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We show that solving delay games with winning conditions given by deterministic and nondeterministic weak Muller automata is 2EXPTIME-complete respectively 3EXPTIME-complete. Furthermore, doubly and triply exponential lookahead is necessary…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-20 Sarah Winter , Martin Zimmermann

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

We study transformations of automata and games using Muller conditions into equivalent ones using parity or Rabin conditions. We present two transformations, one that turns a deterministic Muller automaton into an equivalent deterministic…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Antonio Casares , Thomas Colcombet , Nathanaël Fijalkow , Karoliina Lehtinen

Several distinct techniques have been proposed to design quasi-polynomial algorithms for solving parity games since the breakthrough result of Calude, Jain, Khoussainov, Li, and Stephan (2017): play summaries, progress measures and register…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Wojciech Czerwiński , Laure Daviaud , Nathanaël Fijalkow , Marcin Jurdziński , Ranko Lazić , Paweł Parys

Here, we prove the existence of solutions to first-order mean-field games (MFGs) arising in optimal switching. First, we use the penalization method to construct approximate solutions. Then, we prove uniform estimates for the penalized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-04 Diogo A. Gomes , Stefania Patrizi

We study deterministic optimal control problems for differential games with finite horizon. We propose new approximations of the strategies in feedback form, and show error estimates and a convergence result of the value in some weak sense…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Olivier Bokanowski , Xavier Warin

Parity games are two player games with omega-winning conditions, played on finite graphs. Such games play an important role in verification, satisfiability and synthesis. It is therefore important to identify algorithms that can efficiently…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-09-11 Lisette Sanchez , Wieger Wesselink , Tim A. C. Willemse

In this paper, we generalize modal $\mu$-calculus to the non-distributive (lattice-based) modal $\mu$-calculus and formalize some scenarios regarding categorization using it. We also provide a game semantics for the developed logic. The…

Several problems in planning and reactive synthesis can be reduced to the analysis of two-player quantitative graph games. {\em Optimization} is one form of analysis. We argue that in many cases it may be better to replace the optimization…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-08 Suguman Bansal , Krishnendu Chatterjee , Moshe Y. Vardi

We study nondeterministic strategies in parity games with the aim of computing a most permissive winning strategy. Following earlier work, we measure permissiveness in terms of the average number/weight of transitions blocked by the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-01-14 Patricia Bouyer , Nicolas Markey , Jörg Olschewski , Michael Ummels

In this report we study the problem of minimising deterministic automata over finite and infinite words. Deterministic finite automata are the simplest devices to recognise regular languages, and deterministic Buchi, Co-Buchi, and parity…

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It is well-known that the winning region of a parity game with $n$ nodes and $k$ priorities can be computed as a $k$-nested fixpoint of a suitable function; straightforward computation of this nested fixpoint requires…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Daniel Hausmann , Lutz Schröder

The Distributional Alignment Game framework provides a powerful variational perspective on Answer-Level Fine-Tuning (ALFT). However, standard algorithms for these games rely on estimating logarithmic rewards from small batches, introducing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Mehryar Mohri , Jon Schneider , Yutao Zhong

We introduce quantitative reductions, a novel technique for structuring the space of quantitative games and solving them that does not rely on a reduction to qualitative games. We show that such reductions exhibit the same desirable…

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We study a family of sorting match puzzles on grids, which we call permutation match puzzles. In this puzzle, each row and column of a $n \times n$ grid is labeled with an ordering constraint -- ascending (A) or descending (D) -- and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Kshitij Gajjar , Neeldhara Misra

A nondeterministic automaton is history-deterministic if its nondeterminism can be resolved by only considering the prefix of the word read so far. Due to their good compositional properties, history-deterministic automata are useful in…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Udi Boker , Karoliina Lehtinen

Continuous-time empirical dynamic discrete choice games offer notable computational advantages over discrete-time models. This paper addresses remaining computational and econometric challenges to further improve both model solution and…

Econometrics · Economics 2025-11-11 Jason R. Blevins

The McNaughton-Zielonka divide et impera algorithm is the simplest and most flexible approach available in the literature for determining the winner in a parity game. Despite its theoretical worst-case complexity and the negative reputation…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-09-08 Massimo Benerecetti , Daniele Dell'Erba , Fabio Mogavero

Calude et al. have recently shown that parity games can be solved in quasi-polynomial time, a landmark result that has led to a number of approaches with quasi-polynomial complexity. Jurdinski and Lasic have further improved the precise…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Daniele Dell'Erba , Sven Schewe

The coalgebraic $\mu$-calculus provides a generic semantic framework for fixpoint logics with branching types beyond the standard relational setup, e.g. probabilistic, weighted, or game-based. Previous work on the coalgebraic $\mu$-calculus…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-01-16 Daniel Hausmann , Lutz Schröder