gordon
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Aditya
full_name: Nori, Aditya
last_name: Nori
- first_name: Sriram
full_name: Rajamani, Sriram
last_name: Rajamani
citation:
ama: 'Gordon A, Henzinger TA, Nori A, Rajamani S. Probabilistic programming. In:
Proceedings of the on Future of Software Engineering. ACM; 2014:167-181.
doi:10.1145/2593882.2593900'
apa: 'Gordon, A., Henzinger, T. A., Nori, A., & Rajamani, S. (2014). Probabilistic
programming. In Proceedings of the on Future of Software Engineering (pp.
167–181). Hyderabad, India: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2593882.2593900'
chicago: Gordon, Andrew, Thomas A Henzinger, Aditya Nori, and Sriram Rajamani. “Probabilistic
Programming.” In Proceedings of the on Future of Software Engineering,
167–81. ACM, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1145/2593882.2593900.
ieee: A. Gordon, T. A. Henzinger, A. Nori, and S. Rajamani, “Probabilistic programming,”
in Proceedings of the on Future of Software Engineering, Hyderabad, India,
2014, pp. 167–181.
ista: 'Gordon A, Henzinger TA, Nori A, Rajamani S. 2014. Probabilistic programming.
Proceedings of the on Future of Software Engineering. FOSE: Future of Software
Engineering, 167–181.'
mla: Gordon, Andrew, et al. “Probabilistic Programming.” Proceedings of the on
Future of Software Engineering, ACM, 2014, pp. 167–81, doi:10.1145/2593882.2593900.
short: A. Gordon, T.A. Henzinger, A. Nori, S. Rajamani, in:, Proceedings of the
on Future of Software Engineering, ACM, 2014, pp. 167–181.
conference:
end_date: 2014-06-07
location: Hyderabad, India
name: 'FOSE: Future of Software Engineering'
start_date: 2014-05-31
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:45Z
date_published: 2014-05-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-06-18T17:31:28Z
day: '31'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1145/2593882.2593900
ec_funded: 1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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month: '05'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 167 - 181
project:
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '267989'
name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S 11407_N23
name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
publication: Proceedings of the on Future of Software Engineering
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '5816'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Probabilistic programming
type: conference
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year: '2014'
...
---
_id: '1702'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: In this paper we present INTERHORN, a solver for recursion-free Horn clauses.
The main application domain of INTERHORN lies in solving interpolation problems
arising in software verification. We show how a range of interpolation problems,
including path, transition, nested, state/transition and well-founded interpolation
can be handled directly by INTERHORN. By detailing these interpolation problems
and their Horn clause representations, we hope to encourage the emergence of a
common back-end interpolation interface useful for diverse verification tools.
alternative_title:
- EPTCS
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Ashutosh
full_name: Gupta, Ashutosh
id: 335E5684-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Gupta
- first_name: Corneliu
full_name: Popeea, Corneliu
last_name: Popeea
- first_name: Andrey
full_name: Rybalchenko, Andrey
last_name: Rybalchenko
citation:
ama: 'Gupta A, Popeea C, Rybalchenko A. Generalised interpolation by solving recursion
free-horn clauses. In: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science,
EPTCS. Vol 169. Open Publishing Association; 2014:31-38. doi:10.4204/EPTCS.169.5'
apa: 'Gupta, A., Popeea, C., & Rybalchenko, A. (2014). Generalised interpolation
by solving recursion free-horn clauses. In Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical
Computer Science, EPTCS (Vol. 169, pp. 31–38). Vienna, Austria: Open Publishing
Association. https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.169.5'
chicago: Gupta, Ashutosh, Corneliu Popeea, and Andrey Rybalchenko. “Generalised
Interpolation by Solving Recursion Free-Horn Clauses.” In Electronic Proceedings
in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS, 169:31–38. Open Publishing Association,
2014. https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.169.5.
ieee: A. Gupta, C. Popeea, and A. Rybalchenko, “Generalised interpolation by solving
recursion free-horn clauses,” in Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer
Science, EPTCS, Vienna, Austria, 2014, vol. 169, pp. 31–38.
ista: 'Gupta A, Popeea C, Rybalchenko A. 2014. Generalised interpolation by solving
recursion free-horn clauses. Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science,
EPTCS. HCVS: Horn Clauses for Verification and Synthesis, EPTCS, vol. 169, 31–38.'
mla: Gupta, Ashutosh, et al. “Generalised Interpolation by Solving Recursion Free-Horn
Clauses.” Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS,
vol. 169, Open Publishing Association, 2014, pp. 31–38, doi:10.4204/EPTCS.169.5.
short: A. Gupta, C. Popeea, A. Rybalchenko, in:, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical
Computer Science, EPTCS, Open Publishing Association, 2014, pp. 31–38.
conference:
end_date: 2014-07-17
location: Vienna, Austria
name: 'HCVS: Horn Clauses for Verification and Synthesis'
start_date: 2014-07-17
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:53:33Z
date_published: 2014-12-02T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-06-11T08:03:28Z
day: '02'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.4204/EPTCS.169.5
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1303.7378'
intvolume: ' 169'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.7378
month: '12'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 31 - 38
publication: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS
publication_status: published
publisher: Open Publishing Association
publist_id: '5435'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Generalised interpolation by solving recursion free-horn clauses
type: conference
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 169
year: '2014'
...
