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Propositional Dynamic Logic for Message-Passing Systems

Logic in Computer Science 2015-07-01 v3

Abstract

We examine a bidirectional propositional dynamic logic (PDL) for finite and infinite message sequence charts (MSCs) extending LTL and TLC-. By this kind of multi-modal logic we can express properties both in the entire future and in the past of an event. Path expressions strengthen the classical until operator of temporal logic. For every formula defining an MSC language, we construct a communicating finite-state machine (CFM) accepting the same language. The CFM obtained has size exponential in the size of the formula. This synthesis problem is solved in full generality, i.e., also for MSCs with unbounded channels. The model checking problem for CFMs and HMSCs turns out to be in PSPACE for existentially bounded MSCs. Finally, we show that, for PDL with intersection, the semantics of a formula cannot be captured by a CFM anymore.

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@article{arxiv.1007.4764,
  title  = {Propositional Dynamic Logic for Message-Passing Systems},
  author = {Benedikt Bollig and Dietrich Kuske and Ingmar Meinecke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4764},
  year   = {2015}
}
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