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We introduce hypernode automata as a new specification formalism for hyperproperties of concurrent systems. They are finite automata with nodes labeled with hypernode logic formulas and transitions labeled with actions. A hypernode logic…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Ezio Bartocci , Thomas A. Henzinger , Dejan Nickovic , Ana Oliveira da Costa

A recent paper by Drewes, Hoffmann, and Minas (GCM 2023 proceedings) has shown that certain graph languages can be defined and efficiently recognized by finite automata when strings over typed symbols are interpreted as graphs. This…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Mattia De Rosa , Mark Minas

The Euler tour technique is a classical tool for designing parallel graph algorithms, originally proposed for the PRAM model. We ask whether it can be adapted to run efficiently on GPU. We focus on two established applications of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Adam Polak , Adrian Siwiec , Michał Stobierski

Affine automata provide a finite-state computational model that preserves the linear-algebraic structure of quantum computation while operating entirely over the reals. Recent work has shown that affine automata can far surpass classical…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Zeyu Chen , Junde Wu

This paper introduces a new algorithm for the induction if complex finite state automata from samples of behavior. The algorithm is based on information theoretic principles. The algorithm reduces the search space by many orders of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-02-08 Matthew S. Collins , Jonathan Oliver

In this paper we establish an abstraction of on-the-fly determinization of finite-state automata using transition monoids and demonstrate how it can be applied to bound the asymptotics. We present algebraic and combinatorial properties that…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Ivan Baburin , Ryan Cotterell

Alternating timed automata on infinite words are considered. The main result is a characterization of acceptance conditions for which the emptiness problem for these automata is decidable. This result implies new decidability results for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Pawel Parys , Igor Walukiewicz

Finite automata (FA) are a fundamental computational abstraction that is widely used in practice for various tasks in computer science, linguistics, biology, electrical engineering, and artificial intelligence. Given an input word, an FA…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Jaime Cuartas Granada , Alexey Ignatiev , Peter J. Stuckey

An automaton is universal if it accepts every possible input. We study the notion of u-universality, which asserts that the automaton accepts every input starting with u. Universality and u-universality are both EXPTIME-hard for…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-15 Véronique Bruyère , Marc Ducobu , Olivier Gauwin

In this paper we give a simple polynomial-time algorithm to exactly count the number of Euler Tours (ETs) of any Eulerian graph of bounded treewidth. The problems of counting ETs are known to be #P-complete for general graphs (Brightwell…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-10-02 Prasad Chebolu , Mary Cryan , Russell Martin

Verification of temporal logic properties plays a crucial role in proving the desired behaviors of continuous systems. In this paper, we propose an interval method that verifies the properties described by a bounded signal temporal logic.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-02-09 Daisuke Ishii , Naoki Yonezaki , Alexandre Goldsztejn

When their reading heads are allowed to move completely asynchronously, finite-state automata with multiple tapes achieve a significant expressive power, but also lose useful closure properties---closure under intersection, in particular.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-02-14 Carlo A. Furia

The problem of checking whether two programs are semantically equivalent or not has a diverse range of applications, and is consequently of substantial importance. There are several techniques that address this problem, chiefly by…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Manish Goyal , Muqsit Azeem , Kumar Madhukar , R. Venkatesh

We present an effective algorithm for detecting automorphic orbits in free groups, as well as a number of algorithmic improvements of train tracks for free group automorphisms.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-25 Peter Brinkmann

Design patterns being applied more and more to solve the software engineering difficulties in the object oriented software design procedures. So, the design pattern detection is widely used by software industries. Currently, many solutions…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-08-27 Afnan Salem Ba-Brahem , M. Rizwan Jameel Qureshi

This paper is a survey of extensions to finite automata theory to model real-time systems as well as systems exhibiting mixed discrete-continuous behavior. Real-time systems maintain a continuous and timely interaction with the environment,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Lakhan Shiva Kamireddy

The existing algorithm to compute and verify the automata associated with an automatic group deals only with the subclass of shortlex automatic groups. This paper describes the extension of the algorithm to deal with automatic groups…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Sarah Rees

In runtime verification, monitoring consists of analyzing the current execution of a system and determining, on the basis of the observed finite trace, whether all its possible continuations satisfy or violate a given specification. This is…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Andrea Brunello , Luca Geatti , Angelo Montanari , Nicola Saccomanno

We consider the first problem that appears in any application of synchronizing automata, namely, the problem of deciding whether or not a given $n$-state $k$-letter automaton is synchronizing. First we generalize results from…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-20 Mikhail V. Berlinkov

The main purpose of this paper is to prove the uniqueness of a graph attaining the maximum of the number of independent sets over all $k$-regular graphs on $n$ vertices for $2k|n$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-01 Alexei Dmitriev , Alex Dainiak