On Synthesis of Specifications with Arithmetic

Rachel Faran*, Orna Kupferman

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Abstract

Variable automata with arithmetic enable the specification of reactive systems with variables over an infinite domain of numeric values and whose operation involves arithmetic manipulation of these values [9]. We study the synthesis problem for such specifications. While the problem is in general undecidable, we define a fragment, namely semantically deterministic variable automata with arithmetic, for which the problem is decidable. Essentially, an automaton is semantically deterministic if the restrictions on the possible assignments to the variables that are accumulated along its runs resolve its nondeterministic choices. We show that semantically deterministic automata can specify many interesting behaviors – many more than deterministic ones, and that the synthesis problem for them can be reduced to a solution of a two-player game. For automata with simple guards, the game has a finite state space, and the synthesis problem can be solved in time polynomial in the automaton and exponential in the number of its variables.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSOFSEM 2020
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Practice of Computer Science - 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics, SOFSEM 2020, Proceedings
EditorsAlexander Chatzigeorgiou, Riccardo Dondi, Herodotos Herodotou, Christos Kapoutsis, Yannis Manolopoulos, George A. Papadopoulos, Florian Sikora
PublisherSpringer
Pages161-173
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030389185
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2020 - Limassol, Cyprus
Duration: 20 Jan 202024 Jan 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12011 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2020
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityLimassol
Period20/01/2024/01/20

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