29 Search Results for "Thomas, Wolfgang"

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.7
What Is a Spatio-Temporal Model Good For?: Validity as a Function of Purpose and the Questions Answered by a Model

Authors: Simon Scheider and Judith A. Verstegen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 315, 16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024)

Abstract
The concept of validity is a cornerstone of science. Given this central role, it is somewhat surprising to find that validity remains a rather obscure concept. Unfortunately, the term is often reduced to a matter of ground truth data, seemingly because we fail to come to grips with it. In this paper, instead, we take a purpose-based approach to the validity of spatio-temporal models. We argue that a model application is valid only if the model delivers an answer to a particular spatio-temporal question specifying some experiment including spatio-temporal controls and measures. Such questions constitute the information purposes of models, forming an intermediate layer in a pragmatic knowledge pyramid with corresponding levels of validity. We introduce a corresponding question-based grammar that allows us to formally distinguish among contemporary inference, prediction, retrodiction, projection, and retrojection models. We apply the grammar to corresponding examples and discuss the possibilities for validating such models as a means to a given end.
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Simon Scheider and Judith A. Verstegen. What Is a Spatio-Temporal Model Good For?: Validity as a Function of Purpose and the Questions Answered by a Model. In 16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 315, pp. 7:1-7:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{scheider_et_al:LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.7,
  author =	{Scheider, Simon and Verstegen, Judith A.},
  title =	{{What Is a Spatio-Temporal Model Good For?: Validity as a Function of Purpose and the Questions Answered by a Model}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-330-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{315},
  editor =	{Adams, Benjamin and Griffin, Amy L. and Scheider, Simon and McKenzie, Grant},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-208225},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: validity, fitness-for-purpose, spatio-temporal modeling, pragmatics, question grammar}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2024.19
An Efficient Local Search Solver for Mixed Integer Programming

Authors: Peng Lin, Mengchuan Zou, and Shaowei Cai

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 307, 30th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2024)

Abstract
Mixed integer programming (MIP) is a fundamental model in operations research. Local search is a powerful method for solving hard problems, but the development of local search solvers for MIP still needs to be explored. This work develops an efficient local search solver for solving MIP, called Local-MIP. We propose two new operators for MIP to adaptively modify variables for optimizing the objective function and satisfying constraints, respectively. Furthermore, we design a new weighting scheme to dynamically balance the priority between the objective function and each constraint, and propose a two-level scoring function structure to hierarchically guide the search for high-quality feasible solutions. Experiments are conducted on seven public benchmarks to compare Local-MIP with state-of-the-art MIP solvers, which demonstrate that Local-MIP significantly outperforms CPLEX, HiGHS, SCIP and Feasibility Jump, and is competitive with the most powerful commercial solver Gurobi. Moreover, Local-MIP establishes 4 new records for MIPLIB open instances.
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Peng Lin, Mengchuan Zou, and Shaowei Cai. An Efficient Local Search Solver for Mixed Integer Programming. In 30th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 307, pp. 19:1-19:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{lin_et_al:LIPIcs.CP.2024.19,
  author =	{Lin, Peng and Zou, Mengchuan and Cai, Shaowei},
  title =	{{An Efficient Local Search Solver for Mixed Integer Programming}},
  booktitle =	{30th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2024)},
  pages =	{19:1--19:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-336-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{307},
  editor =	{Shaw, Paul},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2024.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-207041},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2024.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: Mixed Integer Programming, Local Search, Operator, Scoring Function}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.24
IMELL Cut Elimination with Linear Overhead

Authors: Beniamino Accattoli and Claudio Sacerdoti Coen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 299, 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024)