---
_id: '1869'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Boolean controllers for systems with complex datapaths are often very difficult
to implement correctly, in particular when concurrency is involved. Yet, in many
instances it is easy to formally specify correctness. For example, the specification
for the controller of a pipelined processor only has to state that the pipelined
processor gives the same results as a non-pipelined reference design. This makes
such controllers a good target for automated synthesis. However, an efficient
abstraction for the complex datapath elements is needed, as a bit-precise description
is often infeasible. We present Suraq, the first controller synthesis tool which
uses uninterpreted functions for the abstraction. Quantified firstorder formulas
(with specific quantifier structure) serve as the specification language from
which Suraq synthesizes Boolean controllers. Suraq transforms the specification
into an unsatisfiable SMT formula, and uses Craig interpolation to compute its
results. Using Suraq, we were able to synthesize a controller (consisting of two
Boolean signals) for a five-stage pipelined DLX processor in roughly one hour
and 15 minutes.
acknowledgement: The work presented in this paper was supported in part by the European
Research Council (ERC) under grant agreement QUAINT (I774-N23)
alternative_title:
- LNCS
author:
- first_name: Georg
full_name: Hofferek, Georg
last_name: Hofferek
- first_name: Ashutosh
full_name: Gupta, Ashutosh
id: 335E5684-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Gupta
citation:
ama: 'Hofferek G, Gupta A. Suraq - a controller synthesis tool using uninterpreted
functions. In: Yahav E, ed. HVC 2014. Vol 8855. Springer; 2014:68-74. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13338-6_6'
apa: 'Hofferek, G., & Gupta, A. (2014). Suraq - a controller synthesis tool
using uninterpreted functions. In E. Yahav (Ed.), HVC 2014 (Vol. 8855,
pp. 68–74). Haifa, Israel: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13338-6_6'
chicago: Hofferek, Georg, and Ashutosh Gupta. “Suraq - a Controller Synthesis Tool
Using Uninterpreted Functions.” In HVC 2014, edited by Eran Yahav, 8855:68–74.
Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13338-6_6.
ieee: G. Hofferek and A. Gupta, “Suraq - a controller synthesis tool using uninterpreted
functions,” in HVC 2014, Haifa, Israel, 2014, vol. 8855, pp. 68–74.
ista: 'Hofferek G, Gupta A. 2014. Suraq - a controller synthesis tool using uninterpreted
functions. HVC 2014. HVC: Haifa Verification Conference, LNCS, vol. 8855, 68–74.'
mla: Hofferek, Georg, and Ashutosh Gupta. “Suraq - a Controller Synthesis Tool Using
Uninterpreted Functions.” HVC 2014, edited by Eran Yahav, vol. 8855, Springer,
2014, pp. 68–74, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13338-6_6.
short: G. Hofferek, A. Gupta, in:, E. Yahav (Ed.), HVC 2014, Springer, 2014, pp.
68–74.
conference:
end_date: 2014-11-20
location: Haifa, Israel
name: 'HVC: Haifa Verification Conference'
start_date: 2014-11-18
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:27Z
date_published: 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-10-21T06:02:48Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-13338-6_6
ec_funded: 1
editor:
- first_name: Eran
full_name: Yahav, Eran
last_name: Yahav
intvolume: ' 8855'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 68 - 74
project:
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '267989'
name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25863FF4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11407
name: Game Theory
publication: HVC 2014
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '5228'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Suraq - a controller synthesis tool using uninterpreted functions
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 8855
year: '2014'
...
---
_id: '1870'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We investigate the problem of checking if a finite-state transducer is robust
to uncertainty in its input. Our notion of robustness is based on the analytic
notion of Lipschitz continuity - a transducer is K-(Lipschitz) robust if the perturbation
in its output is at most K times the perturbation in its input. We quantify input
and output perturbation using similarity functions. We show that K-robustness
is undecidable even for deterministic transducers. We identify a class of functional
transducers, which admits a polynomial time automata-theoretic decision procedure
for K-robustness. This class includes Mealy machines and functional letter-to-letter
transducers. We also study K-robustness of nondeterministic transducers. Since
a nondeterministic transducer generates a set of output words for each input word,
we quantify output perturbation using setsimilarity functions. We show that K-robustness
of nondeterministic transducers is undecidable, even for letter-to-letter transducers.
We identify a class of set-similarity functions which admit decidable K-robustness
of letter-to-letter transducers.
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
author:
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Otop, Jan
id: 2FC5DA74-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Otop
- first_name: Roopsha
full_name: Samanta, Roopsha
id: 3D2AAC08-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Samanta
citation:
ama: 'Henzinger TA, Otop J, Samanta R. Lipschitz robustness of finite-state transducers.
In: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs. Vol 29. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik; 2014:431-443. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2014.431'
apa: 'Henzinger, T. A., Otop, J., & Samanta, R. (2014). Lipschitz robustness
of finite-state transducers. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics,
LIPIcs (Vol. 29, pp. 431–443). Delhi, India: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2014.431'
chicago: Henzinger, Thomas A, Jan Otop, and Roopsha Samanta. “Lipschitz Robustness
of Finite-State Transducers.” In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics,
LIPIcs, 29:431–43. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2014.
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2014.431.
ieee: T. A. Henzinger, J. Otop, and R. Samanta, “Lipschitz robustness of finite-state
transducers,” in Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs,
Delhi, India, 2014, vol. 29, pp. 431–443.
ista: 'Henzinger TA, Otop J, Samanta R. 2014. Lipschitz robustness of finite-state
transducers. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs. FSTTCS:
Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol.
29, 431–443.'
mla: Henzinger, Thomas A., et al. “Lipschitz Robustness of Finite-State Transducers.”
Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, vol. 29, Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2014, pp. 431–43, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2014.431.
short: T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, R. Samanta, in:, Leibniz International Proceedings
in Informatics, LIPIcs, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2014,
pp. 431–443.
conference:
end_date: 2014-12-17
location: Delhi, India
name: 'FSTTCS: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science'
start_date: 2014-12-15
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:27Z
date_published: 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-10-21T06:02:49Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '004'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2014.431
file:
- access_level: open_access
checksum: 7b1aff1710a8bffb7080ec07f62d9a17
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date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:19Z
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language:
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oa: 1
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page: 431 - 443
publication: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
publication_status: published
publisher: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
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title: Lipschitz robustness of finite-state transducers
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---
_id: '1875'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We present a formal framework for repairing infinite-state, imperative, sequential
programs, with (possibly recursive) procedures and multiple assertions; the framework
can generate repaired programs by modifying the original erroneous program in
multiple program locations, and can ensure the readability of the repaired program
using user-defined expression templates; the framework also generates a set of
inductive assertions that serve as a proof of correctness of the repaired program.
