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Sigref – A Symbolic Bisimulation Tool Box
We present a uniform signature-based approach to compute the most popular bisimulations. Our approach is implemented symbolically using BDDs, which enables the handling of very large transition systems. Signatures for the bisimulations are built up from a few generic building blocks, which naturally correspond to efficient BDD operations. Thus, the definition of an appropriate signature is the key for a rapid development of algorithms for other types of bisimulation.
We provide experimental evidence of the viability of this approach by presenting computational results for many bisimulations on real-world instances. The experiments show cases where our framework can handle state spaces efficiently that are far too large to handle for any tool that requires an explicit state space description.
This work was partly supported by the German Research Council (DFG) as part of the Transregional Collaborative Research Center “Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems” (SFB/TR 14 AVACS). See www.avacs.org for more information
The placement of the head that maximizes predictability. An information theoretic approach
The minimization of the length of syntactic dependencies is a
well-established principle of word order and the basis of a mathematical theory
of word order. Here we complete that theory from the perspective of information
theory, adding a competing word order principle: the maximization of
predictability of a target element. These two principles are in conflict: to
maximize the predictability of the head, the head should appear last, which
maximizes the costs with respect to dependency length minimization. The
implications of such a broad theoretical framework to understand the
optimality, diversity and evolution of the six possible orderings of subject,
object and verb are reviewed.Comment: in press in Glottometric
LTLf/LDLf Non-Markovian Rewards
In Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), the reward obtained in a state is Markovian, i.e., depends on the last state and action. This dependency makes it difficult to reward more interesting long-term behaviors, such as always closing a door after it has been opened, or providing coffee only following a request. Extending MDPs to handle non-Markovian reward functions was the subject of two previous lines of work. Both use LTL variants to specify the reward function and then compile the new model back into a Markovian model. Building on recent progress in temporal logics over finite traces, we adopt LDLf for specifying non-Markovian rewards and provide an elegant automata construction for building a Markovian model, which extends that of previous work and offers strong minimality and compositionality guarantees
Synchronization Based Approach for Estimating All Model Parameters of Chaotic Systems
The problem of dynamic estimation of all parameters of a model representing
chaotic and hyperchaotic systems using information from a scalar measured
output is solved. The variational calculus based method is robust in the
presence of noise, enables online estimation of the parameters and is also able
to rapidly track changes in operating parameters of the experimental system.
The method is demonstrated using the Lorenz, Rossler chaos and hyperchaos
models. Its possible application in decoding communications using chaos is
discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Extracting Boolean rules from CA patterns
A multiobjective genetic algorithm (GA) is introduced to identify both the neighborhood and the rule set in the form of a parsimonious Boolean expression for both one- and two-dimensional cellular automata (CA). Simulation results illustrate that the new algorithm performs well even when the patterns are corrupted by static and dynamic nois
Adaptive Power Allocation and Control in Time-Varying Multi-Carrier MIMO Networks
In this paper, we examine the fundamental trade-off between radiated power
and achieved throughput in wireless multi-carrier, multiple-input and
multiple-output (MIMO) systems that vary with time in an unpredictable fashion
(e.g. due to changes in the wireless medium or the users' QoS requirements).
Contrary to the static/stationary channel regime, there is no optimal power
allocation profile to target (either static or in the mean), so the system's
users must adapt to changes in the environment "on the fly", without being able
to predict the system's evolution ahead of time. In this dynamic context, we
formulate the users' power/throughput trade-off as an online optimization
problem and we provide a matrix exponential learning algorithm that leads to no
regret - i.e. the proposed transmit policy is asymptotically optimal in
hindsight, irrespective of how the system evolves over time. Furthermore, we
also examine the robustness of the proposed algorithm under imperfect channel
state information (CSI) and we show that it retains its regret minimization
properties under very mild conditions on the measurement noise statistics. As a
result, users are able to track the evolution of their individually optimum
transmit profiles remarkably well, even under rapidly changing network
conditions and high uncertainty. Our theoretical analysis is validated by
extensive numerical simulations corresponding to a realistic network deployment
and providing further insights in the practical implementation aspects of the
proposed algorithm.Comment: 25 pages, 4 figure
Finite size effects in Neutron Star and Nuclear matter simulations
In this work we study molecular dynamics simulations of symmetric nuclear
matter using a semi-classical nucleon interaction model. We show that, at
sub-saturation densities and low temperatures, the solutions are
non-homogeneous structures reminiscent of the ``nuclear pasta'' phases expected
in Neutron Star Matter simulations, but shaped by artificial aspects of the
simulations. We explore different geometries for the periodic boundary
conditions imposed on the simulation cell: cube, hexagonal prism and truncated
octahedron. We find that different cells may yield different solutions for the
same physical conditions (i.e. density and temperature). The particular shape
of the solution at a given density can be predicted analytically by energy
minimization. We also show that even if this behavior is due to finite size
effects, it does not mean that it vanishes for very large systems and it
actually is independent of the system size: The system size sets the only
characteristic length scale for the inhomogeneities.
We then include a screened Coulomb interaction, as a model of Neutron Star
Matter, and perform simulations in the three cell geometries. In this case, the
competition between competing interactions of different range produces the well
known nuclear pasta, with (in most cases) several structures per cell. However,
we find that the results are affected by finite size in different ways
depending on the geometry of the cell. In particular, at the same physical
conditions and system size, the hexagonal prism yields a single structure per
cell while the cubic and truncated octahedron show consistent results with more
than one structure per cell. In this case, the results in every cell are
expected to converge for systems much larger than the characteristic length
scale that arises from the competing interactions.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figure
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