Abstract
Recently, Accattoli introduced the Exponential Substitution Calculus (ESC) given by untyped proof terms for Intuitionistic Multiplicative Exponential Linear Logic (IMELL), endowed with rewriting rules at-a-distance for cut elimination. He also introduced a new cut elimination strategy, dubbed the good strategy, and showed that its number of steps is a time cost model with polynomial overhead for ESC/IMELL, and the first such one. Here, we refine Accattoli’s result by introducing an abstract machine for ESC and proving that it implements the good strategy and computes cut-free terms/proofs within a linear overhead.
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Beniamino Accattoli and Claudio Sacerdoti Coen. IMELL Cut Elimination with Linear Overhead. In 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 299, pp. 24:1-24:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{accattoli_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.24,
  author =	{Accattoli, Beniamino and Sacerdoti Coen, Claudio},
  title =	{{IMELL Cut Elimination with Linear Overhead}},
  booktitle =	{9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024)},
  pages =	{24:1--24:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-323-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{299},
  editor =	{Rehof, Jakob},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.24},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-203539},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.24},
  annote =	{Keywords: Lambda calculus, linear logic, abstract machines}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagMan.10.1.1
Current and Future Challenges in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop 22282)

Authors: James P. Delgrande, Birte Glimm, Thomas Meyer, Miroslaw Truszczynski, and Frank Wolter

Published in: Dagstuhl Manifestos, Volume 10, Issue 1 (2024)

Abstract
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning is a central, longstanding, and active area of Artificial Intelligence. Over the years it has evolved significantly; more recently it has been challenged and complemented by research in areas such as machine learning and reasoning under uncertainty. In July 2022,sser a Dagstuhl Perspectives workshop was held on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. The goal of the workshop was to describe the state of the art in the field, including its relation with other areas, its shortcomings and strengths, together with recommendations for future progress. We developed this manifesto based on the presentations, panels, working groups, and discussions that took place at the Dagstuhl Workshop. It is a declaration of our views on Knowledge Representation: its origins, goals, milestones, and current foci; its relation to other disciplines, especially to Artificial Intelligence; and on its challenges, along with key priorities for the next decade.
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James P. Delgrande, Birte Glimm, Thomas Meyer, Miroslaw Truszczynski, and Frank Wolter. Current and Future Challenges in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop 22282). In Dagstuhl Manifestos, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 1-61, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@Article{delgrande_et_al:DagMan.10.1.1,
  author =	{Delgrande, James P. and Glimm, Birte and Meyer, Thomas and Truszczynski, Miroslaw and Wolter, Frank},
  title =	{{Current and Future Challenges in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop 22282)}},
  pages =	{1--61},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Manifestos},
  ISSN =	{2193-2433},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{10},
  number =	{1},
  editor =	{Delgrande, James P. and Glimm, Birte and Meyer, Thomas and Truszczynski, Miroslaw and Wolter, Frank},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagMan.10.1.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-201403},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagMan.10.1.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Knowledge representation and reasoning, Applications of logics, Declarative representations, Formal logic}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2024.51
Efficient Algorithms for Complexes of Persistence Modules with Applications

Authors: Tamal K. Dey, Florian Russold, and Shreyas N. Samaga

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 293, 40th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2024)

Abstract
We extend the persistence algorithm, viewed as an algorithm computing the homology of a complex of free persistence or graded modules, to complexes of modules that are not free. We replace persistence modules by their presentations and develop an efficient algorithm to compute the homology of a complex of presentations. To deal with inputs that are not given in terms of presentations, we give an efficient algorithm to compute a presentation of a morphism of persistence modules. This allows us to compute persistent (co)homology of instances giving rise to complexes of non-free modules. Our methods lead to a new efficient algorithm for computing the persistent homology of simplicial towers and they enable efficient algorithms to compute the persistent homology of cosheaves over simplicial towers and cohomology of persistent sheaves on simplicial complexes. We also show that we can compute the cohomology of persistent sheaves over arbitrary finite posets by reducing the computation to a computation over simplicial complexes.
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Tamal K. Dey, Florian Russold, and Shreyas N. Samaga. Efficient Algorithms for Complexes of Persistence Modules with Applications. In 40th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 293, pp. 51:1-51:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{dey_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2024.51,
  author =	{Dey, Tamal K. and Russold, Florian and Samaga, Shreyas N.},
  title =	{{Efficient Algorithms for Complexes of Persistence Modules with Applications}},
  booktitle =	{40th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2024)},
  pages =	{51:1--51:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-316-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{293},
  editor =	{Mulzer, Wolfgang and Phillips, Jeff M.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2024.51},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-199969},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2024.51},
  annote =	{Keywords: Persistent (co)homology, Persistence modules, Sheaves, Presentations}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2024.2
Formal Specification of the Cardano Blockchain Ledger, Mechanized in Agda

