428 research outputs found
Reachability and liveness in parametric timed automata
We study timed systems in which some timing features are unknown parameters.
Parametric timed automata (PTAs) are a classical formalism for such systems but
for which most interesting problems are undecidable. Notably, the parametric
reachability emptiness problem, i.e., the emptiness of the parameter valuations
set allowing to reach some given discrete state, is undecidable.
Lower-bound/upper-bound parametric timed automata (L/U-PTAs) achieve
decidability for reachability properties by enforcing a separation of
parameters used as upper bounds in the automaton constraints, and those used as
lower bounds.
In this paper, we first study reachability. We exhibit a subclass of PTAs
(namely integer-points PTAs) with bounded rational-valued parameters for which
the parametric reachability emptiness problem is decidable. Using this class,
we present further results improving the boundary between decidability and
undecidability for PTAs and their subclasses such as L/U-PTAs.
We then study liveness. We prove that:
(1) deciding the existence of at least one parameter valuation for which
there exists an infinite run in an L/U-PTA is PSpace-complete;
(2) the existence of a parameter valuation such that the system has a
deadlock is however undecidable;
(3) the problem of the existence of a valuation for which a run remains in a
given set of locations exhibits a very thin border between decidability and
undecidability
A Benchmarks Library for Extended Parametric Timed Automata
Parametric timed automata are a powerful formalism for reasoning on
concurrent real-time systems with unknown or uncertain timing constants. In
order to test the efficiency of new algorithms, a fair set of benchmarks is
required. We present an extension of the IMITATOR benchmarks library, that
accumulated over the years a number of case studies from academic and
industrial contexts. We extend here the library with several dozens of new
benchmarks; these benchmarks highlight several new features: liveness
properties, extensions of (parametric) timed automata (including stopwatches or
multi-rate clocks), and unsolvable toy benchmarks. These latter additions help
to emphasize the limits of state-of-the-art parameter synthesis techniques,
with the hope to develop new dedicated algorithms in the future.Comment: This is the author (and extended) version of the manuscript of the
same name published in the proceedings of the 15th International Conference
on Tests and Proofs (TAP 2021
Reachability and liveness in parametric timed automata
We study timed systems in which some timing features are unknown parameters.
Parametric timed automata (PTAs) are a classical formalism for such systems but
for which most interesting problems are undecidable. Notably, the parametric
reachability emptiness problem, i.e., whether at least one parameter valuation
allows to reach some given discrete state, is undecidable.
Lower-bound/upper-bound parametric timed automata (L/U-PTAs) achieve
decidability for reachability properties by enforcing a separation of
parameters used as upper bounds in the automaton constraints, and those used as
lower bounds.
In this paper, we first study reachability. We exhibit a subclass of PTAs
(namely integer-points PTAs) with bounded rational-valued parameters for which
the parametric reachability emptiness problem is decidable. Using this class,
we present further results improving the boundary between decidability and
undecidability for PTAs and their subclasses such as L/U-PTAs.
We then study liveness. We prove that:
(1) the existence of at least one parameter valuation for which there exists
an infinite run in an L/U-PTA is PSPACE-complete;
(2) the existence of a parameter valuation such that the system has a
deadlock is however undecidable;
(3) the problem of the existence of a valuation for which a run remains in a
given set of locations exhibits a very thin border between decidability and
undecidability.Comment: This manuscript is an extended version of two conference papers
published in the proceedings of ICFEM 2016 and ACSD 201
A Modal Specification Theory for Timing Variability
Modal specifications are classical formalisms that can be used to express the functional variability of systems; it is particularly useful for capturing the stepwise refinement of component-based design. However, the extension of such formalisms to real-time systems has not received adequate attention. In this paper, we propose a novel notion of time-parametric modal specifications to describe the timing as well as functional variability of real-time systems.We present a specification theory on modal refinement, property preservation and compositional reasoning. We also develop zone-graph based symbolic methods for the reachability analysis and modal refinement checking. We demonstrate the practical application of our proposed theory and algorithms via a case study of medical device cyber-physical systems
IMITATOR II: A Tool for Solving the Good Parameters Problem in Timed Automata
We present here Imitator II, a new version of Imitator, a tool implementing
the "inverse method" for parametric timed automata: given a reference valuation
of the parameters, it synthesizes a constraint such that, for any valuation
satisfying this constraint, the system behaves the same as under the reference
valuation in terms of traces, i.e., alternating sequences of locations and
actions. Imitator II also implements the "behavioral cartography algorithm",
allowing us to solve the following good parameters problem: find a set of
valuations within a given bounded parametric domain for which the system
behaves well. We present new features and optimizations of the tool, and give
results of applications to various examples of asynchronous circuits and
communication protocols.Comment: In Proceedings INFINITY 2010, arXiv:1010.611
Re-verification of a Lip Synchronization Protocol using Robust Reachability
The timed automata formalism is an important model for specifying and
analysing real-time systems. Robustness is the correctness of the model in the
presence of small drifts on clocks or imprecision in testing guards. A symbolic
algorithm for the analysis of the robustness of timed automata has been
implemented. In this paper, we re-analyse an industrial case lip
synchronization protocol using the new robust reachability algorithm. This lip
synchronization protocol is an interesting case because timing aspects are
crucial for the correctness of the protocol. Several versions of the model are
considered: with an ideal video stream, with anchored jitter, and with
non-anchored jitter
Re-verification of a Lip Synchronization Algorithm using robust reachability
The timed automata formalism is an important model for specifying and analysing real-time systems. Robustness is the correctness of the model in the presence of small drifts on clocks or imprecision in testing guards. A symbolic algorithm for the analysis of the robustness of timed automata has been implemented. In this paper we re-analyse an industrial case lip synchronization protocol using the new robust reachability algorithm.This lip synchronization protocol is an interesting case because timing aspect are crucial for the correctness of the protocol. Several versions of the model are considered, with an ideal video stream, with anchored jitter, and with non-anchored jitter
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