31 Search Results for "Leucker, Martin"

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.23
A Logic for Fresh Labelled Transition Systems

Authors: Mohamed H. Bandukara and Nikos Tzevelekos

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 363, 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)

Abstract
We introduce a Hennessy-Milner logic with recursion for Fresh Labelled Transition Systems (FLTSs). These are nominal labelled transition systems which keep track of the history, i.e. of data values seen so far, and can model fresh data generation. In particular, FLTSs generalise the computations of Fresh-Register Automata, which in turn can be seen as a "regular" class of history-tracking automata operating on infinite input alphabets. The logic we introduce is a modal mu-calculus equipped with infinite disjunctions over arbitrary and fresh data values respectively, while its recursion is parameterised on vectors of data values. It can express a variety of properties, such as the existence of an infinite path of distinct data values, the absence of paths where values are repeated, or the existence of a finite path where some taint property is violated. We study the model-checking problem and its complexity via a reduction to parity games and, using nominal sets techniques, provide an exponential upper bound for it.
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Mohamed H. Bandukara and Nikos Tzevelekos. A Logic for Fresh Labelled Transition Systems. In 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 363, pp. 23:1-23:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{bandukara_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2026.23,
  author =	{Bandukara, Mohamed H. and Tzevelekos, Nikos},
  title =	{{A Logic for Fresh Labelled Transition Systems}},
  booktitle =	{34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)},
  pages =	{23:1--23:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-411-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{363},
  editor =	{Guerrini, Stefano and K\"{o}nig, Barbara},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.23},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254478},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.23},
  annote =	{Keywords: Nominal Transition Systems, Hennessy-Milner Logic, Modal Mu-Calculus, Register Automata, Nominal Sets, Parity Games}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.24
A Note on the Parameterised Complexity of Coverability in Vector Addition Systems

Authors: Michał Pilipczuk, Sylvain Schmitz, and Henry Sinclair-Banks

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)

Abstract
We investigate the parameterised complexity of the classic coverability problem for vector addition systems (VAS): V ⊆ ℤ^d, an initial configuration s ∈ ℕ^d, and a target configuration t ∈ ℕ^d, decide whether starting from s, one can iteratively add vectors from V to ultimately arrive at a configuration that is larger than or equal to t on every coordinate, while not observing any negative value on any coordinate along the way. We consider two natural parameters for the problem: the dimension d and the size of V, defined as the total bitsize of its encoding. We present several results charting the complexity of those two parameterisations, among which the highlight is that coverability for VAS parameterised by the dimension and with all the numbers in the input encoded in unary is complete for the class XNL under PL-reductions. We also discuss open problems in the topic, most notably the question about fixed-parameter tractability for the parameterisation by the size of V.
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Michał Pilipczuk, Sylvain Schmitz, and Henry Sinclair-Banks. A Note on the Parameterised Complexity of Coverability in Vector Addition Systems. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 24:1-24:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{pilipczuk_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.24,
  author =	{Pilipczuk, Micha{\l} and Schmitz, Sylvain and Sinclair-Banks, Henry},
  title =	{{A Note on the Parameterised Complexity of Coverability in Vector Addition Systems}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
  pages =	{24:1--24:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-407-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{358},
  editor =	{Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.24},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251563},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.24},
  annote =	{Keywords: vector addition system, Petri net, parameterised complexity, coverability}
}
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Invited Talk
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.1
Quantum Circuit Verification - A Potential Roadmap (Invited Talk)

Authors: Parosh Aziz Abdulla, Yu-Fang Chen, Michal Hečko, Lukáš Holík, Ondřej Lengál, Jyun-Ao Lin, and Ramanathan Thinniyam Srinivasan

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)

