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Two new logics for verification of hyperproperties are proposed. Hyperproperties characterize security policies, such as noninterference, as a property of sets of computation paths. Standard temporal logics such as LTL, CTL, and CTL* can…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Michael R. Clarkson , Bernd Finkbeiner , Masoud Koleini , Kristopher K. Micinski , Markus N. Rabe , César Sánchez

Security properties of real-time systems often involve reasoning about hyper-properties, as opposed to properties of single executions or trees of executions. These hyper-properties need to additionally be expressive enough to reason about…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Nabarun Deka , Minjian Zhang , Rohit Chadha , Mahesh Viswanathan

Many important properties of cyber-physical systems (CPS) are defined upon the relationship between multiple executions simultaneously in continuous time. Examples include probabilistic fairness and sensitivity to modeling errors (i.e.,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-08-07 Yu Wang , Mojtaba Zarei , Borzoo Bonakdarpour , Miroslav Pajic

In this communication, we resolve a longstanding open question in the probabilistic verification of infinite-state systems. We show that model checking {\it stateless probabilistic pushdown systems (pBPA)} against {\it probabilistic…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Deren Lin , Tianrong Lin

We present a formulation of the problem of probabilistic model checking as one of query evaluation over probabilistic logic programs. To the best of our knowledge, our formulation is the first of its kind, and it covers a rich class of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-04-24 Andrey Gorlin , C. R. Ramakrishnan , Scott A. Smolka

Probabilistic hyperproperties describe probabilistic relations between multiple sets of executions in a stochastic system. Prominent examples include information-theoretic characterizations of security and privacy policies. However, model…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Lina Gerlach , Tobias Winkler , Erika Ábrahám , Borzoo Bonakdarpour , Sebastian Junges

It is crucial for accurate model checking that the model be a complete and faithful representation of the system. Unfortunately, this is not always possible, mainly because of two reasons: (i) the model is still under development and (ii)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-06-19 Shiraj Arora , M. V. Panduranga Rao

Propositional Projection Temporal Logic (PPTL) is a useful formalism for reasoning about period of time in hardware and software systems and can handle both sequential and parallel compositions. In this paper, based on discrete time Markov…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-11-08 Xiaoxiao Yang

Hyperproperties extend trace properties to express properties of sets of traces, and they are increasingly popular in specifying various security and performance-related properties in domains such as cyber-physical systems, smart grids, and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-11 Ernest Bonnah , Luan Viet Nguyen , Khaza Anuarul Hoque

The Probabilistic Computational Tree Logic (PCTL) is the main specification formalism for discrete probabilistic systems modeled by Markov chains. Despite serious research attempts, the decidability of PCTL satisfiability and validity…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Miroslav Chodil , Antonín Kučera

In this paper we investigate the applicability of standard model checking approaches to verifying properties in probabilistic programming. As the operational model for a standard probabilistic program is a potentially infinite parametric…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2016-07-28 Nils Jansen , Christian Dehnert , Benjamin Lucien Kaminski , Joost-Pieter Katoen , Lukas Westhofen

Hyperproperties, such as non-interference and observational determinism, relate multiple system executions to each other. They are not expressible in standard temporal logics, like LTL, CTL, and CTL*, and thus cannot be monitored with…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Bernd Finkbeiner , Christopher Hahn , Marvin Stenger , Leander Tentrup

Hyperproperties are properties over sets of traces (or runs) of a system, as opposed to properties of just one trace. They were introduced in 2010 and have been much studied since, in particular via an extension of the temporal logic LTL…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Nicolas Waldburger , Chana Weil-Kennedy , Pierre Ganty , César Sánchez

Design and control of autonomous systems that operate in uncertain or adversarial environments can be facilitated by formal modelling and analysis. Probabilistic model checking is a technique to automatically verify, for a given temporal…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Marta Kwiatkowska , Gethin Norman , David Parker

When dealing with process calculi and automata which express both nondeterministic and probabilistic behavior, it is customary to introduce the notion of scheduler to solve the nondeterminism. It has been observed that for certain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2007-06-13 Konstantinos Chatzikokolakis , Catuscia Palamidessi

We develop model checking algorithms for Temporal Stream Logic (TSL) and Hyper Temporal Stream Logic (HyperTSL) modulo theories. TSL extends Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) with memory cells, functions and predicates, making it a convenient and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Bernd Finkbeiner , Hadar Frenkel , Jana Hofmann , Janine Lohse

We study the expressivity and complexity of model checking linear temporal logic with team semantics (TeamLTL). TeamLTL, despite being a purely modal logic, is capable of defining hyperproperties, i.e., properties which relate multiple…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Jonni Virtema , Jana Hofmann , Bernd Finkbeiner , Juha Kontinen , Fan Yang

Probabilistic Computation Tree Logic (PCTL) is a well-known modal logic which has become a standard for expressing temporal properties of finite-state Markov chains in the context of automated model checking. In this paper, we give a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-22 Federico Ramponi , Debasish Chatterjee , Sean Summers , John Lygeros

Markov chains and Markov decision processes (MDPs) are well-established probabilistic models. While finite Markov models are well-understood, analysing their infinite counterparts remains a significant challenge. Decisiveness has proven to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Nathalie Bertrand , Patricia Bouyer , Thomas Brihaye , Paulin Fournier , Pierre Vandenhove

Generalized Probabilistic Logic (GPL) is a temporal logic, based on the modal mu-calculus, for specifying properties of reactive probabilistic systems. We explore XPL, an extension to GPL allowing the semantics of nondeterminism present in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-05-10 Andrey Gorlin , C. R. Ramakrishnan