Fixpoint logics on hierarchical structures

Hierarchical graph definitions allow a modular description of graphs using modules for the specification of repeated substructures. Beside this modularity, hierarchical graph definitions also allow to specify graphs of exponential size using polynomial size descriptions. In many cases, this succinctness increases the computational complexity of decision problems. In this paper, the model-checking problem for the modal $\mu$-calculus and (monadic) least fixpoint logic on hierarchically defined input graphs is investigated. In order to analyze the modal $\mu$-calculus, parity games on hierarchically defined input graphs are investigated. In most cases precise upper and lower complexity bounds are derived. A restriction on hierarchical graph definitions that leads to more efficient model-checking algorithms is presented

Fixpoint logics on hierarchical structures

Abstract. Hierarchical graph definitions allow a modular description of graphs using modules for the specification of repeated substructures. Beside this modularity, hierarchical graph definitions allow to specify graphs of exponential size using polynomial size descriptions. In many cases, this succinctness increases the computational complexity of decision problems. In this paper, the modelchecking problem for the modal µ-calculus and (monadic) least fixpoint logic on hierarchically defined graphs is investigated. In order to analyze the modal µ-calculus, parity games on hierarchically defined graphs are studied.

Fixpoint logics on hierarchical structures

Abstract. Hierarchical graph definitions allow a modular description of graphsusing modules for the specification of repeated substructures. Beside this modularity, hierarchical graph definitions allow to specify graphs of exponential sizeusing polynomial size descriptions. In many cases, this succinctness increases the computational complexity of decision problems. In this paper, the model-checking problem for the modal u-calculus and (monadic) least fixpoint logicon hierarchically defined graphs is investigated. In order to analyze the modal u-calculus, parity games on hierarchically defined graphs are studied