Authors: Andre Knispel, Orestis Melkonian, James Chapman, Alasdair Hill, Joosep Jääger, William DeMeo, and Ulf Norell

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 118, 5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2024)

Abstract
Blockchain systems comprise critical software that handle substantial monetary funds, rendering them excellent candidates for formal verification. One of their core components is the underlying ledger that does all the accounting: keeping track of transactions and their validity, etc. Unfortunately, previous theoretical studies are typically confined to an idealized setting, while specifications for real implementations are scarce; either the functionality is directly implemented without a proper specification, or at best an informal specification is written on paper. The present work expands beyond prior meta-theoretical investigations of the EUTxO model to encompass the full scale of the Cardano blockchain: our formal specification describes a hierarchy of modular transitions that covers all the intricacies of a realistic blockchain, such as fully expressive smart contracts and decentralized governance. It is mechanized in a proof assistant, thus enjoys a higher standard of rigor: type-checking prevents minor oversights that were frequent in previous informal approaches; key meta-theoretical properties can now be formally proven; it is an executable specification against which the implementation in production is being tested for conformance; and it provides firm foundations for smart contract verification. Apart from a safety net to keep us in check, the formalization also provides a guideline for the ledger design: one informs the other in a symbiotic way, especially in the case of state-of-the-art features like decentralized governance, which is an emerging sub-field of blockchain research that however mandates a more exploratory approach. All the results presented in this paper have been mechanized in the Agda proof assistant and are publicly available. In fact, this document is itself a literate Agda script and all rendered code has been successfully type-checked.
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Andre Knispel, Orestis Melkonian, James Chapman, Alasdair Hill, Joosep Jääger, William DeMeo, and Ulf Norell. Formal Specification of the Cardano Blockchain Ledger, Mechanized in Agda. In 5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2024). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 118, pp. 2:1-2:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{knispel_et_al:OASIcs.FMBC.2024.2,
  author =	{Knispel, Andre and Melkonian, Orestis and Chapman, James and Hill, Alasdair and J\"{a}\"{a}ger, Joosep and DeMeo, William and Norell, Ulf},
  title =	{{Formal Specification of the Cardano Blockchain Ledger, Mechanized in Agda}},
  booktitle =	{5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2024)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:18},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-317-1},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{118},
  editor =	{Bernardo, Bruno and Marmsoler, Diego},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2024.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-198673},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2024.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: blockchain, distributed ledgers, UTxO, Cardano, formal verification, Agda}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.47
HyperLTL Satisfiability Is Σ₁¹-Complete, HyperCTL* Satisfiability Is Σ₁²-Complete

Authors: Marie Fortin, Louwe B. Kuijer, Patrick Totzke, and Martin Zimmermann

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 202, 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021)

Abstract
Temporal logics for the specification of information-flow properties are able to express relations between multiple executions of a system. The two most important such logics are HyperLTL and HyperCTL*, which generalise LTL and CTL* by trace quantification. It is known that this expressiveness comes at a price, i.e. satisfiability is undecidable for both logics. In this paper we settle the exact complexity of these problems, showing that both are in fact highly undecidable: we prove that HyperLTL satisfiability is Σ₁¹-complete and HyperCTL* satisfiability is Σ₁²-complete. These are significant increases over the previously known lower bounds and the first upper bounds. To prove Σ₁²-membership for HyperCTL*, we prove that every satisfiable HyperCTL* sentence has a model that is equinumerous to the continuum, the first upper bound of this kind. We prove this bound to be tight. Finally, we show that the membership problem for every level of the HyperLTL quantifier alternation hierarchy is Π₁¹-complete.
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Marie Fortin, Louwe B. Kuijer, Patrick Totzke, and Martin Zimmermann. HyperLTL Satisfiability Is Σ₁¹-Complete, HyperCTL* Satisfiability Is Σ₁²-Complete. In 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 202, pp. 47:1-47:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{fortin_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.47,
  author =	{Fortin, Marie and Kuijer, Louwe B. and Totzke, Patrick and Zimmermann, Martin},
  title =	{{HyperLTL Satisfiability Is \Sigma₁¹-Complete, HyperCTL* Satisfiability Is \Sigma₁²-Complete}},
  booktitle =	{46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021)},
  pages =	{47:1--47:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-201-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{202},
  editor =	{Bonchi, Filippo and Puglisi, Simon J.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.47},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-144870},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.47},
  annote =	{Keywords: HyperLTL, HyperCTL*, Satisfiability, Analytical Hierarchy}
}
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Invited Talk
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2017.6
Determinacy of Infinite Games: Perspectives of the Algorithmic Approach (Invited Talk)