Abstract
Quantum technologies are progressing at an extraordinary pace and are poised to transform numerous sectors both nationally and globally. Among them, quantum computing stands out for its potential to revolutionize areas such as cryptography, optimization, and the simulation of quantum systems, offering dramatic speed-ups for specific classes of problems. As quantum devices evolve and become increasingly pervasive, guaranteeing their correctness is of paramount importance. This necessitates the development of rigorous methods and tools to analyze and verify their behavior. However, the construction of such verification frameworks presents fundamental challenges. Quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement give rise to computational behaviors that differ profoundly from those of classical systems, leading to inherently probabilistic models and exponentially large state spaces, even for relatively small programs. Addressing these challenges requires building on the extensive expertise of the formal methods community in classical program verification, while incorporating recent advances and collaborative efforts in quantum systems. An interesting challenge for the verification community is to design and implement novel verification frameworks that transfer the key strengths of classical verification, such as expressive specification, precise error detection, automation, and scalability, to the quantum domain. We expect that the results of this research will play a crucial role in enabling the dependable deployment of quantum technologies across a wide range of future applications.
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Parosh Aziz Abdulla, Yu-Fang Chen, Michal Hečko, Lukáš Holík, Ondřej Lengál, Jyun-Ao Lin, and Ramanathan Thinniyam Srinivasan. Quantum Circuit Verification - A Potential Roadmap (Invited Talk). In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 1:1-1:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{abdulla_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.1,
  author =	{Abdulla, Parosh Aziz and Chen, Yu-Fang and He\v{c}ko, Michal and Hol{\'\i}k, Luk\'{a}\v{s} and Leng\'{a}l, Ond\v{r}ej and Lin, Jyun-Ao and Srinivasan, Ramanathan Thinniyam},
  title =	{{Quantum Circuit Verification - A Potential Roadmap}},
  booktitle =	{45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:8},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-406-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{360},
  editor =	{Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250806},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Quantum Circuits, Quantum Computing, Program Verification, Automata, Model Checking}
}
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Short Paper
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.37
LeanLTL: A Unifying Framework for Linear Temporal Logics in Lean (Short Paper)

Authors: Eric Vin, Kyle A. Miller, and Daniel J. Fremont

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 352, 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)

Abstract
We propose LeanLTL, a unifying framework for linear temporal logics in Lean 4. LeanLTL supports reasoning about traces that represent either infinite or finite linear time. The library allows traditional LTL syntax to be combined with arbitrary Lean expressions, making it straightforward to define properties involving numerical or other types. We prove that standard flavors of LTL can be embedded in our framework. The library also provides automation for reasoning about LeanLTL formulas in a way that facilitates using Lean’s existing tactics. Finally, we provide examples illustrating the utility of the library in reasoning about systems that come from applications.
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Eric Vin, Kyle A. Miller, and Daniel J. Fremont. LeanLTL: A Unifying Framework for Linear Temporal Logics in Lean (Short Paper). In 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 352, pp. 37:1-37:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{vin_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2025.37,
  author =	{Vin, Eric and Miller, Kyle A. and Fremont, Daniel J.},
  title =	{{LeanLTL: A Unifying Framework for Linear Temporal Logics in Lean}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)},
  pages =	{37:1--37:9},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-396-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{352},
  editor =	{Forster, Yannick and Keller, Chantal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.37},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-246356},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.37},
  annote =	{Keywords: Linear Temporal Logic, Interactive Theorem Proving, Lean 4}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.56
Negated String Containment Is Decidable

Authors: Vojtěch Havlena, Michal Hečko, Lukáš Holík, and Ondřej Lengál

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 345, 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)

