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Attention-based Transformers have revolutionized natural language processing (NLP) and shown strong performance in computer vision (CV) tasks. However, as the input sequence varies, the computational bottlenecks in Transformer models…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Huizheng Wang , Hongbin Wang , Shaojun Wei , Yang Hu , Shouyi Yin

Fine-tuning pre-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) is essential to align them with human values and intentions. This process often utilizes methods like pairwise comparisons and KL divergence against a reference LLM, focusing on the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Yongcheng Zeng , Guoqing Liu , Weiyu Ma , Ning Yang , Haifeng Zhang , Jun Wang

We study the problem of synthesizing string to string transformations from a set of input/output examples. The transformations we consider are expressed using deterministic finite automata (DFA) that read pairs of letters, one letter from…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-06 Jad Hamza , Viktor Kunčak

Extended Bounded Response LTL with Past (LTLEBR+P) is a safety fragment of Linear Temporal Logic with Past (LTL+P) that has been recently introduced in the context of reactive synthesis. The strength of LTLEBR+P is a fully symbolic…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Alessandro Cimatti , Luca Geatti , Nicola Gigante , Angelo Montanari , Stefano Tonetta

Training large language models (LLMs) from scratch can yield models with unique functionalities and strengths, but it is costly and often leads to redundant capabilities. A more cost-effective alternative is to fuse existing pre-trained…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Runjia Zeng , James Chenhao Liang , Cheng Han , Zhiwen Cao , Jiahao Liu , Xiaojun Quan , Yingjie Victor Chen , Lifu Huang , Tong Geng , Qifan Wang , Dongfang Liu

LTLf synthesis is the automated construction of a reactive system from a high-level description, expressed in LTLf, of its finite-horizon behavior. So far, the conversion of LTLf formulas to deterministic finite-state automata (DFAs) has…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Suguman Bansal , Yong Li , Lucas M. Tabajara , Moshe Y. Vardi

In this paper we introduce a weighted LTL over product $\omega$-valuation monoids that satisfy specific properties. We also introduce weighted generalized B\"uchi automata with $\varepsilon$-transitions, as well as weighted B\"uchi automata…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Eleni Mandrali

We present a direct transformation of weak alternating $\omega$-automata into equivalent backward deterministic $\omega$-automata and show (1) how it can be used to obtain a transformation of non-deterministic B\"uchi automata into…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Sebastian Preugschat , Thomas Wilke

Deterministic timed automata are strictly less expressive than their non-deterministic counterparts, which are again less expressive than those with silent transitions. As a consequence, timed automata are in general non-determinizable.…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-17 Florian Lorber , Amnon Rosenmann , Dejan Nickovic , Bernhard Aichernig

We propose a symbolic self-triggered controller synthesis procedure for non-deterministic continuous-time nonlinear systems without stability assumptions. The goal is to compute a controller that satisfies two objectives. The first…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-23 Sasinee Pruekprasert , Clovis Eberhart , Jérémy Dubut

Research in robotic planning with temporal logic specifications, such as Linear Temporal Logic (LTL), has relied on single formulas. However, as task complexity increases, LTL formulas become lengthy, making them difficult to interpret and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Xusheng Luo , Changliu Liu

A general mathematical method is presented for the systematic construction of coupled map lattices (CMLs) out of deterministic cellular automata (CAs). The entire CA rule space is addressed by means of a universal map for CAs that we have…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2016-06-09 Vladimir García-Morales

This paper presents an algorithmic framework for control synthesis of continuous dynamical systems subject to signal temporal logic (STL) specifications. We propose a novel algorithm to obtain a time-partitioned finite automaton from an STL…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-05 Qi Heng Ho , Roland B. Ilyes , Zachary N. Sunberg , Morteza Lahijanian

In this paper, we study incremental LTLf synthesis -- a form of reactive synthesis where the goals are given incrementally while in execution. In other words, the protagonist agent is already executing a strategy for a certain goal when it…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Giuseppe De Giacomo , Yves Lespérance , Gianmarco Parretti , Fabio Patrizi , Moshe Y. Vardi

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a critical component of large language model (LLM) post-training. However, on-policy algorithms used for post-training are not naturally robust to a diversified content of experience replay buffers, which…

We propose a method for efficient training of Q-functions for continuous-state Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) such that the traces of the resulting policies satisfy a given Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) property. LTL, a modal logic, can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-15 Mohammadhosein Hasanbeig , Alessandro Abate , Daniel Kroening

Code translation aims to translate the code from its source language to the target language and is used in various software development scenarios. Recent developments in Large Language Models (LLMs) have showcased their capabilities in code…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Zhiming Zhang , Qingfu Zhu , Xianzhen Luo , Yixuan Wang , Bohan Li , Wanxiang Che

This paper extends the work of Laurikari and Kuklewicz on tagged deterministic finite automata (TDFA) in the context of submatch extraction in regular expressions. The main goal of this work is application of TDFA to lexer generators that…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Ulya Trofimovich

Recent work has addressed using formulas in linear temporal logic (LTL) as specifications for agents planning in Markov Decision Processes (MDPs). We consider the inverse problem: inferring an LTL specification from demonstrated behavior…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Daniel Kasenberg , Matthias Scheutz

This paper considers robot motion planning under temporal logic constraints in probabilistic maps obtained by semantic simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The uncertainty in a map distribution presents a great challenge for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jie Fu , Nikolay Atanasov , Ufuk Topcu , George J. Pappas