As a step toward integrating programmer intent and intuition in automated program
repair, we present a cost-aware formulation - given a cost function associated
with permissible statement modifications, the goal is to ensure that the total
program modification cost does not exceed a given repair budget. As part of our
predicate abstractionbased solution framework, we present a sound and complete
algorithm for repair of Boolean programs. We have developed a prototype tool based
on SMT solving and used it successfully to repair diverse errors in benchmark
C programs.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
author:
- first_name: Roopsha
full_name: Samanta, Roopsha
id: 3D2AAC08-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Samanta
- first_name: Oswaldo
full_name: Olivo, Oswaldo
last_name: Olivo
- first_name: Emerson
full_name: Allen, Emerson
last_name: Allen
citation:
ama: 'Samanta R, Olivo O, Allen E. Cost-aware automatic program repair. In: Müller-Olm
M, Seidl H, eds. Vol 8723. Springer; 2014:268-284. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10936-7_17'
apa: 'Samanta, R., Olivo, O., & Allen, E. (2014). Cost-aware automatic program
repair. In M. Müller-Olm & H. Seidl (Eds.) (Vol. 8723, pp. 268–284). Presented
at the SAS: Static Analysis Symposium, Munich, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10936-7_17'
chicago: Samanta, Roopsha, Oswaldo Olivo, and Emerson Allen. “Cost-Aware Automatic
Program Repair.” edited by Markus Müller-Olm and Helmut Seidl, 8723:268–84. Springer,
2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10936-7_17.
ieee: 'R. Samanta, O. Olivo, and E. Allen, “Cost-aware automatic program repair,”
presented at the SAS: Static Analysis Symposium, Munich, Germany, 2014, vol. 8723,
pp. 268–284.'
ista: 'Samanta R, Olivo O, Allen E. 2014. Cost-aware automatic program repair. SAS:
Static Analysis Symposium, LNCS, vol. 8723, 268–284.'
mla: Samanta, Roopsha, et al. Cost-Aware Automatic Program Repair. Edited
by Markus Müller-Olm and Helmut Seidl, vol. 8723, Springer, 2014, pp. 268–84,
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10936-7_17.
short: R. Samanta, O. Olivo, E. Allen, in:, M. Müller-Olm, H. Seidl (Eds.), Springer,
2014, pp. 268–284.
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abstract:
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text: "Model-based testing is a promising technology for black-box software and
hardware testing, in which test cases are generated automatically from high-level
specifications. Nowadays, systems typically consist of multiple interacting components
and, due to their complexity, testing presents a considerable portion of the effort
and cost in the design process. Exploiting the compositional structure of system
specifications can considerably reduce the effort in model-based testing. Moreover,
inferring properties about the system from testing its individual components allows
the designer to reduce the amount of integration testing.\r\nIn this paper, we
study compositional properties of the IOCO-testing theory. We propose a new approach
to composition and hiding operations, inspired by contract-based design and interface
theories. These operations preserve behaviors that are compatible under composition
and hiding, and prune away incompatible ones. The resulting specification characterizes
the input sequences for which the unit testing of components is sufficient to
infer the correctness of component integration without the need for further tests.
We provide a methodology that uses these results to minimize integration testing
effort, but also to detect potential weaknesses in specifications. While we focus
on asynchronous models and the IOCO conformance relation, the resulting methodology
can be applied to a broader class of systems."
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- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Przemyslaw
full_name: Daca, Przemyslaw
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for IOCO Testing. IST Austria; 2014. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-148-v2-1
apa: Daca, P., Henzinger, T. A., Krenn, W., & Nickovic, D. (2014). Compositional
specifications for IOCO testing. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-148-v2-1
chicago: Daca, Przemyslaw, Thomas A Henzinger, Willibald Krenn, and Dejan Nickovic.
Compositional Specifications for IOCO Testing. IST Austria, 2014. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-148-v2-1.
ieee: P. Daca, T. A. Henzinger, W. Krenn, and D. Nickovic, Compositional specifications
for IOCO testing. IST Austria, 2014.
ista: Daca P, Henzinger TA, Krenn W, Nickovic D. 2014. Compositional specifications
for IOCO testing, IST Austria, 20p.
mla: Daca, Przemyslaw, et al. Compositional Specifications for IOCO Testing.
IST Austria, 2014, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-148-v2-1.
short: P. Daca, T.A. Henzinger, W. Krenn, D. Nickovic, Compositional Specifications
for IOCO Testing, IST Austria, 2014.
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abstract:
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text: As hybrid systems involve continuous behaviors, they should be evaluated by
quantitative methods, rather than qualitative methods. In this paper we adapt
a quantitative framework, called model measuring, to the hybrid systems domain.
The model-measuring problem asks, given a model M and a specification, what is
the maximal distance such that all models within that distance from M satisfy
(or violate) the specification. A distance function on models is given as part
of the input of the problem. Distances, especially related to continuous behaviors
are more natural in the hybrid case than the discrete case. We are interested
in distances represented by monotonic hybrid automata, a hybrid counterpart of
(discrete) weighted automata, whose recognized timed languages are monotone (w.r.t.
inclusion) in the values of parameters.The contributions of this paper are twofold.
First, we give sufficient conditions under which the model-measuring problem can
be solved. Second, we discuss the modeling of distances and applications of the
model-measuring problem.
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
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id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
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full_name: Otop, Jan
id: 2FC5DA74-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Otop
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2014. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-171-v1-1
apa: Henzinger, T. A., & Otop, J. (2014). Model measuring for hybrid systems.
IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-171-v1-1
chicago: Henzinger, Thomas A, and Jan Otop. Model Measuring for Hybrid Systems.