Authors: Wolfgang Thomas

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

Abstract
Determinacy of infinite two-player games is a topic of descriptive set theory that has triggered intensive research in theoretical computer science since 1957 when A. Church formulated his "synthesis problem" (regarding the construction of circuits with infinite behavior from logical specifications). In the first part of the lecture we review the fascinating development of the algorithmic theory of infinite games that was started by Church's problem, that enriched automata theory and related fields, and that led to interesting applications in verification and program synthesis. In the second part we turn to the question how to lift this theory from the case of the Cantor space (where a play is a sequence of bits) to the case of the Baire space (where a play is a sequence of natural numbers). While this step does not involve difficulties in classical descriptive set theory, the algorithmic approach raises non-trivial questions since it requires to consider automata that work over infinite alphabets. We present recent results (joint work with B. Brütsch) that provide a solution of Church's synthesis problem in this context, and we point to numerous questions that are still open.
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Wolfgang Thomas. Determinacy of Infinite Games: Perspectives of the Algorithmic Approach (Invited Talk). In 26th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 82, p. 6:1, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{thomas:LIPIcs.CSL.2017.6,
  author =	{Thomas, Wolfgang},
  title =	{{Determinacy of Infinite Games: Perspectives of the Algorithmic Approach}},
  booktitle =	{26th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2017)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:1},
  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.2017.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-77083},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2017.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: Infinite games, descriptive set theory, automata theory, transducers, automatic synthesis}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.6.6.1
Immersive Analytics (Dagstuhl Seminar 16231)

Authors: Tim Dwyer, Nathalie Henry Riche, Karsten Klein, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, and Bruce Thomas

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 6, Issue 6 (2016)

Abstract
This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 16231 "Immersive Analytics". Close to 40 researchers and practitioners participated in this seminar to discuss and define the field of Immersive Analytics, to create a community around it, and to identify its research challenges. As the participants had a diverse background in a variety of disciplines, including Human-Computer-Interaction, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Information Visualization, and Visual Analytics, the seminar featured a couple of survey talks on the first days, followed by plenary and working group discussions that were meant to shape the field of Immerswive Analytics. As an outcome, a book publication is planned with book chapters provided by the participants.
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Tim Dwyer, Nathalie Henry Riche, Karsten Klein, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, and Bruce Thomas. Immersive Analytics (Dagstuhl Seminar 16231). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 6, Issue 6, pp. 1-9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@Article{dwyer_et_al:DagRep.6.6.1,
  author =	{Dwyer, Tim and Henry Riche, Nathalie and Klein, Karsten and Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang and Thomas, Bruce},
  title =	{{Immersive Analytics (Dagstuhl Seminar 16231)}},
  pages =	{1--9},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{6},
  number =	{6},
  editor =	{Dwyer, Tim and Henry Riche, Nathalie and Klein, Karsten and Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang and Thomas, Bruce},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.6.6.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-67249},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.6.6.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Visual Analytics, Immersion, Human-Computer Interaction, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.95
Past, Present, and Infinite Future

Authors: Thomas Wilke

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 55, 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016)

