Effective Translation of LTL to Deterministic Rabin Automata: Beyond the (F,G)-Fragment
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Year of publication | 2013 |
Type | Article in Proceedings |
Conference | 11th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, ATVA 2013 |
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Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02444-8_4 |
Field | Informatics |
Keywords | linear temporal logic; deterministic omega-automata |
Description | Some applications of linear temporal logic (LTL) require to translate formulae of the logic to deterministic omega-automata. There are currently two translators producing deterministic automata: ltl2dstar working for the whole LTL and Rabinizer applicable to the fragment LTL(F,G). We present a new translation to deterministic Rabin automata via alternating automata and deterministic transition-based generalized Rabin automata. Our translation applies to a fragment that is strictly larger than LTL(F,G). Experimental results show that our algorithm can produce significantly smaller automata compared to Rabinizer and ltl2dstar, especially for more complex LTL formulae. |
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