Rewriting Systems over Nested Data Words

We propose a generic framework for reasoning about infinite state systems handling data like integers, booleans etc. and having complex control structures. We consider that configurations of such systems are represented by nested data words, i.e., words of ... words over a potentially infinite data domain. We define a logic called $ndwl$ allowing to reason about nested data words, and we define rewriting systems called $ndwrs$ over these nested structures. The rewriting systems are constrained by formulas in the logic specifying the rewriting positions as well as structure/data transformations. We define a fragment $Sigma_2^*$ of $ndwl$ with a decidable satisfiability problem. Moreover, we show that the transition relation defined by rewriting systems with $Sigma_2^*$ constraints can be effectively defined in the same fragment. These results can be used in the automatization of verification problems such as inductive invariance checking and bounded reachability analysis. Our framework allows to reason about a wide range of concurrent systems including multithreaded programs (with procedure calls, thread creation, global/local variables over infinite data domains, locks, monitors, etc.), dynamic networks of timed systems, cache coherence/mutex/communication protocols, etc

A Generic Framework for Reasoning about Dynamic Networks of Infinite-State Processes

We propose a framework for reasoning about unbounded dynamic networks of infinite-state processes. We propose Constrained Petri Nets (CPN) as generic models for these networks. They can be seen as Petri nets where tokens (representing occurrences of processes) are colored by values over some potentially infinite data domain such as integers, reals, etc. Furthermore, we define a logic, called CML (colored markings logic), for the description of CPN configurations. CML is a first-order logic over tokens allowing to reason about their locations and their colors. Both CPNs and CML are parametrized by a color logic allowing to express constraints on the colors (data) associated with tokens. We investigate the decidability of the satisfiability problem of CML and its applications in the verification of CPNs. We identify a fragment of CML for which the satisfiability problem is decidable (whenever it is the case for the underlying color logic), and which is closed under the computations of post and pre images for CPNs. These results can be used for several kinds of analysis such as invariance checking, pre-post condition reasoning, and bounded reachability analysis.Comment: 29 pages, 5 tables, 1 figure, extended version of the paper published in the the Proceedings of TACAS 2007, LNCS 442

Higher-Order Matching and Tree Automata

ions x 1 : : : xn are assumed to have arity one. For instance, x 1 x 2 :c(x 3 :x 3 ; x 2 (x 1 )) (assumed in normal form) has the following representation as a tree: x 1 x 2 c \Gamma \Gamma @ @ x 3 x 2 x 3 x 1 In what follows, we assume that F is finite. This is not a restriction as, for countably infinite alphabets, there is always another alphabet F 0 , which is finite, and an injective tree homomorphism h from T (F) into T (F) 0 such that h(T (F)) is recognizable by a finite tree automaton and the size of h(t) is linear with respect to the size of t. 1 However, for sake of clarity, we will keep the standard notations instead of using the encodings of F . 3.2 2-automata We will use a slight modification of tree automata. The main difference with the definitions of [13, 4] is the presence of special symbols 2 ø which should be interpreted as any term of type ø . This slight modification is necessary because, for instance, the set of all closed terms is not recognizable by ..

Timed Automata and the Theory of Real Numbers

. A configuration of a timed automaton is given by a control state and finitely many clock (real) values. We show here that the binary reachability relation between configurations of a timed automaton is definable in an additive theory of real numbers, which is decidable. This result implies the decidability of model checking for some properties which cannot be expressed in timed temporal logics and provide with alternative proofs of some known decidable properties. Our proof relies on two intermediate results: 1. Every timed automaton can be effectively emulated by a timed automaton which does not contain nested loops. 2. The binary reachability relation for counter automata without nested loops (called here flat automata) is expressible in the additive theory of integers (resp. real numbers). The second result can be derived from [10]. 1 Introduction Timed automata have been introduced in [4] to model real time systems and became quickly a standard. They roughly consist in adding to..

A generic framework for reasoning about dynamic networks of infinite-state processes

Abstract. We propose a framework for reasoning about unbounded dynamic networks of infinite-state processes. We propose Constrained Petri Nets (CPN) as generic models for these networks. They can be seen as Petri nets where tokens (representing occurrences of processes) are colored by values over some potentially infinite data domain such as integers, reals, etc. Furthermore, we define a logic, called CML (colored markings logic), for the description of CPN configurations. CML is a first-order logic over tokens allowing to reason about their locations and their colors. Both CPNs and CML are parametrized by a color logic allowing to express constraints on the colors (data) associated with tokens. We investigate the decidability of the satisfiability problem of CML and its applications in the verification of CPNs. We identify a fragment of CML for which the satisfiability problem is decidable (whenever it is the case for the underlying color logic), and which is closed under the computations of post and pre images for CPNs. These results can be used for several kinds of analysis such as invariance checking, pre-post condition reasoning, and bounded reachability analysis.

Rewriting Systems with Data A Framework for Reasoning about Systems with Unbounded Structures over Infinite Data Domains ⋆

Abstract. We introduce a uniform framework for reasoning about infinitestate systems with unbounded control structures and unbounded data domains. Our framework is based on constrained rewriting systems on words over an infinite alphabet. We consider several rewriting semantics: factor, prefix, and multiset rewriting. Constraints are expressed in a logic on such words which is parametrized by a first-order theory on the considered data domain. We show that our framework is suitable for reasoning about various classes of systems such as recursive sequential programs, multithreaded programs, parametrized and dynamic networks of processes, etc. Then, we provide generic results (1) for the decidability of the satisfiability problem of the fragment ∃ ∗ ∀ ∗ of this logic provided that the underlying logic on data is decidable, and (2) for proving inductive invariance and for carrying out Hoare style reasoning within this fragment. We also show that the reachability problem if decidable for a class of prefix rewriting systems with integer data.

Rewriting Systems with Data

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Towards Synthesis of Distributed Algorithms with {SMT} Solvers

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