IST Austria, 2014. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-171-v1-1.
ieee: T. A. Henzinger and J. Otop, Model measuring for hybrid systems. IST
Austria, 2014.
ista: Henzinger TA, Otop J. 2014. Model measuring for hybrid systems, IST Austria,
22p.
mla: Henzinger, Thomas A., and Jan Otop. Model Measuring for Hybrid Systems.
IST Austria, 2014, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-171-v1-1.
short: T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, Model Measuring for Hybrid Systems, IST Austria,
2014.
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text: "We define the model-measuring problem: given a model M and specification
φ, what is the maximal distance ρ such that all models M'within distance ρ from
M satisfy (or violate)φ. The model measuring problem presupposes a distance function
on models. We concentrate on automatic distance functions, which are defined by
weighted automata.\r\nThe model-measuring problem subsumes several generalizations
of the classical model-checking problem, in particular, quantitative model-checking
problems that measure the degree of satisfaction of a specification, and robustness
problems that measure how much a model can be perturbed without violating the
specification.\r\nWe show that for automatic distance functions, and ω-regular
linear-time and branching-time specifications, the model-measuring problem can
be solved.\r\nWe use automata-theoretic model-checking methods for model measuring,
replacing the emptiness question for standard word and tree automata by the optimal-weight
question for the weighted versions of these automata. We consider weighted automata
that accumulate weights by maximizing, summing, discounting, and limit averaging.
\r\nWe give several examples of using the model-measuring problem to compute various
notions of robustness and quantitative satisfaction for temporal specifications."
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
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full_name: Otop, Jan
id: 2FC5DA74-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Otop
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ama: Henzinger TA, Otop J. From Model Checking to Model Measuring. IST Austria;
2014. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-172-v1-1
apa: Henzinger, T. A., & Otop, J. (2014). From model checking to model measuring.
IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-172-v1-1
chicago: Henzinger, Thomas A, and Jan Otop. From Model Checking to Model Measuring.
IST Austria, 2014. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-172-v1-1.
ieee: T. A. Henzinger and J. Otop, From model checking to model measuring.
IST Austria, 2014.
ista: Henzinger TA, Otop J. 2014. From model checking to model measuring, IST Austria,
14p.
mla: Henzinger, Thomas A., and Jan Otop. From Model Checking to Model Measuring.
IST Austria, 2014, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-172-v1-1.
short: T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, From Model Checking to Model Measuring, IST Austria,
2014.
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abstract:
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text: "Simulation is an attractive alternative for language inclusion for automata
as it is an under-approximation of language inclusion, but usually has much lower
complexity. For non-deterministic automata, while language inclusion is PSPACE-complete,
simulation can be computed in polynomial time. Simulation has also been extended
in two orthogonal directions, namely, (1) fair simulation, for simulation over
specified set of infinite runs; and (2) quantitative simulation, for simulation
between weighted automata. Again, while fair trace inclusion is PSPACE-complete,
fair simulation can be computed in polynomial time. For weighted automata, the
(quantitative) language inclusion problem is undecidable for mean-payoff automata
and the decidability is open for discounted-sum automata, whereas the (quantitative)
simulation reduce to mean-payoff games and discounted-sum games, which admit pseudo-polynomial
time algorithms.\r\n\r\nIn this work, we study (quantitative) simulation for weighted
automata with Büchi acceptance conditions, i.e., we generalize fair simulation
from non-weighted automata to weighted automata. We show that imposing Büchi acceptance
conditions on weighted automata changes many fundamental properties of the simulation
games. For example, whereas for mean-payoff and discounted-sum games, the players
do not need memory to play optimally; we show in contrast that for simulation
games with Büchi acceptance conditions, (i) for mean-payoff objectives, optimal
strategies for both players require infinite memory in general, and (ii) for discounted-sum
objectives, optimal strategies need not exist for both players. While the simulation
games with Büchi acceptance conditions are more complicated (e.g., due to infinite-memory
requirements for mean-payoff objectives) as compared to their counterpart without
Büchi acceptance conditions, we still present pseudo-polynomial time algorithms
to solve simulation games with Büchi acceptance conditions for both weighted mean-payoff
and weighted discounted-sum automata."
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
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full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
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last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
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full_name: Otop, Jan
id: 2FC5DA74-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Otop
- first_name: Yaron
full_name: Velner, Yaron
last_name: Velner
citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Otop J, Velner Y. Quantitative Fair Simulation
Games. IST Austria; 2014. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-315-v1-1
apa: Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., Otop, J., & Velner, Y. (2014). Quantitative
fair simulation games. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-315-v1-1
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Thomas A Henzinger, Jan Otop, and Yaron Velner.
Quantitative Fair Simulation Games. IST Austria, 2014. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-315-v1-1.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, J. Otop, and Y. Velner, Quantitative fair
simulation games. IST Austria, 2014.
ista: Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Otop J, Velner Y. 2014. Quantitative fair simulation
games, IST Austria, 26p.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. Quantitative Fair Simulation Games. IST
Austria, 2014, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-315-v1-1.
short: K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, Y. Velner, Quantitative Fair Simulation
Games, IST Austria, 2014.
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We present a tool for translating LTL formulae into deterministic ω-automata.
It is the first tool that covers the whole LTL that does not use Safra’s determinization
or any of its variants. This leads to smaller automata. There are several outputs
of the tool: firstly, deterministic Rabin automata, which are the standard input
for probabilistic model checking, e.g. for the probabilistic model-checker PRISM;
secondly, deterministic generalized Rabin automata, which can also be used for
probabilistic model checking and are sometimes by orders of magnitude smaller.
We also link our tool to PRISM and show that this leads to a significant speed-up
of probabilistic LTL model checking, especially with the generalized Rabin automata.'
acknowledgement: "Sponsor: P202/12/G061; GACR; Czech Science Foundation\r\n\r\n"
alternative_title:
- LNCS
author:
- first_name: Zuzana
full_name: Komárková, Zuzana
last_name: Komárková
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Kretinsky, Jan
id: 44CEF464-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Kretinsky
orcid: 0000-0002-8122-2881
citation:
ama: 'Komárková Z, Kretinsky J. Rabinizer 3: Safraless translation of ltl to small
deterministic automata. In: Cassez F, Raskin J-F, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture
Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol 8837. Springer; 2014:235-241. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_17'
apa: 'Komárková, Z., & Kretinsky, J. (2014). Rabinizer 3: Safraless translation
of ltl to small deterministic automata. In F. Cassez & J.-F. Raskin (Eds.),
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8837, pp. 235–241).