Abstract
I was supposed to deliver one of the speeches at Wolfgang Thomas's retirement ceremony. Wolfgang had called me on the phone earlier and posed some questions about temporal logic, but I hadn't had good answers at the time. What I decided to do at the ceremony was to take up the conversation again and show how it could have evolved if only I had put more effort into answering his questions. Here is the imaginary conversation with Wolfgang. The contributions are (1) the first direct translation from counter-free omega-automata into future temporal formulas, (2) a definition of bimachines for omega-words, (3) a translation from arbitrary temporal formulas (including both, future and past operators) into counter-free omega-bimachines, and (4) an automata-based proof of separation: every arbitrary temporal formula is equivalent to a boolean combination of pure future, present, and pure past formulas when interpreted in omega-words.
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Thomas Wilke. Past, Present, and Infinite Future. In 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 55, pp. 95:1-95:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{wilke:LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.95,
  author =	{Wilke, Thomas},
  title =	{{Past, Present, and Infinite Future}},
  booktitle =	{43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016)},
  pages =	{95:1--95:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-013-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{55},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Mitzenmacher, Michael and Rabani, Yuval and Sangiorgi, Davide},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.95},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-62306},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.95},
  annote =	{Keywords: linear-time temporal logic, separation, backward deterministic omega-automata, counter freeness}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.5.2.1
Non-Zero-Sum-Games and Control (Dagstuhl Seminar 15061)

Authors: Krishnendu Chatterjee, Stéphane Lafortune, Nicolas Markey, and Wolfgang Thomas

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 5, Issue 2 (2015)

Abstract
In this report, the program, research issues, and results of Dagstuhl Seminar 15061 "Non-Zero-Sum-Games and Control" are described. The area of non-zero-sum games is addressed in a wide range of topics: multi-player games, partial-observation games, quantitative game models, and - as a special focus - connections with control engineering (supervisory control).
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Krishnendu Chatterjee, Stéphane Lafortune, Nicolas Markey, and Wolfgang Thomas. Non-Zero-Sum-Games and Control (Dagstuhl Seminar 15061). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 1-25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@Article{chatterjee_et_al:DagRep.5.2.1,
  author =	{Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Lafortune, St\'{e}phane and Markey, Nicolas and Thomas, Wolfgang},
  title =	{{Non-Zero-Sum-Games and Control (Dagstuhl Seminar 15061)}},
  pages =	{1--25},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{5},
  number =	{2},
  editor =	{Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Lafortune, St\'{e}phane and Markey, Nicolas and Thomas, Wolfgang},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.5.2.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-50424},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.5.2.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: non-zero-sum games, infinite games, multi-player games, partial-observation games, quantitative games, controller synthesis, supervisory control}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.172
Constant compression and random weights

Authors: Wolfgang Merkle and Jason Teutsch

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 14, 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)

Abstract
Omega numbers, as considered in algorithmic randomness, are by definition real numbers that are equal to the halting probability of a universal prefix-free Turing machine. Omega numbers are obviously left-r.e., i.e., are effectively approximable from below. Furthermore, among all left-r.e. real numbers in the appropriate range between 0 and 1, the Omega numbers admit well-known characterizations as the ones that are Martin-Löf random, as well as the ones such that any of their effective approximation from below is slower than any other effective approximation from below to any other real, up to a constant factor. In what follows, we obtain a further characterization of Omega numbers in terms of Theta numbers. Tadaki considered for a given prefix-free Turing machine and some natural number a the set of all strings that are compressed by this machine by at least a bits relative to their length, and he introduced Theta numbers as the weight of sets of this form. He showed that in the case of a universal prefix-free Turing machine any Theta number is an Omega number and he asked whether this implication can be reversed. We answer his question in the affirmative and thus obtain a new characterization of Omega numbers. In addition to the one-sided case of the set of all strings compressible by at least a certain number a of bits, we consider sets that comprise all strings that are compressible by at least a but no more than b bits, and we call the weight of such a set a two-sided Theta number. We demonstrate that in the case of a universal prefix-free Turing machine, for given a and all sufficiently large b the corresponding two-sided Theta number is again an Omega number. Conversely, any Omega number can be realized as two-sided Theta number for any pair of natural numbers a and b>a.
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Wolfgang Merkle and Jason Teutsch. Constant compression and random weights. In 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 14, pp. 172-181, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2012)

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@InProceedings{merkle_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2012.172,
  author =	{Merkle, Wolfgang and Teutsch, Jason},
  title =	{{Constant compression and random weights}},
  booktitle =	{29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)},
  pages =	{172--181},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-35-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{14},
  editor =	{D\"{u}rr, Christoph and Wilke, Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.172},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-34351},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.172},
  annote =	{Keywords: computational complexity, Kolmogorov complexity, algorithmic randomness, Omega number}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.1
10501 Abstracts Collection – Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees

