Title
Model checking languages of data words
Abstract
We consider the model-checking problem for data multi-pushdown automata (DMPA). DMPA generate data words, i.e, strings enriched with values from an infinite domain. The latter can be used to represent an unbounded number of process identifiers so that DMPA are suitable to model concurrent programs with dynamic process creation. To specify properties of data words, we use monadic second-order (MSO) logic, which comes with a predicate to test two word positions for data equality. While satisfiability for MSO logic is undecidable (even for weaker fragments such as first-order logic), our main result states that one can decide if all words generated by a DMPA satisfy a given formula from the full MSO logic.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-28729-9_26
FoSSaCS
Keywords
Field
DocType
concurrent program,dynamic process creation,data word,data multi-pushdown automaton,data equality,infinite domain,full mso logic,first-order logic,model checking language,main result state,mso logic
Discrete mathematics,Model checking,Identifier,Computer science,Automaton,Satisfiability,Predicate (grammar),Transitive closure,Monad (functional programming),Undecidable problem
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7213
0302-9743
17
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.69
22
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Benedikt Bollig142735.02
Aiswarya Cyriac2583.31
Paul Gastin3116575.66
K. Narayan Kumar4747.24