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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "We provide a learning-based technique for guessing a winning strategy in
a parity game originating from an LTL synthesis problem. A cheaply obtained guess
can be useful in several applications. Not only can the guessed strategy be applied
as best-effort in cases where the game’s huge size prohibits rigorous approaches,
but it can also increase the scalability of rigorous LTL synthesis in several
ways. Firstly, checking whether a guessed strategy is winning is easier than constructing
one. Secondly, even if the guess is wrong in some places, it can be fixed by strategy
iteration faster than constructing one from scratch. Thirdly, the guess can be
used in on-the-fly approaches to prioritize exploration in the most fruitful directions.\r\nIn
contrast to previous works, we (i) reflect the highly structured logical information
in game’s states, the so-called semantic labelling, coming from the recent LTL-to-automata
translations, and (ii) learn to reflect it properly by learning from previously
solved games, bringing the solving process closer to human-like reasoning."
acknowledgement: This research was funded in part by the German Research Foundation
(DFG) project 427755713 Group-By Objectives in Probabilistic Verification (GOPro).
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- LNCS
article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal)
author:
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Kretinsky, Jan
id: 44CEF464-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Kretinsky
orcid: 0000-0002-8122-2881
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias
id: b21b0c15-30a2-11eb-80dc-f13ca25802e1
last_name: Meggendorfer
orcid: 0000-0002-1712-2165
- first_name: Maximilian
full_name: Prokop, Maximilian
last_name: Prokop
- first_name: Sabine
full_name: Rieder, Sabine
last_name: Rieder
citation:
ama: 'Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Prokop M, Rieder S. Guessing winning policies
in LTL synthesis by semantic learning. In: 35th International Conference on
Computer Aided Verification . Vol 13964. Springer Nature; 2023:390-414. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37706-8_20'
apa: 'Kretinsky, J., Meggendorfer, T., Prokop, M., & Rieder, S. (2023). Guessing
winning policies in LTL synthesis by semantic learning. In 35th International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification (Vol. 13964, pp. 390–414). Paris,
France: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37706-8_20'
chicago: Kretinsky, Jan, Tobias Meggendorfer, Maximilian Prokop, and Sabine Rieder.
“Guessing Winning Policies in LTL Synthesis by Semantic Learning.” In 35th
International Conference on Computer Aided Verification , 13964:390–414. Springer
Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37706-8_20.
ieee: J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, M. Prokop, and S. Rieder, “Guessing winning
policies in LTL synthesis by semantic learning,” in 35th International Conference
on Computer Aided Verification , Paris, France, 2023, vol. 13964, pp. 390–414.
ista: 'Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Prokop M, Rieder S. 2023. Guessing winning policies
in LTL synthesis by semantic learning. 35th International Conference on Computer
Aided Verification . CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13964, 390–414.'
mla: Kretinsky, Jan, et al. “Guessing Winning Policies in LTL Synthesis by Semantic
Learning.” 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification ,
vol. 13964, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 390–414, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37706-8_20.
short: J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, M. Prokop, S. Rieder, in:, 35th International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification , Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 390–414.
conference:
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_id: '14318'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Probabilistic recurrence relations (PRRs) are a standard formalism for describing
the runtime of a randomized algorithm. Given a PRR and a time limit κ, we consider
the tail probability Pr[T≥κ], i.e., the probability that the randomized runtime
T of the PRR exceeds κ. Our focus is the formal analysis of tail bounds that aims
at finding a tight asymptotic upper bound u≥Pr[T≥κ]. To address this problem,
the classical and most well-known approach is the cookbook method by Karp (JACM
1994), while other approaches are mostly limited to deriving tail bounds of specific
PRRs via involved custom analysis.\r\nIn this work, we propose a novel approach
for deriving the common exponentially-decreasing tail bounds for PRRs whose preprocessing
time and random passed sizes observe discrete or (piecewise) uniform distribution
and whose recursive call is either a single procedure call or a divide-and-conquer.
We first establish a theoretical approach via Markov’s inequality, and then instantiate
the theoretical approach with a template-based algorithmic approach via a refined
treatment of exponentiation. Experimental evaluation shows that our algorithmic
approach is capable of deriving tail bounds that are (i) asymptotically tighter
than Karp’s method, (ii) match the best-known manually-derived asymptotic tail
bound for QuickSelect, and (iii) is only slightly worse (with a loglogn factor)
than the manually-proven optimal asymptotic tail bound for QuickSort. Moreover,
our algorithmic approach handles all examples (including realistic PRRs such as
QuickSort, QuickSelect, DiameterComputation, etc.) in less than 0.1 s, showing
that our approach is efficient in practice."
acknowledgement: We thank Prof. Bican Xia for valuable information on the exponential
theory of reals. The work is partially supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (NSFC) with Grant No. 62172271, ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt),
the Hong Kong Research Grants Council ECS Project Number 26208122, the HKUST-Kaisa
Joint Research Institute Project Grant HKJRI3A-055 and the HKUST Startup Grant R9272.
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article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal)
author:
- first_name: Yican
full_name: Sun, Yican
last_name: Sun
- first_name: Hongfei
full_name: Fu, Hongfei
last_name: Fu
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Amir Kafshdar
full_name: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar
id: 391365CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Goharshady
orcid: 0000-0003-1702-6584
citation:
ama: 'Sun Y, Fu H, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK. Automated tail bound analysis for probabilistic
recurrence relations. In: Computer Aided Verification. Vol 13966. Springer
Nature; 2023:16-39. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_2'
apa: 'Sun, Y., Fu, H., Chatterjee, K., & Goharshady, A. K. (2023). Automated
tail bound analysis for probabilistic recurrence relations. In Computer Aided
Verification (Vol. 13966, pp. 16–39). Paris, France: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_2'
chicago: Sun, Yican, Hongfei Fu, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Amir Kafshdar Goharshady.
“Automated Tail Bound Analysis for Probabilistic Recurrence Relations.” In Computer
Aided Verification, 13966:16–39. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_2.
ieee: Y. Sun, H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, and A. K. Goharshady, “Automated tail bound
analysis for probabilistic recurrence relations,” in Computer Aided Verification,
Paris, France, 2023, vol. 13966, pp. 16–39.
ista: 'Sun Y, Fu H, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK. 2023. Automated tail bound analysis
for probabilistic recurrence relations. Computer Aided Verification. CAV: Computer
Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13966, 16–39.'
mla: Sun, Yican, et al. “Automated Tail Bound Analysis for Probabilistic Recurrence
Relations.” Computer Aided Verification, vol. 13966, Springer Nature, 2023,
pp. 16–39, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_2.
short: Y. Sun, H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, A.K. Goharshady, in:, Computer Aided Verification,
Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 16–39.
