Title
Quasipolynomial Set-Based Symbolic Algorithms for Parity Games.
Abstract
Solving parity games, which are equivalent to modal $\mu$-calculus model checking, is a central algorithmic problem in formal methods. Besides the standard computation model with the explicit representation of games, another important theoretical model of computation is that of set-based symbolic algorithms. Set-based symbolic algorithms use basic set operations and one-step predecessor operations on the implicit description of games, rather than the explicit representation. The significance of symbolic algorithms is that they provide scalable algorithms for large finite-state systems, as well as for infinite-state systems with finite quotient. Consider parity games on graphs with $n$ vertices and parity conditions with $d$ priorities. While there is a rich literature of explicit algorithms for parity games, the main results for set-based symbolic algorithms are as follows: (a) an algorithm that requires $O(n^d)$ symbolic operations and $O(d)$ symbolic space; and (b) an improved algorithm that requires $O(n^{d/3+1})$ symbolic operations and $O(n)$ symbolic space. Our contributions are as follows: (1) We present a black-box set-based symbolic algorithm based on the explicit progress measure algorithm. Two important consequences of our algorithm are as follows: (a) a set-based symbolic algorithm for parity games that requires quasi-polynomially many symbolic operations and $O(n)$ symbolic space; and (b) any future improvement in progress measure based explicit algorithms imply an efficiency improvement in our set-based symbolic algorithm for parity games. (2) We present a set-based symbolic algorithm that requires quasi-polynomially many symbolic operations and $O(d \cdot \log n)$ symbolic space. Moreover, for the important special case of $d \leq \log n$, our algorithm requires only polynomially many symbolic operations and poly-logarithmic symbolic space.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.29007/5z5k
LPAR
Field
DocType
Volume
Binary logarithm,Model checking,Vertex (geometry),Computer science,Set operations,Quotient,Algorithm,Model of computation,Special case,Computation
Conference
57
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Krishnendu Chatterjee12179162.09
Wolfgang Dvorák227124.57
Monika Rauch Henzinger34307481.86
Alexander Svozil401.35