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Improved Set-Based Symbolic Algorithms for Parity Games

Authors: Krishnendu Chatterjee, Wolfgang Dvorák, Monika Henzinger, and Veronika Loitzenbauer

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 82, 26th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2017)


Abstract
Graph games with omega-regular winning conditions provide a mathematical framework to analyze a wide range of problems in the analysis of reactive systems and programs (such as the synthesis of reactive systems, program repair, and the verification of branching time properties). Parity conditions are canonical forms to specify omega-regular winning conditions. Graph games with parity conditions are equivalent to mu-calculus model checking, and thus a very important algorithmic problem. Symbolic algorithms are of great significance because they provide scalable algorithms for the analysis of large finite-state systems, as well as algorithms for the analysis of infinite-state systems with finite quotient. A set-based symbolic algorithm uses the basic set operations and the one-step predecessor operators. We consider graph games with n vertices and parity conditions with c priorities (equivalently, a mu-calculus formula with c alternations of least and greatest fixed points). While many explicit algorithms exist for graph games with parity conditions, for set-based symbolic algorithms there are only two algorithms (notice that we use space to refer to the number of sets stored by a symbolic algorithm): (a) the basic algorithm that requires O(n^c) symbolic operations and linear space; and (b) an improved algorithm that requires O(n^{c/2+1}) symbolic operations but also O(n^{c/2+1}) space (i.e., exponential space). In this work we present two set-based symbolic algorithms for parity games: (a) our first algorithm requires O(n^{c/2+1}) symbolic operations and only requires linear space; and (b) developing on our first algorithm, we present an algorithm that requires O(n^{c/3+1}) symbolic operations and only linear space. We also present the first linear space set-based symbolic algorithm for parity games that requires at most a sub-exponential number of symbolic operations.

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Krishnendu Chatterjee, Wolfgang Dvorák, Monika Henzinger, and Veronika Loitzenbauer. Improved Set-Based Symbolic Algorithms for Parity Games. In 26th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 82, pp. 18:1-18:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)


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@InProceedings{chatterjee_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2017.18,
  author =	{Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Dvor\'{a}k, Wolfgang and Henzinger, Monika and Loitzenbauer, Veronika},
  title =	{{Improved Set-Based Symbolic Algorithms for Parity Games}},
  booktitle =	{26th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2017)},
  pages =	{18:1--18:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-045-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{82},
  editor =	{Goranko, Valentin and Dam, Mads},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2017.18},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-76830},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2017.18},
  annote =	{Keywords: model checking, graph games, parity games, symbolic computation, progress measure}
}
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Conditionally Optimal Algorithms for Generalized Büchi Games

Authors: Krishnendu Chatterjee, Wolfgang Dvorák, Monika Henzinger, and Veronika Loitzenbauer

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 58, 41st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2016)


Abstract
Games on graphs provide the appropriate framework to study several central problems in computer science, such as verification and synthesis of reactive systems. One of the most basic objectives for games on graphs is the liveness (or Büchi) objective that given a target set of vertices requires that some vertex in the target set is visited infinitely often. We study generalized Büchi objectives (i.e., conjunction of liveness objectives), and implications between two generalized Büchi objectives (known as GR(1) objectives), that arise in numerous applications in computer-aided verification. We present improved algorithms and conditional super-linear lower bounds based on widely believed assumptions about the complexity of (A1) combinatorial Boolean matrix multiplication and (A2) CNF-SAT. We consider graph games with n vertices, m edges, and generalized Büchi objectives with k conjunctions. First, we present an algorithm with running time O(k*n^2), improving the previously known O(k*n*m) and O(k^2*n^2) worst-case bounds. Our algorithm is optimal for dense graphs under (A1). Second, we show that the basic algorithm for the problem is optimal for sparse graphs when the target sets have constant size under (A2). Finally, we consider GR(1) objectives, with k_1 conjunctions in the antecedent and k_2 conjunctions in the consequent, and present an O(k_1 k_2 n^{2.5})-time algorithm, improving the previously known O(k_1*k_2*n*m)-time algorithm for m > n^{1.5}.

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Krishnendu Chatterjee, Wolfgang Dvorák, Monika Henzinger, and Veronika Loitzenbauer. Conditionally Optimal Algorithms for Generalized Büchi Games. In 41st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 58, pp. 25:1-25:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)


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@InProceedings{chatterjee_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.25,
  author =	{Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Dvor\'{a}k, Wolfgang and Henzinger, Monika and Loitzenbauer, Veronika},
  title =	{{Conditionally Optimal Algorithms for Generalized B\"{u}chi Games}},
  booktitle =	{41st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2016)},
  pages =	{25:1--25:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-016-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{58},
  editor =	{Faliszewski, Piotr and Muscholl, Anca and Niedermeier, Rolf},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.25},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-64403},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.25},
  annote =	{Keywords: generalized B\"{u}chi objective, GR(1) objective, conditional lower bounds, graph games, graph algorithms, computer-aided verification}
}
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