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location: Paris, France
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---
_id: '14317'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Markov decision processes can be viewed as transformers of probability distributions.
While this view is useful from a practical standpoint to reason about trajectories
of distributions, basic reachability and safety problems are known to be computationally
intractable (i.e., Skolem-hard) to solve in such models. Further, we show that
even for simple examples of MDPs, strategies for safety objectives over distributions
can require infinite memory and randomization.\r\nIn light of this, we present
a novel overapproximation approach to synthesize strategies in an MDP, such that
a safety objective over the distributions is met. More precisely, we develop a
new framework for template-based synthesis of certificates as affine distributional
and inductive invariants for safety objectives in MDPs. We provide two algorithms
within this framework. One can only synthesize memoryless strategies, but has
relative completeness guarantees, while the other can synthesize general strategies.
The runtime complexity of both algorithms is in PSPACE. We implement these algorithms
and show that they can solve several non-trivial examples."
acknowledgement: This work was supported in part by the ERC CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt)
and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385 as well as DST/CEFIPRA/INRIA project
EQuaVE and SERB Matrices grant MTR/2018/00074.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
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author:
- first_name: S.
full_name: Akshay, S.
last_name: Akshay
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias
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last_name: Meggendorfer
orcid: 0000-0002-1712-2165
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
orcid: 0000-0002-4681-1699
citation:
ama: 'Akshay S, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. MDPs as distribution transformers:
Affine invariant synthesis for safety objectives. In: International Conference
on Computer Aided Verification. Vol 13966. Springer Nature; 2023:86-112. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_5'
apa: 'Akshay, S., Chatterjee, K., Meggendorfer, T., & Zikelic, D. (2023). MDPs
as distribution transformers: Affine invariant synthesis for safety objectives.
In International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (Vol. 13966,
pp. 86–112). Paris, France: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_5'
chicago: 'Akshay, S., Krishnendu Chatterjee, Tobias Meggendorfer, and Dorde Zikelic.
“MDPs as Distribution Transformers: Affine Invariant Synthesis for Safety Objectives.”
In International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, 13966:86–112.
Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_5.'
ieee: 'S. Akshay, K. Chatterjee, T. Meggendorfer, and D. Zikelic, “MDPs as distribution
transformers: Affine invariant synthesis for safety objectives,” in International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification, Paris, France, 2023, vol. 13966,
pp. 86–112.'
ista: 'Akshay S, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2023. MDPs as distribution
transformers: Affine invariant synthesis for safety objectives. International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS,
vol. 13966, 86–112.'
mla: 'Akshay, S., et al. “MDPs as Distribution Transformers: Affine Invariant Synthesis
for Safety Objectives.” International Conference on Computer Aided Verification,
vol. 13966, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 86–112, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37709-9_5.'
short: S. Akshay, K. Chatterjee, T. Meggendorfer, D. Zikelic, in:, International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 86–112.
conference:
end_date: 2023-07-22
location: Paris, France
name: 'CAV: Computer Aided Verification'
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abstract:
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text: We study turn-based stochastic zero-sum games with lexicographic preferences
over objectives. Stochastic games are standard models in control, verification,
and synthesis of stochastic reactive systems that exhibit both randomness as well
as controllable and adversarial non-determinism. Lexicographic order allows one
to consider multiple objectives with a strict preference order. To the best of
our knowledge, stochastic games with lexicographic objectives have not been studied
before. For a mixture of reachability and safety objectives, we show that deterministic
lexicographically optimal strategies exist and memory is only required to remember
the already satisfied and violated objectives. For a constant number of objectives,
we show that the relevant decision problem is in NP∩coNP, matching the current
known bound for single objectives; and in general the decision problem is PSPACE-hard
and can be solved in NEXPTIME∩coNEXPTIME. We present an algorithm that computes
the lexicographically optimal strategies via a reduction to the computation of
optimal strategies in a sequence of single-objectives games. For omega-regular
objectives, we restrict our analysis to one-player games, also known as Markov
decision processes. We show that lexicographically optimal strategies exist and
need either randomization or finite memory. We present an algorithm that solves
the relevant decision problem in polynomial time. We have implemented our algorithms
and report experimental results on various case studies.
acknowledgement: Tobias Winkler and Joost-Pieter Katoen are supported by the DFG RTG
2236 UnRAVeL and the innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant
agreement No. 101008233 (Mission). Krishnendu Chatterjee is supported by the ERC
CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt) and the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) Project
ICT15-003. Maximilian Weininger is supported by the DFG projects 383882557 Statistical
Unbounded Verification (SUV) and 427755713 Group-By Objectives in Probabilistic
Verification (GOPro). Stefanie Mohr is supported by the DFG RTG 2428 CONVEY. Open
Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
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full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Joost P
full_name: Katoen, Joost P
id: 4524F760-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Katoen
- first_name: Stefanie
full_name: Mohr, Stefanie
last_name: Mohr
- first_name: Maximilian
full_name: Weininger, Maximilian
last_name: Weininger
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Winkler, Tobias
last_name: Winkler
citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Katoen JP, Mohr S, Weininger M, Winkler T. Stochastic games with
lexicographic objectives. Formal Methods in System Design. 2023. doi:10.1007/s10703-023-00411-4
apa: Chatterjee, K., Katoen, J. P., Mohr, S., Weininger, M., & Winkler, T. (2023).
Stochastic games with lexicographic objectives. Formal Methods in System Design.
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10703-023-00411-4
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Joost P Katoen, Stefanie Mohr, Maximilian Weininger,
and Tobias Winkler. “Stochastic Games with Lexicographic Objectives.” Formal
Methods in System Design. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10703-023-00411-4.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, J. P. Katoen, S. Mohr, M. Weininger, and T. Winkler, “Stochastic
games with lexicographic objectives,” Formal Methods in System Design.
Springer Nature, 2023.
ista: Chatterjee K, Katoen JP, Mohr S, Weininger M, Winkler T. 2023. Stochastic
games with lexicographic objectives. Formal Methods in System Design.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Stochastic Games with Lexicographic Objectives.”
Formal Methods in System Design, Springer Nature, 2023, doi:10.1007/s10703-023-00411-4.
short: K. Chatterjee, J.P. Katoen, S. Mohr, M. Weininger, T. Winkler, Formal Methods
in System Design (2023).
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Mathematical models often aim to describe a complicated mechanism in a cohesive
and simple manner. However, reaching perfect balance between being simple enough
or overly simplistic is a challenging task. Frequently, game-theoretic models
have an underlying assumption that players, whenever they choose to execute a
specific action, do so perfectly. In fact, it is rare that action execution perfectly
coincides with intentions of individuals, giving rise to behavioural mistakes.