Sydney, Australia: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_17'
chicago: 'Komárková, Zuzana, and Jan Kretinsky. “Rabinizer 3: Safraless Translation
of Ltl to Small Deterministic Automata.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes
in Bioinformatics), edited by Franck Cassez and Jean-François Raskin, 8837:235–41.
Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_17.'
ieee: 'Z. Komárková and J. Kretinsky, “Rabinizer 3: Safraless translation of ltl
to small deterministic automata,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including
subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics),
Sydney, Australia, 2014, vol. 8837, pp. 235–241.'
ista: 'Komárková Z, Kretinsky J. 2014. Rabinizer 3: Safraless translation of ltl
to small deterministic automata. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including
subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics).
ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS, vol. 8837, 235–241.'
mla: 'Komárková, Zuzana, and Jan Kretinsky. “Rabinizer 3: Safraless Translation
of Ltl to Small Deterministic Automata.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes
in Bioinformatics), edited by Franck Cassez and Jean-François Raskin, vol.
8837, Springer, 2014, pp. 235–41, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_17.'
short: Z. Komárková, J. Kretinsky, in:, F. Cassez, J.-F. Raskin (Eds.), Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer, 2014, pp. 235–241.
conference:
end_date: 2014-11-07
location: Sydney, Australia
name: 'ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis'
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full_name: Cassez, Franck
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project:
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call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '267989'
name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11402-N23
name: Moderne Concurrency Paradigms
publication: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes
in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
publication_status: published
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...
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_id: '2053'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: In contrast to the usual understanding of probabilistic systems as stochastic
processes, recently these systems have also been regarded as transformers of probabilities.
In this paper, we give a natural definition of strong bisimulation for probabilistic
systems corresponding to this view that treats probability distributions as first-class
citizens. Our definition applies in the same way to discrete systems as well as
to systems with uncountable state and action spaces. Several examples demonstrate
that our definition refines the understanding of behavioural equivalences of probabilistic
systems. In particular, it solves a longstanding open problem concerning the representation
of memoryless continuous time by memoryfull continuous time. Finally, we give
algorithms for computing this bisimulation not only for finite but also for classes
of uncountably infinite systems.
acknowledgement: This work is supported by the EU 7th Framework Programme under grant
agreements 295261 (MEALS) and 318490 (SENSATION), Czech Science Foundation under
grant agreement P202/12/G061, the DFG Transregional Collaborative Research Centre
SFB/TR 14 AVACS, and by the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative
Research Teams.
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author:
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full_name: Hermanns, Holger
last_name: Hermanns
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full_name: Krčál, Jan
last_name: Krčál
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full_name: Kretinsky, Jan
id: 44CEF464-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Kretinsky
orcid: 0000-0002-8122-2881
citation:
ama: 'Hermanns H, Krčál J, Kretinsky J. Probabilistic bisimulation: Naturally on
distributions. In: Baldan P, Gorla D, eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes
in Bioinformatics). Vol 8704. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2014:249-265. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-44584-6_18'
apa: 'Hermanns, H., Krčál, J., & Kretinsky, J. (2014). Probabilistic bisimulation:
Naturally on distributions. In P. Baldan & D. Gorla (Eds.), Lecture Notes
in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8704, pp. 249–265). Rome, Italy:
Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44584-6_18'
chicago: 'Hermanns, Holger, Jan Krčál, and Jan Kretinsky. “Probabilistic Bisimulation:
Naturally on Distributions.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including
Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics),
edited by Paolo Baldan and Daniele Gorla, 8704:249–65. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44584-6_18.'
ieee: 'H. Hermanns, J. Krčál, and J. Kretinsky, “Probabilistic bisimulation: Naturally
on distributions,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics),
Rome, Italy, 2014, vol. 8704, pp. 249–265.'
ista: 'Hermanns H, Krčál J, Kretinsky J. 2014. Probabilistic bisimulation: Naturally
on distributions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). CONCUR:
Concurrency Theory, LNCS, vol. 8704, 249–265.'
mla: 'Hermanns, Holger, et al. “Probabilistic Bisimulation: Naturally on Distributions.”
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), edited by Paolo Baldan
and Daniele Gorla, vol. 8704, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2014, pp. 249–65, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-44584-6_18.'
short: H. Hermanns, J. Krčál, J. Kretinsky, in:, P. Baldan, D. Gorla (Eds.), Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2014, pp. 249–265.
conference:
end_date: 2014-09-05
location: Rome, Italy
name: 'CONCUR: Concurrency Theory'
start_date: 2014-09-02
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:55:27Z
date_published: 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-06-11T07:57:15Z
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doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-44584-6_18
ec_funded: 1
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full_name: Baldan, Paolo
last_name: Baldan
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full_name: Gorla, Daniele
last_name: Gorla
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title: 'Probabilistic bisimulation: Naturally on distributions'
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volume: 8704
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...
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abstract:
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text: 'We consider a continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) whose state space is partitioned
into aggregates, and each aggregate is assigned a probability measure. A sufficient
condition for defining a CTMC over the aggregates is presented as a variant of
weak lumpability, which also characterizes that the measure over the original
process can be recovered from that of the aggregated one. We show how the applicability
of de-aggregation depends on the initial distribution. The application section
is devoted to illustrate how the developed theory aids in reducing CTMC models
of biochemical systems particularly in connection to protein-protein interactions.
