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Verification of Succinct Hierarchical State Machines

Verification of Succinct Hierarchical State Machines
Verification of Succinct Hierarchical State Machines
A hierarchical state machine (HSM) is a finite state machine where a vertex can either expand to another hierarchical state machine (box) or be a basic vertex (node). Each node is labeled with atomic propositions. We study an extension of such model which allows atomic propositions to label also boxes (SHSM). We show that SHSMs can be exponentially more succinct than HSMs, and verification is in general harder by an exponential factor. Also, we show for a subclass of SHSMs (which can still be exponentially more succinct than HSMs) the same upper bounds as for HSMs.
La Torre, Salvatore
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Napoli, Margherita
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Parente, Mimmo
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Parlato, Gennaro
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La Torre, Salvatore
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Napoli, Margherita
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Parente, Mimmo
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Parlato, Gennaro
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La Torre, Salvatore, Napoli, Margherita, Parente, Mimmo and Parlato, Gennaro (2007) Verification of Succinct Hierarchical State Machines. Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA).

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Abstract

A hierarchical state machine (HSM) is a finite state machine where a vertex can either expand to another hierarchical state machine (box) or be a basic vertex (node). Each node is labeled with atomic propositions. We study an extension of such model which allows atomic propositions to label also boxes (SHSM). We show that SHSMs can be exponentially more succinct than HSMs, and verification is in general harder by an exponential factor. Also, we show for a subclass of SHSMs (which can still be exponentially more succinct than HSMs) the same upper bounds as for HSMs.

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Published date: 2007
Venue - Dates: Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA), 2007-01-01
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems

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Local EPrints ID: 370685
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/370685
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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 18:20

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Author: Salvatore La Torre
Author: Margherita Napoli
Author: Mimmo Parente
Author: Gennaro Parlato

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