The concept of incompetence of players was suggested to address this issue in
game-theoretic settings. Under the assumption of incompetence, players have non-zero
probabilities of executing a different strategy from the one they chose, leading
to stochastic outcomes of the interactions. In this article, we survey results
related to the concept of incompetence in classic as well as evolutionary game
theory and provide several new results. We also suggest future extensions of the
model and argue why it is important to take into account behavioural mistakes
when analysing interactions among players in both economic and biological settings.
acknowledgement: "The authors would like to acknowledge stimulating email discussions
with Dr Wayne Lobb of W.A. Lobb LLC on the topic of evolutionary games. We also
thank Dr Thomas Taimre for his input to the material in Sect. 3.\r\nThe authors
would like to acknowledge partial support from the Australian Research Council under
the Discovery grant DP180101602 and support by the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement
#754411."
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- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Graham, Thomas
last_name: Graham
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Kleshnina, Maria
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last_name: Kleshnina
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full_name: Filar, Jerzy A.
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citation:
ama: Graham T, Kleshnina M, Filar JA. Where do mistakes lead? A survey of games
with incompetent players. Dynamic Games and Applications. 2023;13:231-264.
doi:10.1007/s13235-022-00425-3
apa: Graham, T., Kleshnina, M., & Filar, J. A. (2023). Where do mistakes lead?
A survey of games with incompetent players. Dynamic Games and Applications.
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-022-00425-3
chicago: Graham, Thomas, Maria Kleshnina, and Jerzy A. Filar. “Where Do Mistakes
Lead? A Survey of Games with Incompetent Players.” Dynamic Games and Applications.
Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-022-00425-3.
ieee: T. Graham, M. Kleshnina, and J. A. Filar, “Where do mistakes lead? A survey
of games with incompetent players,” Dynamic Games and Applications, vol.
13. Springer Nature, pp. 231–264, 2023.
ista: Graham T, Kleshnina M, Filar JA. 2023. Where do mistakes lead? A survey of
games with incompetent players. Dynamic Games and Applications. 13, 231–264.
mla: Graham, Thomas, et al. “Where Do Mistakes Lead? A Survey of Games with Incompetent
Players.” Dynamic Games and Applications, vol. 13, Springer Nature, 2023,
pp. 231–64, doi:10.1007/s13235-022-00425-3.
short: T. Graham, M. Kleshnina, J.A. Filar, Dynamic Games and Applications 13 (2023)
231–264.
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abstract:
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text: Entropic risk (ERisk) is an established risk measure in finance, quantifying
risk by an exponential re-weighting of rewards. We study ERisk for the first time
in the context of turn-based stochastic games with the total reward objective.
This gives rise to an objective function that demands the control of systems in
a risk-averse manner. We show that the resulting games are determined and, in
particular, admit optimal memoryless deterministic strategies. This contrasts
risk measures that previously have been considered in the special case of Markov
decision processes and that require randomization and/or memory. We provide several
results on the decidability and the computational complexity of the threshold
problem, i.e. whether the optimal value of ERisk exceeds a given threshold. In
the most general case, the problem is decidable subject to Shanuel’s conjecture.
If all inputs are rational, the resulting threshold problem can be solved using
algebraic numbers, leading to decidability via a polynomial-time reduction to
the existential theory of the reals. Further restrictions on the encoding of the
input allow the solution of the threshold problem in NP∩coNP. Finally, an approximation
algorithm for the optimal value of ERisk is provided.
acknowledgement: "This work was partly funded by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt),
the DFG Grant\r\n389792660 as part of TRR 248 (Foundations of Perspicuous Software
Systems), the Cluster of\r\nExcellence EXC 2050/1 (CeTI, project ID 390696704, as
part of Germany’s Excellence Strategy), and the DFG projects BA-1679/11-1 and BA-1679/12-1."
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last_name: Piribauer
citation:
ama: 'Baier C, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Piribauer J. Entropic risk for turn-based
stochastic games. In: 48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations
of Computer Science. Vol 272. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2023. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.15'
apa: 'Baier, C., Chatterjee, K., Meggendorfer, T., & Piribauer, J. (2023). Entropic
risk for turn-based stochastic games. In 48th International Symposium on Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science (Vol. 272). Bordeaux, France: Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.15'
chicago: Baier, Christel, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Tobias Meggendorfer, and Jakob
Piribauer. “Entropic Risk for Turn-Based Stochastic Games.” In 48th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Vol. 272. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.15.
ieee: C. Baier, K. Chatterjee, T. Meggendorfer, and J. Piribauer, “Entropic risk
for turn-based stochastic games,” in 48th International Symposium on Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science, Bordeaux, France, 2023, vol. 272.
ista: 'Baier C, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Piribauer J. 2023. Entropic risk for
turn-based stochastic games. 48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations
of Computer Science. MFCS: Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
LIPIcs, vol. 272, 15.'
mla: Baier, Christel, et al. “Entropic Risk for Turn-Based Stochastic Games.” 48th
International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, vol.
272, 15, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2023, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.15.
short: C. Baier, K. Chatterjee, T. Meggendorfer, J. Piribauer, in:, 48th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl -
Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2023.
conference:
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location: Bordeaux, France
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- '000'
department:
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doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.15
ec_funded: 1
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publication: 48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer
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abstract:
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text: Allometric settings of population dynamics models are appealing due to their
parsimonious nature and broad utility when studying system level effects. Here,
we parameterise the size-scaled Rosenzweig-MacArthur differential equations to
eliminate prey-mass dependency, facilitating an in depth analytic study of the
equations which incorporates scaling parameters’ contributions to coexistence.
We define the functional response term to match empirical findings, and examine
situations where metabolic theory derivations and observation diverge. The dynamical
properties of the Rosenzweig-MacArthur system, encompassing the distribution of
size-abundance equilibria, the scaling of period and amplitude of population cycling,
and relationships between predator and prey abundances, are consistent with empirical
observation. Our parameterisation is an accurate minimal model across 15+ orders
of mass magnitude.
acknowledgement: "This research was supported by an Australian Government Research
Training Program\r\n(RTP) Scholarship to JCM (https://www.dese.gov.au), and LB is
supported by the Centre de\r\nrecherche sur le vieillissement Fellowship Program.
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision
to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."