We assume that the model is written by a biologist in form of site-graph-rewrite
rules. Site-graph-rewrite rules compactly express that, often, only a local context
of a protein (instead of a full molecular species) needs to be in a certain configuration
in order to trigger a reaction event. This observation leads to suitable aggregate
Markov chains with smaller state spaces, thereby providing sufficient reduction
in computational complexity. This is further exemplified in two case studies:
simple unbounded polymerization and early EGFR/insulin crosstalk.'
acknowledgement: T. Petrov is supported by SystemsX.ch—the Swiss Inititative for Systems
Biology.
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full_name: Koeppl, Heinz
last_name: Koeppl
citation:
ama: Ganguly A, Petrov T, Koeppl H. Markov chain aggregation and its applications
to combinatorial reaction networks. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 2014;69(3):767-797.
doi:10.1007/s00285-013-0738-7
apa: Ganguly, A., Petrov, T., & Koeppl, H. (2014). Markov chain aggregation
and its applications to combinatorial reaction networks. Journal of Mathematical
Biology. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-013-0738-7
chicago: Ganguly, Arnab, Tatjana Petrov, and Heinz Koeppl. “Markov Chain Aggregation
and Its Applications to Combinatorial Reaction Networks.” Journal of Mathematical
Biology. Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-013-0738-7.
ieee: A. Ganguly, T. Petrov, and H. Koeppl, “Markov chain aggregation and its applications
to combinatorial reaction networks,” Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol.
69, no. 3. Springer, pp. 767–797, 2014.
ista: Ganguly A, Petrov T, Koeppl H. 2014. Markov chain aggregation and its applications
to combinatorial reaction networks. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 69(3), 767–797.
mla: Ganguly, Arnab, et al. “Markov Chain Aggregation and Its Applications to Combinatorial
Reaction Networks.” Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol. 69, no. 3, Springer,
2014, pp. 767–97, doi:10.1007/s00285-013-0738-7.
short: A. Ganguly, T. Petrov, H. Koeppl, Journal of Mathematical Biology 69 (2014)
767–797.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:55:28Z
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text: We consider Markov decision processes (MDPs) which are a standard model for
probabilistic systems.We focus on qualitative properties forMDPs that can express
that desired behaviors of the system arise almost-surely (with probability 1)
or with positive probability. We introduce a new simulation relation to capture
the refinement relation ofMDPs with respect to qualitative properties, and present
discrete graph theoretic algorithms with quadratic complexity to compute the simulation
relation.We present an automated technique for assume-guarantee style reasoning
for compositional analysis ofMDPs with qualitative properties by giving a counterexample
guided abstraction-refinement approach to compute our new simulation relation.
We have implemented our algorithms and show that the compositional analysis leads
to significant improvements.
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last_name: Chmelik
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systems. In: Vol 8559. Springer; 2014:473-490. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08867-9_31'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Chmelik, M., & Daca, P. (2014). CEGAR for qualitative
analysis of probabilistic systems (Vol. 8559, pp. 473–490). Presented at the CAV:
Computer Aided Verification, Vienna, Austria: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08867-9_31'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Martin Chmelik, and Przemyslaw Daca. “CEGAR for
Qualitative Analysis of Probabilistic Systems,” 8559:473–90. Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08867-9_31.
ieee: 'K. Chatterjee, M. Chmelik, and P. Daca, “CEGAR for qualitative analysis of
probabilistic systems,” presented at the CAV: Computer Aided Verification, Vienna,
Austria, 2014, vol. 8559, pp. 473–490.'
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Chmelik M, Daca P. 2014. CEGAR for qualitative analysis of
probabilistic systems. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 8559, 473–490.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. CEGAR for Qualitative Analysis of Probabilistic
Systems. Vol. 8559, Springer, 2014, pp. 473–90, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08867-9_31.
short: K. Chatterjee, M. Chmelik, P. Daca, in:, Springer, 2014, pp. 473–490.
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location: Vienna, Austria
name: 'CAV: Computer Aided Verification'
start_date: 2014-07-18
corr_author: '1'
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date_published: 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z
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grant_number: S11407
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text: The classical (boolean) notion of refinement for behavioral interfaces of
system components is the alternating refinement preorder. In this paper, we define
a distance for interfaces, called interface simulation distance. It makes the
alternating refinement preorder quantitative by, intuitively, tolerating errors
(while counting them) in the alternating simulation game. We show that the interface
simulation distance satisfies the triangle inequality, that the distance between
two interfaces does not increase under parallel composition with a third interface,
that the distance between two interfaces can be bounded from above and below by
distances between abstractions of the two interfaces, and how to synthesize an
interface from incompatible requirements. We illustrate the framework, and the
properties of the distances under composition of interfaces, with two case studies.
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ama: Cerny P, Chmelik M, Henzinger TA, Radhakrishna A. Interface simulation distances.
Theoretical Computer Science. 2014;560(3):348-363. doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2014.08.019
apa: Cerny, P., Chmelik, M., Henzinger, T. A., & Radhakrishna, A. (2014). Interface
simulation distances. Theoretical Computer Science. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2014.08.019
chicago: Cerny, Pavol, Martin Chmelik, Thomas A Henzinger, and Arjun Radhakrishna.
“Interface Simulation Distances.” Theoretical Computer Science. Elsevier,
2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2014.08.019.
ieee: P. Cerny, M. Chmelik, T. A. Henzinger, and A. Radhakrishna, “Interface simulation
distances,” Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 560, no. 3. Elsevier, pp.
348–363, 2014.
ista: Cerny P, Chmelik M, Henzinger TA, Radhakrishna A. 2014. Interface simulation
distances. Theoretical Computer Science. 560(3), 348–363.
mla: Cerny, Pavol, et al. “Interface Simulation Distances.” Theoretical Computer
Science, vol. 560, no. 3, Elsevier, 2014, pp. 348–63, doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2014.08.019.
short: P. Cerny, M. Chmelik, T.A. Henzinger, A. Radhakrishna, Theoretical Computer
Science 560 (2014) 348–363.
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abstract:
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text: ' A discounted-sum automaton (NDA) is a nondeterministic finite automaton
with edge weights, valuing a run by the discounted sum of visited edge weights.