Abstract
We provide a positive answer to a long-standing open question of the decidability of the not-contains string predicate. Not-contains is practically relevant, for instance in symbolic execution of string manipulating programs. Particularly, we show that the predicate ¬Contains(x₁ … x_n, y₁ … y_m), where x₁ … x_n and y₁ … y_m are sequences of string variables constrained by regular languages, is decidable. Decidability of a not-contains predicate combined with chain-free word equations and regular membership constraints follows.
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Vojtěch Havlena, Michal Hečko, Lukáš Holík, and Ondřej Lengál. Negated String Containment Is Decidable. In 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 345, pp. 56:1-56:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{havlena_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.56,
  author =	{Havlena, Vojt\v{e}ch and He\v{c}ko, Michal and Hol{\'\i}k, Luk\'{a}\v{s} and Leng\'{a}l, Ond\v{r}ej},
  title =	{{Negated String Containment Is Decidable}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)},
  pages =	{56:1--56:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-388-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{345},
  editor =	{Gawrychowski, Pawe{\l} and Mazowiecki, Filip and Skrzypczak, Micha{\l}},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.56},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-241631},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.56},
  annote =	{Keywords: not-contains, string constraints, word combinatorics, primitive word}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.77
Minimization of Deterministic Finite Automata Modulo the Edit Distance

Authors: Jakub Michaliszyn and Jan Otop

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 345, 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)

Abstract
We propose a novel approach to minimization of deterministic finite automata (DFA), in which the DFA is further minimized at the expense of relaxing equality of languages to merely a similarity. As the notion of similarity of languages, we consider the edit distance between languages ℒ, ℒ', i.e., the minimal number of edits necessary to transform any word from ℒ to some word from ℒ' and vice versa. In this paper we address two problems: minimization up to a predetermined edit distance given in the input, and minimization up to a bounded edit distance, in which there has to be an upper bound on the number of edits, but it is not specified. We show the first problem to be PSpace {}-complete and that the second problem is in Σ₂^p, and both NP-hard and coNP-hard. We show that if we limit how many strongly connected components can be visited by a single run (i.e., bounded SCC-depth), the problem becomes NP-complete. We also establish maximal subclasses of DFA over which minimization up to a bounded edit distance can be performed in polynomial time. Additionally, we provide a succinct overview of alternative metrics for assessing language similarity.
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Jakub Michaliszyn and Jan Otop. Minimization of Deterministic Finite Automata Modulo the Edit Distance. In 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 345, pp. 77:1-77:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{michaliszyn_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.77,
  author =	{Michaliszyn, Jakub and Otop, Jan},
  title =	{{Minimization of Deterministic Finite Automata Modulo the Edit Distance}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)},
  pages =	{77:1--77:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-388-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{345},
  editor =	{Gawrychowski, Pawe{\l} and Mazowiecki, Filip and Skrzypczak, Micha{\l}},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.77},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-241843},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.77},
  annote =	{Keywords: automata theory, automata minimization, edit distance}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.4
Monitorability for the Modal Mu-Calculus over Systems with Data: From Practice to Theory

Authors: Luca Aceto, Antonis Achilleos, Duncan Paul Attard, Léo Exibard, Adrian Francalanza, Anna Ingólfsdóttir, and Karoliina Lehtinen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 348, 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)

Abstract
Runtime verification consists in checking whether a system satisfies a given specification by observing the execution trace it produces. In the regular setting, the modal μ-calculus provides a versatile formalism for expressing specifications of the control flow of the system. This paper focuses on the data flow and studies an extension of that logic that allows it to express data-dependent properties, identifying fragments that can be verified at runtime and with what correctness guarantees. The logic studied here is closely related with register automata with guessing. That correspondence yields a monitor synthesis algorithm, and a strict hierarchy among the various fragments of the logic, in contrast to the regular setting. We then exhibit a fragment of the logic that can express all monitorable formulae in the logic without greatest fixed-points but not in the full logic, and show this is the best we can get.
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Luca Aceto, Antonis Achilleos, Duncan Paul Attard, Léo Exibard, Adrian Francalanza, Anna Ingólfsdóttir, and Karoliina Lehtinen. Monitorability for the Modal Mu-Calculus over Systems with Data: From Practice to Theory. In 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 348, pp. 4:1-4:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{aceto_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.4,
  author =	{Aceto, Luca and Achilleos, Antonis and Attard, Duncan Paul and Exibard, L\'{e}o and Francalanza, Adrian and Ing\'{o}lfsd\'{o}ttir, Anna and Lehtinen, Karoliina},
  title =	{{Monitorability for the Modal Mu-Calculus over Systems with Data: From Practice to Theory}},
  booktitle =	{36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-389-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{348},
  editor =	{Bouyer, Patricia and van de Pol, Jaco},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-239546},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Runtime verification, monitorability, \muHML with data, register automata}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.8
Model Checking as Program Verification by Abstract Interpretation

