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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.29

A Kleene Theorem for Higher-Dimensional Automata

Authors: Uli Fahrenberg, Christian Johansen, Georg Struth, and Krzysztof Ziemiański

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 243, 33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2022)

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We prove a Kleene theorem for higher-dimensional automata (HDAs). It states that the languages they recognise are precisely the rational subsumption-closed sets of interval pomsets. The rational operations include a gluing composition, for which we equip pomsets with interfaces. For our proof, we introduce HDAs with interfaces as presheaves over labelled precube categories and use tools inspired by algebraic topology, such as cylinders and (co)fibrations. HDAs are a general model of non-interleaving concurrency, which subsumes many other models in this field. Interval orders are used as models for concurrent or distributed systems where events extend in time. Our tools and techniques may therefore yield templates for Kleene theorems in various models and applications.

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Uli Fahrenberg, Christian Johansen, Georg Struth, and Krzysztof Ziemiański. A Kleene Theorem for Higher-Dimensional Automata. In 33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 243, pp. 29:1-29:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{fahrenberg_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.29,
  author =	{Fahrenberg, Uli and Johansen, Christian and Struth, Georg and Ziemia\'{n}ski, Krzysztof},
  title =	{{A Kleene Theorem for Higher-Dimensional Automata}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2022)},
  pages =	{29:1--29:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-246-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{243},
  editor =	{Klin, Bartek and Lasota, S{\l}awomir and Muscholl, Anca},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.29},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-170925},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.29},
  annote =	{Keywords: higher-dimensional automata, interval posets, Kleene theorem, concurrency theory, labelled precube categories}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.30

Diamonds for Security: A Non-Interleaving Operational Semantics for the Applied Pi-Calculus

Authors: Clément Aubert, Ross Horne, and Christian Johansen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 243, 33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2022)

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We introduce a non-interleaving structural operational semantics for the applied π-calculus and prove that it satisfies the properties expected of a labelled asynchronous transition system (LATS). LATS have well-studied relations with other standard non-interleaving models, such as Mazurkiewicz traces or event structures, and are a natural extension of labelled transition systems where the independence of transitions is made explicit. We build on a considerable body of literature on located semantics for process algebras and adopt a static view on locations to identify the parallel processes that perform a transition. By lifting, in this way, work on CCS and π-calculus to the applied π-calculus, we lay down a principled foundation for reusing verification techniques such as partial-order reduction and non-interleaving equivalences in the field of security. The key technical device we develop is the notion of located aliases to refer unambiguously to a specific output originating from a specific process. This light mechanism ensures stability, avoiding disjunctive causality problems that parallel extrusion incurs in similar non-interleaving semantics for the π-calculus.

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Clément Aubert, Ross Horne, and Christian Johansen. Diamonds for Security: A Non-Interleaving Operational Semantics for the Applied Pi-Calculus. In 33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 243, pp. 30:1-30:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{aubert_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.30,
  author =	{Aubert, Cl\'{e}ment and Horne, Ross and Johansen, Christian},
  title =	{{Diamonds for Security: A Non-Interleaving Operational Semantics for the Applied Pi-Calculus}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2022)},
  pages =	{30:1--30:26},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-246-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{243},
  editor =	{Klin, Bartek and Lasota, S{\l}awomir and Muscholl, Anca},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.30},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-170930},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.30},
  annote =	{Keywords: Security, Processes, Structural operational semantics, Asynchronous transition systems, Applied pi-calculus}
}

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