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Erschienen in: Theory of Computing Systems 4/2021

15.09.2020

The Containment Problem for Unambiguous Register Automata and Unambiguous Timed Automata

verfasst von: Antoine Mottet, Karin Quaas

Erschienen in: Theory of Computing Systems | Ausgabe 4/2021

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Abstract

We investigate the complexity of the containment problem “Does \(L(\mathcal {A})\subseteq L({\mathscr{B}})\) hold?” for register automata and timed automata, where \({\mathscr{B}}\) is assumed to be unambiguous and \(\mathcal {A}\) is arbitrary. We prove that the problem is decidable in the case of register automata over \((\mathbb N,=)\), in the case of register automata over \((\mathbb Q,<)\) when \({\mathscr{B}}\) has a single register, and in the case of timed automata when \({\mathscr{B}}\) has a single clock. We give a 2-EXPSPACE algorithm in the first case, whose complexity is a single exponential in the case that \({\mathscr{B}}\) has a bounded number of registers. In the other cases, we give an EXPSPACE algorithm.

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Fußnoten
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We note that this coincides with the notion of support for a finite configuration, in the terminology of set theory with atoms. Similarly, some notions that we define hereafter are classical in the “atom” terminology. We choose to ignore this terminology for the sake of clarity.
 
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Note the structural similarity to the unambiguous register automaton in Fig. 1.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
The Containment Problem for Unambiguous Register Automata and Unambiguous Timed Automata
verfasst von
Antoine Mottet
Karin Quaas
Publikationsdatum
15.09.2020
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Theory of Computing Systems / Ausgabe 4/2021
Print ISSN: 1432-4350
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-0490
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00224-020-09997-2

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