Authors: Paolo Baldan, Roberto Bruni, Francesco Ranzato, and Diletta Rigo

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 348, 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)

Abstract
Abstract interpretation offers a powerful toolset for static analysis, tackling precision, complexity and state-explosion issues. In the literature, state partitioning abstractions based on (bi)simulation and property-preserving state relations have been successfully applied to abstract model checking. Here, we pursue a different track in which model checking is seen as an instance of program verification. To this purpose, we introduce a suitable language - called MOKA (for MOdel checking as abstract interpretation of 𝖪leene 𝖠lgebras) - which is used to encode temporal formulae as programs. In particular, we show that (universal fragments of) temporal logics, such as ACTL or, more generally, universal μ-calculus can be transformed into MOKA programs. Such programs return all and only the initial states which violate the formula. By applying abstract interpretation to MOKA programs, we pave the way for reusing more general abstractions than partitions as well as for tuning the precision of the abstraction to remove or avoid false alarms. We show how to perform model checking via a program logic that combines under-approximation and abstract interpretation analysis to avoid false alarms. The notion of locally complete abstraction is used to dynamically improve the analysis precision via counterexample-guided domain refinement.
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Paolo Baldan, Roberto Bruni, Francesco Ranzato, and Diletta Rigo. Model Checking as Program Verification by Abstract Interpretation. In 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 348, pp. 8:1-8:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{baldan_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.8,
  author =	{Baldan, Paolo and Bruni, Roberto and Ranzato, Francesco and Rigo, Diletta},
  title =	{{Model Checking as Program Verification by Abstract Interpretation}},
  booktitle =	{36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-389-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{348},
  editor =	{Bouyer, Patricia and van de Pol, Jaco},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-239583},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: ACTL, \mu-calculus, model checking, abstract interpretation, program analysis, local completeness, abstract interpretation repair, domain refinement, Kleene algebra with tests}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.19
Time for Timed Monitorability

Authors: Thomas M. Grosen, Sean Kauffman, Kim G. Larsen, and Martin Zimmermann

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 348, 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)

Abstract
Monitoring is an important part of the verification toolbox, in particular in situations where exhaustive verification using, e.g., model-checking is infeasible. The goal of online monitoring is to determine the satisfaction or violation of a specification during runtime, i.e., based on finite execution prefixes. However, not every specification is amenable to monitoring, e.g., properties for which no finite execution can witness satisfaction or violation. Monitorability is the question of whether a given specification is amenable to monitoring, and has been extensively studied in discrete time. Here, we study the monitorability problem for real-time properties expressed as Timed Automata. For specifications given by deterministic Timed Muller Automata, we prove decidability while we show that the problem is undecidable for specifications given by nondeterministic Timed Büchi automata. Furthermore, we refine monitorability to also determine bounds on the number of events as well as the time that must pass before monitoring the property may yield an informative verdict. We prove that for deterministic Timed Muller automata, such bounds can be effectively computed. In contrast we show that for nondeterministic Timed Büchi automata such bounds are not computable.
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Thomas M. Grosen, Sean Kauffman, Kim G. Larsen, and Martin Zimmermann. Time for Timed Monitorability. In 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 348, pp. 19:1-19:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{grosen_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.19,
  author =	{Grosen, Thomas M. and Kauffman, Sean and Larsen, Kim G. and Zimmermann, Martin},
  title =	{{Time for Timed Monitorability}},
  booktitle =	{36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)},
  pages =	{19:1--19:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-389-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{348},
  editor =	{Bouyer, Patricia and van de Pol, Jaco},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-239690},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: Monitorability, Monitoring, Timed Automata, MITL}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.20
Compositional Active Learning of Synchronizing Systems Through Automated Alphabet Refinement