More precisely, the weight in the i-th position of the run is divided by λi, where
the discount factor λ is a fixed rational number greater than 1. The value of
a word is the minimal value of the automaton runs on it. Discounted summation
is a common and useful measuring scheme, especially for infinite sequences, reflecting
the assumption that earlier weights are more important than later weights. Unfortunately,
determinization of NDAs, which is often essential in formal verification, is,
in general, not possible. We provide positive news, showing that every NDA with
an integral discount factor is determinizable. We complete the picture by proving
that the integers characterize exactly the discount factors that guarantee determinizability:
for every nonintegral rational discount factor λ, there is a nondeterminizable
λ-NDA. We also prove that the class of NDAs with integral discount factors enjoys
closure under the algebraic operations min, max, addition, and subtraction, which
is not the case for general NDAs nor for deterministic NDAs. For general NDAs,
we look into approximate determinization, which is always possible as the influence
of a word''s suffix decays. We show that the naive approach, of unfolding the
automaton computations up to a sufficient level, is doubly exponential in the
discount factor. We provide an alternative construction for approximate determinization,
which is singly exponential in the discount factor, in the precision, and in the
number of states. We also prove matching lower bounds, showing that the exponential
dependency on each of these three parameters cannot be avoided. All our results
hold equally for automata over finite words and for automata over infinite words. '
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id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
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ama: Boker U, Henzinger TA. Exact and approximate determinization of discounted-sum
automata. Logical Methods in Computer Science. 2014;10(1). doi:10.2168/LMCS-10(1:10)2014
apa: Boker, U., & Henzinger, T. A. (2014). Exact and approximate determinization
of discounted-sum automata. Logical Methods in Computer Science. International
Federation for Computational Logic. https://doi.org/10.2168/LMCS-10(1:10)2014
chicago: Boker, Udi, and Thomas A Henzinger. “Exact and Approximate Determinization
of Discounted-Sum Automata.” Logical Methods in Computer Science. International
Federation for Computational Logic, 2014. https://doi.org/10.2168/LMCS-10(1:10)2014.
ieee: U. Boker and T. A. Henzinger, “Exact and approximate determinization of discounted-sum
automata,” Logical Methods in Computer Science, vol. 10, no. 1. International
Federation for Computational Logic, 2014.
ista: Boker U, Henzinger TA. 2014. Exact and approximate determinization of discounted-sum
automata. Logical Methods in Computer Science. 10(1).
mla: Boker, Udi, and Thomas A. Henzinger. “Exact and Approximate Determinization
of Discounted-Sum Automata.” Logical Methods in Computer Science, vol.
10, no. 1, International Federation for Computational Logic, 2014, doi:10.2168/LMCS-10(1:10)2014.
short: U. Boker, T.A. Henzinger, Logical Methods in Computer Science 10 (2014).
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abstract:
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text: We present a general framework for applying machine-learning algorithms to
the verification of Markov decision processes (MDPs). The primary goal of these
techniques is to improve performance by avoiding an exhaustive exploration of
the state space. Our framework focuses on probabilistic reachability, which is
a core property for verification, and is illustrated through two distinct instantiations.
The first assumes that full knowledge of the MDP is available, and performs a
heuristic-driven partial exploration of the model, yielding precise lower and
upper bounds on the required probability. The second tackles the case where we
may only sample the MDP, and yields probabilistic guarantees, again in terms of
both the lower and upper bounds, which provides efficient stopping criteria for
the approximation. The latter is the first extension of statistical model checking
for unbounded properties inMDPs. In contrast with other related techniques, our
approach is not restricted to time-bounded (finite-horizon) or discounted properties,
nor does it assume any particular properties of the MDP. We also show how our
methods extend to LTL objectives. We present experimental results showing the
performance of our framework on several examples.
acknowledgement: This research was funded in part by the European Research Council
(ERC) under grant agreement 246967 (VERIWARE), by the EU FP7 project HIERATIC, by
the Czech Science Foundation grant No P202/12/P612, by EPSRC project EP/K038575/1.
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full_name: Forejt, Vojtěch
last_name: Forejt
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full_name: Kretinsky, Jan
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last_name: Kretinsky
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last_name: Kwiatkowska
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citation:
ama: 'Brázdil T, Chatterjee K, Chmelik M, et al. Verification of Markov decision
processes using learning algorithms. In: 12th International Symposium on Automated
Technology for Verification and Analysis. Vol 8837. Springer; 2014:98-114.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_8'
apa: 'Brázdil, T., Chatterjee, K., Chmelik, M., Forejt, V., Kretinsky, J., Kwiatkowska,
M., … Ujma, M. (2014). Verification of Markov decision processes using learning
algorithms. In 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis (Vol. 8837, pp. 98–114). Sydney, Australia: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_8'
chicago: Brázdil, Tomáš, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Martin Chmelik, Vojtěch Forejt,
Jan Kretinsky, Marta Kwiatkowska, David Parker, and Mateusz Ujma. “Verification
of Markov Decision Processes Using Learning Algorithms.” In 12th International
Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, 8837:98–114.
Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_8.
ieee: T. Brázdil et al., “Verification of Markov decision processes using
learning algorithms,” in 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis, Sydney, Australia, 2014, vol. 8837, pp. 98–114.
ista: 'Brázdil T, Chatterjee K, Chmelik M, Forejt V, Kretinsky J, Kwiatkowska M,
Parker D, Ujma M. 2014. Verification of Markov decision processes using learning
algorithms. 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis. ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS,
vol. 8837, 98–114.'
mla: Brázdil, Tomáš, et al. “Verification of Markov Decision Processes Using Learning
Algorithms.” 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis, vol. 8837, Springer, 2014, pp. 98–114, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_8.
short: T. Brázdil, K. Chatterjee, M. Chmelik, V. Forejt, J. Kretinsky, M. Kwiatkowska,
D. Parker, M. Ujma, in:, 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis, Springer, 2014, pp. 98–114.
conference:
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name: 'ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis'
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text: 'Recently there has been a significant effort to add quantitative properties
in formal verification and synthesis. While weighted automata over finite and
infinite words provide a natural and flexible framework to express quantitative
properties, perhaps surprisingly, several basic system properties such as average
response time cannot be expressed with weighted automata. In this work, we introduce
nested weighted automata as a new formalism for expressing important quantitative
properties such as average response time. We establish an almost complete decidability
picture for the basic decision problems for nested weighted automata, and illustrate
its applicability in several domains. '
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chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Thomas A Henzinger, and Jan Otop. Nested Weighted
Automata. IST Austria, 2014. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2014-170-v1-1.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, and J. Otop, Nested weighted automata.