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author:
- first_name: Jody C.
full_name: Mckerral, Jody C.
last_name: Mckerral
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Kleshnina, Maria
id: 4E21749C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Kleshnina
- first_name: Vladimir
full_name: Ejov, Vladimir
last_name: Ejov
- first_name: Louise
full_name: Bartle, Louise
last_name: Bartle
- first_name: James G.
full_name: Mitchell, James G.
last_name: Mitchell
- first_name: Jerzy A.
full_name: Filar, Jerzy A.
last_name: Filar
citation:
ama: Mckerral JC, Kleshnina M, Ejov V, Bartle L, Mitchell JG, Filar JA. Empirical
parameterisation and dynamical analysis of the allometric Rosenzweig-MacArthur
equations. PLoS One. 2023;18(2):e0279838. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0279838
apa: Mckerral, J. C., Kleshnina, M., Ejov, V., Bartle, L., Mitchell, J. G., &
Filar, J. A. (2023). Empirical parameterisation and dynamical analysis of the
allometric Rosenzweig-MacArthur equations. PLoS One. Public Library of
Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279838
chicago: Mckerral, Jody C., Maria Kleshnina, Vladimir Ejov, Louise Bartle, James
G. Mitchell, and Jerzy A. Filar. “Empirical Parameterisation and Dynamical Analysis
of the Allometric Rosenzweig-MacArthur Equations.” PLoS One. Public Library
of Science, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279838.
ieee: J. C. Mckerral, M. Kleshnina, V. Ejov, L. Bartle, J. G. Mitchell, and J. A.
Filar, “Empirical parameterisation and dynamical analysis of the allometric Rosenzweig-MacArthur
equations,” PLoS One, vol. 18, no. 2. Public Library of Science, p. e0279838,
2023.
ista: Mckerral JC, Kleshnina M, Ejov V, Bartle L, Mitchell JG, Filar JA. 2023. Empirical
parameterisation and dynamical analysis of the allometric Rosenzweig-MacArthur
equations. PLoS One. 18(2), e0279838.
mla: Mckerral, Jody C., et al. “Empirical Parameterisation and Dynamical Analysis
of the Allometric Rosenzweig-MacArthur Equations.” PLoS One, vol. 18, no.
2, Public Library of Science, 2023, p. e0279838, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0279838.
short: J.C. Mckerral, M. Kleshnina, V. Ejov, L. Bartle, J.G. Mitchell, J.A. Filar,
PLoS One 18 (2023) e0279838.
date_created: 2023-03-05T23:01:05Z
date_published: 2023-02-27T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-10-17T12:53:30Z
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ddc:
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department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279838
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---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We consider bidding games, a class of two-player zero-sum graph games. The
game proceeds as follows. Both players have bounded budgets. A token is placed
on a vertex of a graph, in each turn the players simultaneously submit bids, and
the higher bidder moves the token, where we break bidding ties in favor of Player
1. Player 1 wins the game iff the token visits a designated target vertex. We
consider, for the first time, poorman discrete-bidding in which the granularity
of the bids is restricted and the higher bid is paid to the bank. Previous work
either did not impose granularity restrictions or considered Richman bidding (bids
are paid to the opponent). While the latter mechanisms are technically more accessible,
the former is more appealing from a practical standpoint. Our study focuses on
threshold budgets, which is the necessary and sufficient initial budget required
for Player 1 to ensure winning against a given Player 2 budget. We first show
existence of thresholds. In DAGs, we show that threshold budgets can be approximated
with error bounds by thresholds under continuous-bidding and that they exhibit
a periodic behavior. We identify closed-form solutions in special cases. We implement
and experiment with an algorithm to find threshold budgets.
acknowledgement: This research was supported in part by ISF grant no. 1679/21, ERC
CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under the Marie SkłodowskaCurie Grant Agreement No. 665385.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Guy
full_name: Avni, Guy
id: 463C8BC2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Avni
orcid: 0000-0001-5588-8287
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias
id: b21b0c15-30a2-11eb-80dc-f13ca25802e1
last_name: Meggendorfer
orcid: 0000-0002-1712-2165
- first_name: Suman
full_name: Sadhukhan, Suman
last_name: Sadhukhan
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkadlec
orcid: 0000-0002-1097-9684
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
orcid: 0000-0002-4681-1699
citation:
ama: 'Avni G, Meggendorfer T, Sadhukhan S, Tkadlec J, Zikelic D. Reachability poorman
discrete-bidding games. In: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications.
Vol 372. IOS Press; 2023:141-148. doi:10.3233/FAIA230264'
apa: 'Avni, G., Meggendorfer, T., Sadhukhan, S., Tkadlec, J., & Zikelic, D.
(2023). Reachability poorman discrete-bidding games. In Frontiers in Artificial
Intelligence and Applications (Vol. 372, pp. 141–148). Krakow, Poland: IOS
Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA230264'
chicago: Avni, Guy, Tobias Meggendorfer, Suman Sadhukhan, Josef Tkadlec, and Dorde
Zikelic. “Reachability Poorman Discrete-Bidding Games.” In Frontiers in Artificial
Intelligence and Applications, 372:141–48. IOS Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA230264.
ieee: G. Avni, T. Meggendorfer, S. Sadhukhan, J. Tkadlec, and D. Zikelic, “Reachability
poorman discrete-bidding games,” in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and
Applications, Krakow, Poland, 2023, vol. 372, pp. 141–148.
ista: 'Avni G, Meggendorfer T, Sadhukhan S, Tkadlec J, Zikelic D. 2023. Reachability
poorman discrete-bidding games. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications.
ECAI: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 372, 141–148.'
mla: Avni, Guy, et al. “Reachability Poorman Discrete-Bidding Games.” Frontiers
in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 372, IOS Press, 2023, pp.
141–48, doi:10.3233/FAIA230264.
short: G. Avni, T. Meggendorfer, S. Sadhukhan, J. Tkadlec, D. Zikelic, in:, Frontiers
in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press, 2023, pp. 141–148.
conference:
end_date: 2023-10-04
location: Krakow, Poland
name: 'ECAI: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence'
start_date: 2023-09-30
date_created: 2023-11-12T23:00:56Z
date_published: 2023-09-28T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-11-13T10:18:45Z
day: '28'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.3233/FAIA230264
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2307.15218'
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oa: 1
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '665385'
name: International IST Doctoral Program
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
publication: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
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---
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abstract:
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text: We consider the problem of learning control policies in discrete-time stochastic
systems which guarantee that the system stabilizes within some specified stabilization
region with probability 1. Our approach is based on the novel notion of stabilizing
ranking supermartingales (sRSMs) that we introduce in this work. Our sRSMs overcome
the limitation of methods proposed in previous works whose applicability is restricted
to systems in which the stabilizing region cannot be left once entered under any
control policy. We present a learning procedure that learns a control policy together
with an sRSM that formally certifies probability 1 stability, both learned as
neural networks. We show that this procedure can also be adapted to formally verifying
that, under a given Lipschitz continuous control policy, the stochastic system
stabilizes within some stabilizing region with probability 1. Our experimental
evaluation shows that our learning procedure can successfully learn provably stabilizing
policies in practice.
acknowledgement: This work was supported in part by the ERC-2020-AdG 101020093, ERC
CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Matin
full_name: Ansaripour, Matin
last_name: Ansaripour
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000-0002-2985-7724
- first_name: Mathias
full_name: Lechner, Mathias
id: 3DC22916-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Lechner
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
orcid: 0000-0002-4681-1699
citation:
ama: 'Ansaripour M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. Learning provably
stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time stochastic systems. In: 21st
International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis.