Authors: Léo Henry, Mohammad Reza Mousavi, Thomas Neele, and Matteo Sammartino

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 348, 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)

Abstract
Active automata learning infers automaton models of systems from behavioral observations, a technique successfully applied to a wide range of domains. Compositional approaches for concurrent systems have recently emerged. We take a significant step beyond available results, including those by the authors, and develop a general technique for compositional learning of a synchronizing parallel system with an unknown decomposition. Our approach automatically refines the global alphabet into component alphabets while learning the component models. We develop a theoretical treatment of distributions of alphabets, i.e., sets of possibly overlapping component alphabets. We characterize counter-examples that reveal inconsistencies with global observations, and show how to systematically update the distribution to restore consistency. We present a compositional learning algorithm implementing these ideas, where learning counterexamples precisely correspond to distribution counterexamples under well-defined conditions. We provide an implementation, called CoalA, using the state-of-the-art active learning library LearnLib. Our experiments show that in more than 630 subject systems, CoalA delivers orders of magnitude improvements (up to five orders) in membership queries and in systems with significant concurrency, it also achieves better scalability in the number of equivalence queries.
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Léo Henry, Mohammad Reza Mousavi, Thomas Neele, and Matteo Sammartino. Compositional Active Learning of Synchronizing Systems Through Automated Alphabet Refinement. In 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 348, pp. 20:1-20:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{henry_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.20,
  author =	{Henry, L\'{e}o and Mousavi, Mohammad Reza and Neele, Thomas and Sammartino, Matteo},
  title =	{{Compositional Active Learning of Synchronizing Systems Through Automated Alphabet Refinement}},
  booktitle =	{36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2025)},
  pages =	{20:1--20:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-389-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{348},
  editor =	{Bouyer, Patricia and van de Pol, Jaco},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.20},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-239700},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2025.20},
  annote =	{Keywords: Active learning, Compositional methods, Concurrency theory, Labelled transition systems, Formal methods}
}
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Invited Talk
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.2
Vehicle: Bridging the Embedding Gap in the Verification of Neuro-Symbolic Programs (Invited Talk)

Authors: Matthew L. Daggitt, Wen Kokke, Robert Atkey, Ekaterina Komendantskaya, Natalia Slusarz, and Luca Arnaboldi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 337, 10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025)

Abstract
Neuro-symbolic programs, i.e. programs containing both machine learning components and traditional symbolic code, are becoming increasingly widespread. Finding a general methodology for verifying such programs is challenging due to both the number of different tools involved and the intricate interface between the "neural" and "symbolic" program components. In this paper we present a general decomposition of the neuro-symbolic verification problem into parts, and examine the problem of the embedding gap that occurs when one tries to combine proofs about the neural and symbolic components. To address this problem we then introduce Vehicle - standing as an abbreviation for a "verification condition language" - an intermediate programming language interface between machine learning frameworks, automated theorem provers, and dependently-typed formalisations of neuro-symbolic programs. Vehicle allows users to specify the properties of the neural components of neuro-symbolic programs once, and then safely compile the specification to each interface using a tailored typing and compilation procedure. We give a high-level overview of Vehicle’s overall design, its interfaces and compilation & type-checking procedures, and then demonstrate its utility by formally verifying the safety of a simple autonomous car controlled by a neural network, operating in a stochastic environment with imperfect information.
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Matthew L. Daggitt, Wen Kokke, Robert Atkey, Ekaterina Komendantskaya, Natalia Slusarz, and Luca Arnaboldi. Vehicle: Bridging the Embedding Gap in the Verification of Neuro-Symbolic Programs (Invited Talk). In 10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 337, pp. 2:1-2:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{daggitt_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.2,
  author =	{Daggitt, Matthew L. and Kokke, Wen and Atkey, Robert and Komendantskaya, Ekaterina and Slusarz, Natalia and Arnaboldi, Luca},
  title =	{{Vehicle: Bridging the Embedding Gap in the Verification of Neuro-Symbolic Programs}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-374-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{337},
  editor =	{Fern\'{a}ndez, Maribel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-236172},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Neural Network Verification, Types, Interactive Theorem Provers}
}
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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.71
Faster All-Pairs Optimal Electric Car Routing

