Complexity Results for Modal Dependence Logic

Modal dependence logic was introduced recently by V\"a\"an\"anen. It enhances the basic modal language by an operator =(). For propositional variables p_1,...,p_n, =(p_1,...,p_(n-1);p_n) intuitively states that the value of p_n is determined by those of p_1,...,p_(n-1). Sevenster (J. Logic and Computation, 2009) showed that satisfiability for modal dependence logic is complete for nondeterministic exponential time. In this paper we consider fragments of modal dependence logic obtained by restricting the set of allowed propositional connectives. We show that satisfibility for poor man's dependence logic, the language consisting of formulas built from literals and dependence atoms using conjunction, necessity and possibility (i.e., disallowing disjunction), remains NEXPTIME-complete. If we only allow monotone formulas (without negation, but with disjunction), the complexity drops to PSPACE-completeness. We also extend V\"a\"an\"anen's language by allowing classical disjunction besides dependence disjunction and show that the satisfiability problem remains NEXPTIME-complete. If we then disallow both negation and dependence disjunction, satistiability is complete for the second level of the polynomial hierarchy. In this way we completely classify the computational complexity of the satisfiability problem for all restrictions of propositional and dependence operators considered by V\"a\"an\"anen and Sevenster.Comment: 22 pages, full version of CSL 2010 pape

Canonical Models and the Complexity of Modal Team Logic

We study modal team logic MTL, the team-semantical extension of classical modal logic closed under Boolean negation. Its fragments, such as modal dependence, independence, and inclusion logic, are well-understood. However, due to the unrestricted Boolean negation, the satisfiability problem of full MTL has been notoriously resistant to a complexity theoretical classification. In our approach, we adapt the notion of canonical models for team semantics. By construction of such a model, we reduce the satisfiability problem of MTL to simple model checking. Afterwards, we show that this method is optimal in the sense that MTL-formulas can efficiently enforce canonicity. Furthermore, to capture these results in terms of computational complexity, we introduce a non-elementary complexity class, TOWER(poly), and prove that the satisfiability and validity problem of MTL are complete for it. We also show that the fragments of MTL with bounded modal depth are complete for the levels of the elementary hierarchy (with polynomially many alternations)

Complexity of validity for propositional dependence logics

We study the validity problem for propositional dependence logic, modal dependence logic and extended modal dependence logic. We show that the validity problem for propositional dependence logic is NEXPTIME-complete. In addition, we establish that the corresponding problem for modal dependence logic and extended modal dependence logic is NEXPTIME-hard and in NEXPTIME^NP.Comment: In Proceedings GandALF 2014, arXiv:1408.556

A Team Based Variant of CTL

We introduce two variants of computation tree logic CTL based on team semantics: an asynchronous one and a synchronous one. For both variants we investigate the computational complexity of the satisfiability as well as the model checking problem. The satisfiability problem is shown to be EXPTIME-complete. Here it does not matter which of the two semantics are considered. For model checking we prove a PSPACE-completeness for the synchronous case, and show P-completeness for the asynchronous case. Furthermore we prove several interesting fundamental properties of both semantics.Comment: TIME 2015 conference version, modified title and motiviatio

The expressive power of modal logic with inclusion atoms

Modal inclusion logic is the extension of basic modal logic with inclusion atoms, and its semantics is defined on Kripke models with teams. A team of a Kripke model is just a subset of its domain. In this paper we give a complete characterisation for the expressive power of modal inclusion logic: a class of Kripke models with teams is definable in modal inclusion logic if and only if it is closed under k-bisimulation for some integer k, it is closed under unions, and it has the empty team property. We also prove that the same expressive power can be obtained by adding a single unary nonemptiness operator to modal logic. Furthermore, we establish an exponential lower bound for the size of the translation from modal inclusion logic to modal logic with the nonemptiness operator.Comment: In Proceedings GandALF 2015, arXiv:1509.0685

The Expressive Power of Modal Dependence Logic

We study the expressive power of various modal logics with team semantics. We show that exactly the properties of teams that are downward closed and closed under team k-bisimulation, for some finite k, are definable in modal logic extended with intuitionistic disjunction. Furthermore, we show that the expressive power of modal logic with intuitionistic disjunction and extended modal dependence logic coincide. Finally we establish that any translation from extended modal dependence logic into modal logic with intuitionistic disjunction increases the size of some formulas exponentially.Comment: 19 page

Changing a semantics: opportunism or courage?