Vol 14215. Springer Nature; 2023:357-379. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-45329-8_17'
apa: 'Ansaripour, M., Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., Lechner, M., & Zikelic,
D. (2023). Learning provably stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time
stochastic systems. In 21st International Symposium on Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis (Vol. 14215, pp. 357–379). Singapore, Singapore:
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45329-8_17'
chicago: Ansaripour, Matin, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Thomas A Henzinger, Mathias Lechner,
and Dorde Zikelic. “Learning Provably Stabilizing Neural Controllers for Discrete-Time
Stochastic Systems.” In 21st International Symposium on Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis, 14215:357–79. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45329-8_17.
ieee: M. Ansaripour, K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, M. Lechner, and D. Zikelic,
“Learning provably stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time stochastic
systems,” in 21st International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis, Singapore, Singapore, 2023, vol. 14215, pp. 357–379.
ista: 'Ansaripour M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2023. Learning
provably stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time stochastic systems.
21st International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis.
ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS, vol. 14215, 357–379.'
mla: Ansaripour, Matin, et al. “Learning Provably Stabilizing Neural Controllers
for Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems.” 21st International Symposium on Automated
Technology for Verification and Analysis, vol. 14215, Springer Nature, 2023,
pp. 357–79, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-45329-8_17.
short: M. Ansaripour, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, M. Lechner, D. Zikelic, in:,
21st International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis,
Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 357–379.
conference:
end_date: 2023-10-27
location: Singapore, Singapore
name: 'ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis'
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date_published: 2023-10-22T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-11-20T08:30:20Z
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '101020093'
name: Vigilant Algorithmic Monitoring of Software
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '665385'
name: International IST Doctoral Program
publication: 21st International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis
publication_identifier:
eissn:
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isbn:
- '9783031453281'
issn:
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publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
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status: public
title: Learning provably stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time stochastic
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abstract:
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text: "We consider a natural problem dealing with weighted packet selection across
a rechargeable link, which e.g., finds applications in cryptocurrency networks.
The capacity of a link (u, v) is determined by how much nodes u and v allocate
for this link. Specifically, the input is a finite ordered sequence of packets
that arrive in both directions along a link. Given (u, v) and a packet of weight
x going from u to v, node u can either accept or reject the packet. If u accepts
the packet, the capacity on link (u, v) decreases by x. Correspondingly, v’s capacity
on (u, v) increases by x. If a node rejects the packet, this will entail a cost
affinely linear in the weight of the packet. A link is “rechargeable” in the sense
that the total capacity of the link has to remain constant, but the allocation
of capacity at the ends of the link can depend arbitrarily on the nodes’ decisions.
The goal is to minimise the sum of the capacity injected into the link and the
cost of rejecting packets. We show that the problem is NP-hard, but can be approximated
efficiently with a ratio of (1+ε)⋅(1+3–√) for some arbitrary ε>0.\r\n."
acknowledgement: We thank Mahsa Bastankhah and Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali for fruitful
discussions about different variants of the problem. This work is supported by the
European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Project 864228 (AdjustNet), 2020-2025,
the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt), and the German Research Foundation (DFG) grant
470029389 (FlexNets), 2021–2024.
alternative_title:
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author:
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id: 2D82B818-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Yeo
citation:
ama: 'Schmid S, Svoboda J, Yeo MX. Weighted packet selection for rechargeable links
in cryptocurrency networks: Complexity and approximation. In: SIROCCO 2023:
Structural Information and Communication Complexity . Vol 13892. Springer
Nature; 2023:576-594. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-32733-9_26'
apa: 'Schmid, S., Svoboda, J., & Yeo, M. X. (2023). Weighted packet selection
for rechargeable links in cryptocurrency networks: Complexity and approximation.
In SIROCCO 2023: Structural Information and Communication Complexity (Vol.
13892, pp. 576–594). Alcala de Henares, Spain: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32733-9_26'
chicago: 'Schmid, Stefan, Jakub Svoboda, and Michelle X Yeo. “Weighted Packet Selection
for Rechargeable Links in Cryptocurrency Networks: Complexity and Approximation.”
In SIROCCO 2023: Structural Information and Communication Complexity ,
13892:576–94. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32733-9_26.'
ieee: 'S. Schmid, J. Svoboda, and M. X. Yeo, “Weighted packet selection for rechargeable
links in cryptocurrency networks: Complexity and approximation,” in SIROCCO
2023: Structural Information and Communication Complexity , Alcala de Henares,
Spain, 2023, vol. 13892, pp. 576–594.'
ista: 'Schmid S, Svoboda J, Yeo MX. 2023. Weighted packet selection for rechargeable
links in cryptocurrency networks: Complexity and approximation. SIROCCO 2023:
Structural Information and Communication Complexity . SIROCCO: Structural Information
and Communication Complexity, LNCS, vol. 13892, 576–594.'
mla: 'Schmid, Stefan, et al. “Weighted Packet Selection for Rechargeable Links in Cryptocurrency
Networks: Complexity and Approximation.” SIROCCO 2023: Structural Information
and Communication Complexity , vol. 13892, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 576–94,
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-32733-9_26.'
short: 'S. Schmid, J. Svoboda, M.X. Yeo, in:, SIROCCO 2023: Structural Information
and Communication Complexity , Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 576–594.'
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abstract:
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text: 'Natural selection is usually studied between mutants that differ in reproductive
rate, but are subject to the same population structure. Here we explore how natural
selection acts on mutants that have the same reproductive rate, but different
population structures. In our framework, population structure is given by a graph
that specifies where offspring can disperse. The invading mutant disperses offspring
on a different graph than the resident wild-type. We find that more densely connected
dispersal graphs tend to increase the invader’s fixation probability, but the
exact relationship between structure and fixation probability is subtle. We present
three main results. First, we prove that if both invader and resident are on complete
dispersal graphs, then removing a single edge in the invader’s dispersal graph
reduces its fixation probability. Second, we show that for certain island models
higher invader’s connectivity increases its fixation probability, but the magnitude
of the effect depends on the exact layout of the connections. Third, we show that
for lattices the effect of different connectivity is comparable to that of different
fitness: for large population size, the invader’s fixation probability is either
constant or exponentially small, depending on whether it is more or less connected
than the resident.'
acknowledgement: K.C. acknowledges support from the ERC CoG 863818(ForM-SMArt). J.T.
is supported by Center for Foundations ofModern Computer Science (Charles Univ.
project UNCE/SCI/004).
