Model-checking process equivalences

DOI10.1016/J.TCS.2014.08.020zbMATH Open1303.68085arXiv1210.2451OpenAlexW2034020594MaRDI QIDQ477208FDOQ477208

Authors: Martin Lange, Etienne Lozes, Manuel Vargas Guzmán 

Publication date: 2 December 2014

Published in: Theoretical Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Process equivalences are formal methods that relate programs and system which, informally, behave in the same way. Since there is no unique notion of what it means for two dynamic systems to display the same behaviour there are a multitude of formal process equivalences, ranging from bisimulation to trace equivalence, categorised in the linear-time branching-time spectrum. We present a logical framework based on an expressive modal fixpoint logic which is capable of defining many process equivalence relations: for each such equivalence there is a fixed formula which is satisfied by a pair of processes if and only if they are equivalent with respect to this relation. We explain how to do model checking, even symbolically, for a significant fragment of this logic that captures many process equivalences. This allows model checking technology to be used for process equivalence checking. We show how partial evaluation can be used to obtain decision procedures for process equivalences from the generic model checking scheme.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2451

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zbMATH Keywords

model-checkinghigher-order \(\mu\)-calculuspolyadic \(\mu\)-calculusprocess equivalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity (68Q25) Specification and verification (program logics, model checking, etc.) (68Q60) Models and methods for concurrent and distributed computing (process algebras, bisimulation, transition nets, etc.) (68Q85)

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