The generalized models for higher-order logics introduced by Leon Henkin, and their multiple offspring over the years, have become a standard tool in many areas of logic. Even so, discussion has persisted about their technical status, and perhaps even their conceptual legitimacy. This paper gives a systematic view of generalized model techniques, discusses what they mean in mathematical and philosophical terms, and presents a few technical themes and results about their role in algebraic representation, calibrating provability, lowering complexity, understanding fixed-point logics, and achieving set-theoretic absoluteness. We also show how thinking about Henkin's approach to semantics of logical systems in this generality can yield new results, dispelling the impression of adhocness. This paper is dedicated to Leon Henkin, a deep logician who has changed the way we all work, while also being an always open, modest, and encouraging colleague and friend.Comment: 27 pages. To appear in: The life and work of Leon Henkin: Essays on his contributions (Studies in Universal Logic) eds: Manzano, M., Sain, I. and Alonso, E., 201

On Extensions and Variants of Dependence Logic : A study of intuitionistic connectives in the team semantics setting

Dependence logic is a new logic which incorporates the notion of dependence , as well as independence between variables into first-order logic. In this thesis, we study extensions and variants of dependence logic on the first-order, propositional and modal level. In particular, the role of intuitionistic connectives in this setting is emphasized. We obtain, among others, the following results: 1. First-order intuitionistic dependence logic is proved to have the same expressive power as the full second-order logic. 2. Complete axiomatizations for propositional dependence logic and its variants are obtained. 3. The complexity of model checking problem for modal intuitionistic dependence logic is analyzed.Riippuvuus ja riippumattomuus ovat yleisiä ilmiöitä monella alalla aina tietojenksittelytieteestä (tietokannat, ohjelmistotekniikka, tiedon esitys, tekoäly) valtiotieteisiin (historia, osakemarkkinat). 1960-luvulta lähtien matemaatikot ja filosofit ovat olleet tietoisia klassisen ensimmäisen kertaluvun logiikan rajoitteista muuttujien riippuvuuden ja riippumattomuuden ilmaisemisessa. Ongelman ratkaisemiseksi Henkin (1961) laajensi ensimmäisen kertaluvun logiikkaa haarautuvilla kvanttoreilla ja Hintikka ja Sandu (1989) määrittelivät IF-logiikan. Väänäsen (2007) kehittämä riippuvuuslogiikka on uusi suunta lähestymistavoissa. Riippuvuuslogiikan käsitteellinen uutuus on lisätä vaatimukset riippuvuudesta ja riippumattomuudesta atomaariselle tasolle, eikä kvanttoritasolle, kuten aiemmissa lähestymistavoissa. Lisäksi logiikan metodologia on täysin uusi: tavanomaisesta yhteen tulkintafunktioon perustuvasta Tarksin semantiikasta poiketen riippuvuuslogiikan toteutuvuusrelaatio määrtellään tulkintafunktiojoukon suhteen (alunperin Hodgesilta, 1997). Riippuvuuslogiikka on luonteeltaan hyvin monitieteinen ja siksi logiikalla, ja sen monilla laajennuksilla ja muunnelmilla, on mahdollisia sovelluksia mm. tietokantateorian, kielifilosofian ja valtiotieteiden aloilla. Tämä väitöskirja tutkii riippuvuuslogiikan laajennuksia ja muunnelmia. Erityisesti painotetaan intuitionististen konnektiivien roolia tässä lähestymistavassa. Päätuloksia ovat: 1. Ensimmäisen kertaluvun intuitionistisen riippuvuuslogiikan ilmaisuvoima osoitetaan yhtä vahvaksi kuin täyden toisen kertaluvun logiikan. 2. Annetaan täydellisiä aksiomatisointeja propositionaaliselle riippuvuuslogiikalle ja sen variaatioille. 3. Analysodaan modaalisen intuitionsitisen riippuvuuslogiikan mallintarkastusongelman kompleksisuutta