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last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Martin A.
full_name: Nowak, Martin A.
last_name: Nowak
citation:
ama: Tkadlec J, Kaveh K, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. Evolutionary dynamics of mutants
that modify population structure. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface.
2023;20(208). doi:10.1098/rsif.2023.0355
apa: Tkadlec, J., Kaveh, K., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. A. (2023). Evolutionary
dynamics of mutants that modify population structure. Journal of the Royal
Society, Interface. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0355
chicago: Tkadlec, Josef, Kamran Kaveh, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Martin A. Nowak.
“Evolutionary Dynamics of Mutants That Modify Population Structure.” Journal
of the Royal Society, Interface. The Royal Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0355.
ieee: J. Tkadlec, K. Kaveh, K. Chatterjee, and M. A. Nowak, “Evolutionary dynamics
of mutants that modify population structure,” Journal of the Royal Society,
Interface, vol. 20, no. 208. The Royal Society, 2023.
ista: Tkadlec J, Kaveh K, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. 2023. Evolutionary dynamics of
mutants that modify population structure. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface.
20(208), 20230355.
mla: Tkadlec, Josef, et al. “Evolutionary Dynamics of Mutants That Modify Population
Structure.” Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, vol. 20, no. 208,
20230355, The Royal Society, 2023, doi:10.1098/rsif.2023.0355.
short: J. Tkadlec, K. Kaveh, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Nowak, Journal of the Royal Society,
Interface 20 (2023).
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date_published: 2023-11-29T00:00:00Z
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abstract:
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text: Many human interactions feature the characteristics of social dilemmas where
individual actions have consequences for the group and the environment. The feedback
between behavior and environment can be studied with the framework of stochastic
games. In stochastic games, the state of the environment can change, depending
on the choices made by group members. Past work suggests that such feedback can
reinforce cooperative behaviors. In particular, cooperation can evolve in stochastic
games even if it is infeasible in each separate repeated game. In stochastic games,
participants have an interest in conditioning their strategies on the state of
the environment. Yet in many applications, precise information about the state
could be scarce. Here, we study how the availability of information (or lack thereof)
shapes evolution of cooperation. Already for simple examples of two state games
we find surprising effects. In some cases, cooperation is only possible if there
is precise information about the state of the environment. In other cases, cooperation
is most abundant when there is no information about the state of the environment.
We systematically analyze all stochastic games of a given complexity class, to
determine when receiving information about the environment is better, neutral,
or worse for evolution of cooperation.
acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by the European Research Council CoG 863818
(ForM-SMArt) (to K.C.), the European Research Council Starting Grant 850529: E-DIRECT
(to C.H.), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under
the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement #754411 and the French Agence Nationale
de la Recherche (under the Investissement d’Avenir programme, ANR-17-EURE-0010)
(to M.K.).'
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- first_name: Christian
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last_name: Hilbe
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last_name: Simsa
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full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Martin A.
full_name: Nowak, Martin A.
last_name: Nowak
citation:
ama: Kleshnina M, Hilbe C, Simsa S, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. The effect of environmental
information on evolution of cooperation in stochastic games. Nature Communications.
2023;14. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39625-9
apa: Kleshnina, M., Hilbe, C., Simsa, S., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. A. (2023).
The effect of environmental information on evolution of cooperation in stochastic
games. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39625-9
chicago: Kleshnina, Maria, Christian Hilbe, Stepan Simsa, Krishnendu Chatterjee,
and Martin A. Nowak. “The Effect of Environmental Information on Evolution of
Cooperation in Stochastic Games.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature,
2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39625-9.
ieee: M. Kleshnina, C. Hilbe, S. Simsa, K. Chatterjee, and M. A. Nowak, “The effect
of environmental information on evolution of cooperation in stochastic games,”
Nature Communications, vol. 14. Springer Nature, 2023.
ista: Kleshnina M, Hilbe C, Simsa S, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. 2023. The effect of
environmental information on evolution of cooperation in stochastic games. Nature
Communications. 14, 4153.
mla: Kleshnina, Maria, et al. “The Effect of Environmental Information on Evolution
of Cooperation in Stochastic Games.” Nature Communications, vol. 14, 4153,
Springer Nature, 2023, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39625-9.
short: M. Kleshnina, C. Hilbe, S. Simsa, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Nowak, Nature Communications
14 (2023).
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Information on Evolution of Cooperation in Stochastic Games.” Zenodo, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8059564.'
ieee: 'M. Kleshnina, “kleshnina/stochgames_info: The effect of environmental information
on evolution of cooperation in stochastic games.” Zenodo, 2023.'
ista: 'Kleshnina M. 2023. kleshnina/stochgames_info: The effect of environmental
information on evolution of cooperation in stochastic games, Zenodo, 10.5281/ZENODO.8059564.'
mla: 'Kleshnina, Maria. Kleshnina/Stochgames_info: The Effect of Environmental
Information on Evolution of Cooperation in Stochastic Games. Zenodo, 2023,
doi:10.5281/ZENODO.8059564.'
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abstract:
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text: 'A classic solution technique for Markov decision processes (MDP) and stochastic
games (SG) is value iteration (VI). Due to its good practical performance, this
approximative approach is typically preferred over exact techniques, even though
no practical bounds on the imprecision of the result could be given until recently.
As a consequence, even the most used model checkers could return arbitrarily wrong
results. Over the past decade, different works derived stopping criteria, indicating
when the precision reaches the desired level, for various settings, in particular
MDP with reachability, total reward, and mean payoff, and SG with reachability.In
this paper, we provide the first stopping criteria for VI on SG with total reward
and mean payoff, yielding the first anytime algorithms in these settings. To this
end, we provide the solution in two flavours: First through a reduction to the
MDP case and second directly on SG. The former is simpler and automatically utilizes
any advances on MDP. The latter allows for more local computations, heading towards
better practical efficiency.Our solution unifies the previously mentioned approaches
for MDP and SG and their underlying ideas. To achieve this, we isolate objective-specific
subroutines as well as identify objective-independent concepts. These structural
concepts, while surprisingly simple, form the very essence of the unified solution.'
acknowledgement: This research was funded in part by DFG projects 383882557 “SUV”
and 427755713 “GOPro”.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Kretinsky, Jan
id: 44CEF464-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Kretinsky
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- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias
id: b21b0c15-30a2-11eb-80dc-f13ca25802e1
last_name: Meggendorfer
orcid: 0000-0002-1712-2165
- first_name: Maximilian
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last_name: Weininger
citation:
ama: 'Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Weininger M. Stopping criteria for value iteration
on stochastic games with quantitative objectives. In: 38th Annual ACM/IEEE
Symposium on Logic in Computer Science. Vol 2023. Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers; 2023. doi:10.1109/LICS56636.2023.10175771'
apa: 'Kretinsky, J., Meggendorfer, T., & Weininger, M. (2023). Stopping criteria
for value iteration on stochastic games with quantitative objectives. In 38th
Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (Vol. 2023). Boston,
MA, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS56636.2023.10175771'
chicago: Kretinsky, Jan, Tobias Meggendorfer, and Maximilian Weininger. “Stopping
Criteria for Value Iteration on Stochastic Games with Quantitative Objectives.”