Authors: Dani Dorfman, Haim Kaplan, Robert E. Tarjan, Mikkel Thorup, and Uri Zwick

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)

Abstract
We present a randomized Õ(n^{3.5})-time algorithm for computing optimal energetic paths for an electric car between all pairs of vertices in an n-vertex directed graph with positive and negative costs, or gains, which are defined to be the negatives of the costs. The optimal energetic paths are finite and well-defined even if the graph contains negative-cost, or equivalently, positive-gain, cycles. This makes the problem much more challenging than standard shortest paths problems. More specifically, for every two vertices s and t in the graph, the algorithm computes α_B(s,t), the maximum amount of charge the car can reach t with, if it starts at s with full battery, i.e., with charge B, where B is the capacity of the battery. The algorithm also outputs a concise description of the optimal energetic paths that achieve these values. In the presence of positive-gain cycles, optimal paths are not necessarily simple. For dense graphs, our new Õ(n^{3.5}) time algorithm improves on a previous Õ(mn²)-time algorithm of Dorfman et al. [ESA 2023] for the problem. The gain of an arc is the amount of charge added to the battery of the car when traversing the arc. The charge in the battery can never exceed the capacity B of the battery and can never be negative. An arc of positive gain may correspond, for example, to a downhill road segment, while an arc with a negative gain may correspond to an uphill segment. A positive-gain cycle, if one exists, can be used in certain cases to charge the battery to its capacity. This makes the problem more interesting and more challenging. As mentioned, optimal energetic paths are well-defined even in the presence of positive-gain cycles. Positive-gain cycles may arise when certain road segments have magnetic charging strips, or when the electric car has solar panels. Combined with a result of Dorfman et al. [SOSA 2024], this also provides a randomized Õ(n^{3.5})-time algorithm for computing minimum-cost paths between all pairs of vertices in an n-vertex graph when the battery can be externally recharged, at varying costs, at intermediate vertices.
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Dani Dorfman, Haim Kaplan, Robert E. Tarjan, Mikkel Thorup, and Uri Zwick. Faster All-Pairs Optimal Electric Car Routing. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 71:1-71:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{dorfman_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.71,
  author =	{Dorfman, Dani and Kaplan, Haim and Tarjan, Robert E. and Thorup, Mikkel and Zwick, Uri},
  title =	{{Faster All-Pairs Optimal Electric Car Routing}},
  booktitle =	{52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
  pages =	{71:1--71:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-372-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{334},
  editor =	{Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.71},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234486},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.71},
  annote =	{Keywords: EV routing, Shortest Paths, Shortcuts, Sampling}
}
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Pearl/Brave New Idea
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.41
Shouting at Memory: Where Did My Write Go? (Pearl/Brave New Idea)

Authors: Vasileios Klimis

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 333, 39th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2025)