IST Austria, 2014.
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2014, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2014-170-v1-1.
short: K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, Nested Weighted Automata, IST Austria,
2014.
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text: Recently, there has been an effort to add quantitative objectives to formal
verification and synthesis. We introduce and investigate the extension of temporal
logics with quantitative atomic assertions. At the heart of quantitative objectives
lies the accumulation of values along a computation. It is often the accumulated
sum, as with energy objectives, or the accumulated average, as with mean-payoff
objectives. We investigate the extension of temporal logics with the prefix-accumulation
assertions Sum(v) ≥ c and Avg(v) ≥ c, where v is a numeric (or Boolean) variable
of the system, c is a constant rational number, and Sum(v) and Avg(v) denote the
accumulated sum and average of the values of v from the beginning of the computation
up to the current point in time. We also allow the path-accumulation assertions
LimInfAvg(v) ≥ c and LimSupAvg(v) ≥ c, referring to the average value along an
entire infinite computation. We study the border of decidability for such quantitative
extensions of various temporal logics. In particular, we show that extending the
fragment of CTL that has only the EX, EF, AX, and AG temporal modalities with
both prefix-accumulation assertions, or extending LTL with both path-accumulation
assertions, results in temporal logics whose model-checking problem is decidable.
Moreover, the prefix-accumulation assertions may be generalized with "controlled
accumulation," allowing, for example, to specify constraints on the average
waiting time between a request and a grant. On the negative side, we show that
this branching-time logic is, in a sense, the maximal logic with one or both of
the prefix-accumulation assertions that permits a decidable model-checking procedure.
Extending a temporal logic that has the EG or EU modalities, such as CTL or LTL,
makes the problem undecidable.
acknowledgement: The research was supported in part by ERC Starting grant 278410 (QUALITY).
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ama: Boker U, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Kupferman O. Temporal specifications with
accumulative values. ACM Transactions on Computational Logic. 2014;15(4).
doi:10.1145/2629686
apa: Boker, U., Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., & Kupferman, O. (2014). Temporal
specifications with accumulative values. ACM Transactions on Computational
Logic. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2629686
chicago: Boker, Udi, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Thomas A Henzinger, and Orna Kupferman.
“Temporal Specifications with Accumulative Values.” ACM Transactions on Computational
Logic. ACM, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1145/2629686.
ieee: U. Boker, K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, and O. Kupferman, “Temporal specifications
with accumulative values,” ACM Transactions on Computational Logic, vol.
15, no. 4. ACM, 2014.
ista: Boker U, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Kupferman O. 2014. Temporal specifications
with accumulative values. ACM Transactions on Computational Logic. 15(4), 27.
mla: Boker, Udi, et al. “Temporal Specifications with Accumulative Values.” ACM
Transactions on Computational Logic, vol. 15, no. 4, 27, ACM, 2014, doi:10.1145/2629686.
short: U. Boker, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, O. Kupferman, ACM Transactions on
Computational Logic 15 (2014).
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text: Extensionality axioms are common when reasoning about data collections, such
as arrays and functions in program analysis, or sets in mathematics. An extensionality
axiom asserts that two collections are equal if they consist of the same elements
at the same indices. Using extensionality is often required to show that two collections
are equal. A typical example is the set theory theorem (∀x)(∀y)x∪y = y ∪x. Interestingly,
while humans have no problem with proving such set identities using extensionality,
they are very hard for superposition theorem provers because of the calculi they
use. In this paper we show how addition of a new inference rule, called extensionality
resolution, allows first-order theorem provers to easily solve problems no modern
first-order theorem prover can solve. We illustrate this by running the VAMPIRE
theorem prover with extensionality resolution on a number of set theory and array
problems. Extensionality resolution helps VAMPIRE to solve problems from the TPTP
library of first-order problems that were never solved before by any prover.
acknowledgement: This research was supported in part by the Austrian National Research
Network RiSE (S11410-N23).
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In: 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and
Analysis. Vol 8837. Springer; 2014:185-200. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_14'
apa: 'Gupta, A., Kovács, L., Kragl, B., & Voronkov, A. (2014). Extensional crisis
and proving identity. In 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis (Vol. 8837, pp. 185–200). Sydney, Australia:
Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_14'
chicago: Gupta, Ashutosh, Laura Kovács, Bernhard Kragl, and Andrei Voronkov. “Extensional
Crisis and Proving Identity.” In 12th International Symposium on Automated
Technology for Verification and Analysis, 8837:185–200. Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_14.
ieee: A. Gupta, L. Kovács, B. Kragl, and A. Voronkov, “Extensional crisis and proving
identity,” in 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis, Sydney, Australia, 2014, vol. 8837, pp. 185–200.
ista: 'Gupta A, Kovács L, Kragl B, Voronkov A. 2014. Extensional crisis and proving
identity. 12th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis. ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS,
vol. 8837, 185–200.'
mla: Gupta, Ashutosh, et al. “Extensional Crisis and Proving Identity.” 12th
International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis,
vol. 8837, Springer, 2014, pp. 185–200, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11936-6_14.
short: A. Gupta, L. Kovács, B. Kragl, A. Voronkov, in:, 12th International Symposium
on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, Springer, 2014, pp. 185–200.
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