作者: A. Browne , E.M. Clarke , S. Jha , D.E. Long , W. Marrero
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3975(96)00228-9
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摘要: Many automated finite-state verification procedures can be viewed as fixpoint computations over a finite lattice (typically the powerset of set system states). Hence, calculi such propositional Μ-calculus have proven useful, both ways to describe algorithms and specification formalisms in their own right. We consider problem evaluating expressions calculus given model. A naive algorithm for this task may require time n q , where is maximum length chain depth nesting. In 1986, Emerson Lei presented method requiring about d steps, number alternations between least greatest fixpoints. More recent reduced exponent by one or two, but complexity has remained at nd. paper, we present new that makes extensive use monotonicity considerations solve nd/2 steps. Thus, required our only square root earlier algorithms.