Authors: Christian Glasser, Jean-Eric Pin, Nicole Schweikardt, Victor Selivanov, and Wolfgang Thomas

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10501, Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees (2011)

Abstract
From 12.12.2010 to 17.12.2010, the Dagstuhl Seminar 10501 ``Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees'' was held in Schloss Dagstuhl~--~Leibniz Center for Informatics. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available.
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Christian Glasser, Jean-Eric Pin, Nicole Schweikardt, Victor Selivanov, and Wolfgang Thomas. 10501 Abstracts Collection – Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees. In Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10501, pp. 1-12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{glasser_et_al:DagSemProc.10501.1,
  author =	{Glasser, Christian and Pin, Jean-Eric and Schweikardt, Nicole and Selivanov, Victor and Thomas, Wolfgang},
  title =	{{10501 Abstracts Collection – Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees}},
  booktitle =	{Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees},
  pages =	{1--12},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2011},
  volume =	{10501},
  editor =	{Christian Glasser and Jean-Eric Pin and Nicole Schweikardt and Victor Selivanov and Wolfgang Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-31486},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Automata theory, logic, verification, data structures, algorithms, complexity, games, infinite games with perfect information, reactive systems, specification and verification, combinatorics, hierarchies and reducibilities}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.2
10501 Executive Summary – Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees

Authors: Christian Glasser, Jean-Eric Pin, Nicole Schweikardt, Victor Selivanov, and Wolfgang Thomas

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10501, Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees (2011)

Abstract
The aim of the seminar was to discuss and systematize the recent fast progress in automata theory and to identify important directions for future research. For this, the seminar brought together more than 40 researchers from automata theory and related fields of applications. We had 19 talks of 30 minutes and 5 one-hour lectures leaving ample room for discussions. In the following we describe the topics in more detail.
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Christian Glasser, Jean-Eric Pin, Nicole Schweikardt, Victor Selivanov, and Wolfgang Thomas. 10501 Executive Summary – Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees. In Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10501, pp. 1-4, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{glasser_et_al:DagSemProc.10501.2,
  author =	{Glasser, Christian and Pin, Jean-Eric and Schweikardt, Nicole and Selivanov, Victor and Thomas, Wolfgang},
  title =	{{10501 Executive Summary – Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees}},
  booktitle =	{Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees},
  pages =	{1--4},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2011},
  volume =	{10501},
  editor =	{Christian Glasser and Jean-Eric Pin and Nicole Schweikardt and Victor Selivanov and Wolfgang Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-31474},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Infinite games with perfect information, reactive systems, specification and verification, combinatorics, hierarchies and reducibilities}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.3
Parsing Unary Boolean Grammars Using Online Convolution

Authors: Alexander Okhotin and Christian Reitwießner

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10501, Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees (2011)

Abstract
In contrast to context-free grammars, the extension of these grammars by explicit conjunction, the so-called conjunctive grammars can generate (quite complicated) non-regular languages over a single-letter alphabet (DLT 2007). Given these expressibility results, we study the parsability of Boolean grammars, an extension of context-free grammars by conjunction and negation, over a unary alphabet and show that they can be parsed in time O(|G| log^2(n) M(n)) where M(n) is the time to multiply two n-bit integers. This multiplication algorithm is transformed into a convolution algorithm which in turn is converted to an online convolution algorithm which is used for the parsing.
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Alexander Okhotin and Christian Reitwießner. Parsing Unary Boolean Grammars Using Online Convolution. In Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10501, pp. 1-11, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{okhotin_et_al:DagSemProc.10501.3,
  author =	{Okhotin, Alexander and Reitwie{\ss}ner, Christian},
  title =	{{Parsing Unary Boolean Grammars Using Online Convolution}},
  booktitle =	{Advances and Applications of Automata on Words and Trees},
  pages =	{1--11},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2011},
  volume =	{10501},
  editor =	{Christian Glasser and Jean-Eric Pin and Nicole Schweikardt and Victor Selivanov and Wolfgang Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-31465},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.10501.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: }
}
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