In 38th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, Vol. 2023.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS56636.2023.10175771.
ieee: J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, and M. Weininger, “Stopping criteria for value
iteration on stochastic games with quantitative objectives,” in 38th Annual
ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, Boston, MA, United States,
2023, vol. 2023.
ista: 'Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Weininger M. 2023. Stopping criteria for value
iteration on stochastic games with quantitative objectives. 38th Annual ACM/IEEE
Symposium on Logic in Computer Science. LICS: Symposium on Logic in Computer Science
vol. 2023.'
mla: Kretinsky, Jan, et al. “Stopping Criteria for Value Iteration on Stochastic
Games with Quantitative Objectives.” 38th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic
in Computer Science, vol. 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
2023, doi:10.1109/LICS56636.2023.10175771.
short: J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, M. Weininger, in:, 38th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium
on Logic in Computer Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
2023.
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text: 'The input to the token swapping problem is a graph with vertices v1, v2,
. . . , vn, and n tokens with labels 1,2, . . . , n, one on each vertex. The goal
is to get token i to vertex vi for all i= 1, . . . , n using a minimum number
of swaps, where a swap exchanges the tokens on the endpoints of an edge.Token
swapping on a tree, also known as “sorting with a transposition tree,” is not
known to be in P nor NP-complete. We present some partial results: 1. An optimum
swap sequence may need to perform a swap on a leaf vertex that has the correct
token (a “happy leaf”), disproving a conjecture of Vaughan. 2. Any algorithm that
fixes happy leaves—as all known approximation algorithms for the problem do—has
approximation factor at least 4/3. Furthermore, the two best-known 2-approximation
algorithms have approximation factor exactly 2. 3. A generalized problem—weighted
coloured token swapping—is NP-complete on trees, but solvable in polynomial time
on paths and stars. In this version, tokens and vertices have colours, and colours
have weights. The goal is to get every token to a vertex of the same colour, and
the cost of a swap is the sum of the weights of the two tokens involved.'
acknowledgement: "This work was begun at the University of Waterloo and was partially
supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC).\r\n"
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ama: Biniaz A, Jain K, Lubiw A, et al. Token swapping on trees. Discrete Mathematics
and Theoretical Computer Science. 2023;24(2). doi:10.46298/DMTCS.8383
apa: Biniaz, A., Jain, K., Lubiw, A., Masárová, Z., Miltzow, T., Mondal, D., … Turcotte,
A. (2023). Token swapping on trees. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer
Science. EPI Sciences. https://doi.org/10.46298/DMTCS.8383
chicago: Biniaz, Ahmad, Kshitij Jain, Anna Lubiw, Zuzana Masárová, Tillmann Miltzow,
Debajyoti Mondal, Anurag Murty Naredla, Josef Tkadlec, and Alexi Turcotte. “Token
Swapping on Trees.” Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science.
EPI Sciences, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46298/DMTCS.8383.
ieee: A. Biniaz et al., “Token swapping on trees,” Discrete Mathematics
and Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 24, no. 2. EPI Sciences, 2023.
ista: Biniaz A, Jain K, Lubiw A, Masárová Z, Miltzow T, Mondal D, Naredla AM, Tkadlec
J, Turcotte A. 2023. Token swapping on trees. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical
Computer Science. 24(2), 9.
mla: Biniaz, Ahmad, et al. “Token Swapping on Trees.” Discrete Mathematics and
Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 24, no. 2, 9, EPI Sciences, 2023, doi:10.46298/DMTCS.8383.
short: A. Biniaz, K. Jain, A. Lubiw, Z. Masárová, T. Miltzow, D. Mondal, A.M. Naredla,
J. Tkadlec, A. Turcotte, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
24 (2023).
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text: Payment channel networks (PCNs) are a promising technology to improve the
scalability of cryptocurrencies. PCNs, however, face the challenge that the frequent
usage of certain routes may deplete channels in one direction, and hence prevent
further transactions. In order to reap the full potential of PCNs, recharging
and rebalancing mechanisms are required to provision channels, as well as an admission
control logic to decide which transactions to reject in case capacity is insufficient.
This paper presents a formal model of this optimisation problem. In particular,
we consider an online algorithms perspective, where transactions arrive over time
in an unpredictable manner. Our main contributions are competitive online algorithms
which come with provable guarantees over time. We empirically evaluate our algorithms
on randomly generated transactions to compare the average performance of our algorithms
to our theoretical bounds. We also show how this model and approach differs from
related problems in classic communication networks.
acknowledgement: Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF), grant 16KISK020K (6G-RIC), 2021–2025, and ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt).
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Boosting liquidity in payment channel networks with online admission control.
In: 27th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security.
Vol 13950. Springer Nature; 2023:309-325. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47754-6_18'
apa: 'Bastankhah, M., Chatterjee, K., Maddah-Ali, M. A., Schmid, S., Svoboda, J.,
& Yeo, M. X. (2023). R2: Boosting liquidity in payment channel networks with online
admission control. In 27th International Conference on Financial Cryptography
and Data Security (Vol. 13950, pp. 309–325). Bol, Brac, Croatia: Springer
Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47754-6_18'
chicago: 'Bastankhah, Mahsa, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali, Stefan
Schmid, Jakub Svoboda, and Michelle X Yeo. “R2: Boosting Liquidity in Payment
Channel Networks with Online Admission Control.” In 27th International Conference
on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, 13950:309–25. Springer Nature,
2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47754-6_18.'
ieee: 'M. Bastankhah, K. Chatterjee, M. A. Maddah-Ali, S. Schmid, J. Svoboda, and
M. X. Yeo, “R2: Boosting liquidity in payment channel networks with online admission
control,” in 27th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data
Security, Bol, Brac, Croatia, 2023, vol. 13950, pp. 309–325.'
ista: 'Bastankhah M, Chatterjee K, Maddah-Ali MA, Schmid S, Svoboda J, Yeo MX. 2023.
R2: Boosting liquidity in payment channel networks with online admission control.