Abstract
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) promises persistent data, but verifying that promise on real hardware is challenging due to opaque caching and internal buffers like Intel’s WPQ, which obscure the true state of writes. Traditional validation methods often fall short. This paper introduces a novel perspective: leveraging the subtle timing variations of memory accesses as a direct probe into write persistence. We present a software technique, inspired by echolocation, that uses high-resolution timers to measure memory load latencies. These timings act as distinct signatures ("echoes") revealing whether a write’s data resides in volatile caches or has reached the NVM persistence domain. This offers a non-invasive method to track write progression towards durability. To reliably interpret these potentially noisy timing signatures and systematically explore complex persistence behaviours, we integrate this echolocation probe into an active model learning framework. This synergy enables the automated inference of a system’s actual persistency semantics directly from black-box hardware observations. The approach is hardware-agnostic, adaptive, and scalable. Preliminary experiments on Intel x86 - a platform where persistence validation is notably challenged by the opaque Write Pending Queue (WPQ) - demonstrate the feasibility of our technique. We observed distinct latency clusters differentiating volatile cache accesses from those reaching the persistence domain. This combined approach offers a promising path towards robust and automated validation of NVM persistency across diverse architectures.
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Vasileios Klimis. Shouting at Memory: Where Did My Write Go? (Pearl/Brave New Idea). In 39th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 333, pp. 41:1-41:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{klimis:LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.41,
  author =	{Klimis, Vasileios},
  title =	{{Shouting at Memory: Where Did My Write Go?}},
  booktitle =	{39th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2025)},
  pages =	{41:1--41:26},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-373-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{333},
  editor =	{Aldrich, Jonathan and Silva, Alexandra},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.41},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-233339},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.41},
  annote =	{Keywords: Persistency Memory Semantics, Fuzz Testing, Model Learning}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2025.4
ByteSpector: A Verifying Disassembler for EVM Bytecode

Authors: Franck Cassez

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 129, 6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2025)

Abstract
We present ByteSpector, a tool for constructing and verifying control flow graphs (CFGs) from Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) bytecode. CFGs play a crucial role in analyzing smart contract behavior, but resolving dynamic jumps and ensuring CFG correctness remain significant challenges. ByteSpector addresses these challenges by generating formally verified CFGs, i.e., all target jumps have been resolved correctly, which can serve as a foundation for further contract verification. ByteSpector introduces several key innovation. First, ByteSpector features an efficient algorithm for resolving dynamic jumps that uses a combination of abstract interpretation and semantics reasoning. Second ByteSpector can automatically generate proof objects from EVM bytecode. Proof objects are Dafny programs that encode the semantics of the bytecode, and can be used to prove that computed CFGs over-approximate the contracts execution paths. Third, ByteSpector is written in Dafny and is guaranteed to be free of common runtime errors like array-out-bounds, division-by-zero etc. Moreover, the code and libraries can be automatically translated into multiple languages (e.g., C#, Python, Java, JavaScript), making them reusable in broader verification frameworks. By generating Dafny proof objects (and verified CFGs), ByteSpector provides a robust foundation for bytecode-level analysis, enabling formal verification of smart contracts beyond high-level source code analysis.
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Franck Cassez. ByteSpector: A Verifying Disassembler for EVM Bytecode. In 6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2025). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 129, pp. 4:1-4:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{cassez:OASIcs.FMBC.2025.4,
  author =	{Cassez, Franck},
  title =	{{ByteSpector: A Verifying Disassembler for EVM Bytecode}},
  booktitle =	{6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2025)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:15},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-371-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{129},
  editor =	{Marmsoler, Diego and Xu, Meng},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2025.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-230318},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2025.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: EVM bytecode, deductive verification, Control Flow Graph}
}
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Software
DOI: 10.4230/artifacts.22521
FDIR for Digital Twins

Authors: Lars B. Vosteen

Abstract
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Lars B. Vosteen. FDIR for Digital Twins (Software, Source Code). Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@misc{dagstuhl-artifact-22521,
   title = {{FDIR for Digital Twins}}, 
   author = {Vosteen, Lars B.},
   note = {Software, swhId: \href{https://archive.softwareheritage.org/swh:1:dir:1972d8d2373f5d9c6e127fa16aec1a79755b056a;origin=https://github.com/vosteen/FDIR;visit=swh:1:snp:c9a73730361a36994df71bab5b2150024588732e;anchor=swh:1:rev:46a2b9be2315daba026bacbf9f97d0bbaf6ba8c8}{\texttt{swh:1:dir:1972d8d2373f5d9c6e127fa16aec1a79755b056a}} (visited on 2024-11-28)},
   url = {https://github.com/vosteen/FDIR},
   doi = {10.4230/artifacts.22521},
}
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