27th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. FC:
Financial Cryptography and Data Security, LNCS, vol. 13950, 309–325.'
mla: 'Bastankhah, Mahsa, et al. “R2: Boosting Liquidity in Payment Channel Networks
with Online Admission Control.” 27th International Conference on Financial
Cryptography and Data Security, vol. 13950, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 309–25,
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47754-6_18.'
short: M. Bastankhah, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Maddah-Ali, S. Schmid, J. Svoboda, M.X.
Yeo, in:, 27th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security,
Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 309–325.
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text: "Stochastic systems provide a formal framework for modelling and quantifying
uncertainty in systems and have been widely adopted in many application domains.
Formal\r\nverification and control of finite state stochastic systems, a subfield
of formal methods\r\nalso known as probabilistic model checking, is well studied.
In contrast, formal verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems
have received comparatively\r\nless attention. However, infinite state stochastic
systems commonly arise in practice.\r\nFor instance, probabilistic models that
contain continuous probability distributions such\r\nas normal or uniform, or
stochastic dynamical systems which are a classical model for\r\ncontrol under
uncertainty, both give rise to infinite state systems.\r\nThe goal of this thesis
is to contribute to laying theoretical and algorithmic foundations\r\nof fully
automated formal verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems,\r\nwith
a particular focus on systems that may be executed over a long or infinite time.\r\nWe
consider formal verification of infinite state stochastic systems in the setting
of\r\nstatic analysis of probabilistic programs and formal control in the setting
of controller\r\nsynthesis in stochastic dynamical systems. For both problems,
we present some of the\r\nfirst fully automated methods for probabilistic (a.k.a.
quantitative) reachability and\r\nsafety analysis applicable to infinite time
horizon systems. We also advance the state\r\nof the art of probability 1 (a.k.a.
qualitative) reachability analysis for both problems.\r\nFinally, for formal controller
synthesis in stochastic dynamical systems, we present a\r\nnovel framework for
learning neural network control policies in stochastic dynamical\r\nsystems with
formal guarantees on correctness with respect to quantitative reachability,\r\nsafety
or reach-avoid specifications.\r\n"
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ieee: D. Zikelic, “Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic
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Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/14539.
short: D. Zikelic, Automated Verification and Control of Infinite State Stochastic
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text: 'We consider the almost-sure (a.s.) termination problem for probabilistic
programs, which are a stochastic extension of classical imperative programs. Lexicographic
ranking functions provide a sound and practical approach for termination of non-probabilistic
programs, and their extension to probabilistic programs is achieved via lexicographic
ranking supermartingales (LexRSMs). However, LexRSMs introduced in the previous
work have a limitation that impedes their automation: all of their components
have to be non-negative in all reachable states. This might result in a LexRSM
not existing even for simple terminating programs. Our contributions are twofold.
First, we introduce a generalization of LexRSMs that allows for some components
to be negative. This standard feature of non-probabilistic termination proofs
was hitherto not known to be sound in the probabilistic setting, as the soundness
proof requires a careful analysis of the underlying stochastic process. Second,
we present polynomial-time algorithms using our generalized LexRSMs for proving
a.s. termination in broad classes of linear-arithmetic programs.'
acknowledgement: This research was partially supported by the ERC CoG (grant no. 863818;
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Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
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apa: Chatterjee, K., Kafshdar Goharshady, E., Novotný, P., Zárevúcky, J., &
Zikelic, D. (2023). On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination.
Formal Aspects of Computing. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585391
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Ehsan Kafshdar Goharshady, Petr Novotný, Jiří Zárevúcky,
and Dorde Zikelic. “On Lexicographic Proof Rules for Probabilistic Termination.”
Formal Aspects of Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3585391.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, E. Kafshdar Goharshady, P. Novotný, J. Zárevúcky, and D. Zikelic,
“On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination,” Formal Aspects
of Computing, vol. 35, no. 2. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023.
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On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. Formal Aspects of
Computing. 35(2), 11.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “On Lexicographic Proof Rules for Probabilistic
Termination.” Formal Aspects of Computing, vol. 35, no. 2, 11, Association
for Computing Machinery, 2023, doi:10.1145/3585391.
short: K. Chatterjee, E. Kafshdar Goharshady, P. Novotný, J. Zárevúcky, D. Zikelic,
Formal Aspects of Computing 35 (2023).
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- lang: eng
text: In this paper, we present novel algorithms that efficiently compute a shortest
reconfiguration sequence between two given dominating sets in trees and interval
graphs under the TOKEN SLIDING model. In this problem, a graph is provided along
with its two dominating sets, which can be imagined as tokens placed on vertices.
The objective is to find a shortest sequence of dominating sets that transforms
one set into the other, with each set in the sequence resulting from sliding a
single token in the previous set. While identifying any sequence has been well
studied, our work presents the first polynomial algorithms for this optimization
variant in the context of dominating sets.
alternative_title:
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author:
- first_name: Jan Matyáš
full_name: Křišťan, Jan Matyáš
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citation:
ama: 'Křišťan JM, Svoboda J. Shortest dominating set reconfiguration under token
sliding. In: 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory.
Vol 14292. Springer Nature; 2023:333-347. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43587-4_24'
apa: 'Křišťan, J. M., & Svoboda, J. (2023). Shortest dominating set reconfiguration
under token sliding. In 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation
Theory (Vol. 14292, pp. 333–347). Trier, Germany: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43587-4_24'
chicago: Křišťan, Jan Matyáš, and Jakub Svoboda. “Shortest Dominating Set Reconfiguration
under Token Sliding.” In 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation
Theory, 14292:333–47. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43587-4_24.
ieee: J. M. Křišťan and J. Svoboda, “Shortest dominating set reconfiguration under
token sliding,” in 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation
Theory, Trier, Germany, 2023, vol. 14292, pp. 333–347.
ista: 'Křišťan JM, Svoboda J. 2023. Shortest dominating set reconfiguration under
token sliding. 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory.
FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory, LNCS, vol. 14292, 333–347.'
mla: Křišťan, Jan Matyáš, and Jakub Svoboda. “Shortest Dominating Set Reconfiguration
under Token Sliding.” 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation
Theory, vol. 14292, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 333–47, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43587-4_24.
short: J.M. Křišťan, J. Svoboda, in:, 24th International Symposium on Fundamentals
of Computation Theory, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 333–347.
conference:
end_date: 2023-09-21
location: Trier, Germany
name: 'FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory'
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date_published: 2023-09-21T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-01-22T08:10:49Z
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...
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abstract:
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text: We study the problem of learning controllers for discrete-time non-linear
stochastic dynamical systems with formal reach-avoid guarantees. This work presents
the first method for providing formal reach-avoid guarantees, which combine and
generalize stability and safety guarantees, with a tolerable probability threshold
p in [0,1] over the infinite time horizon. Our method leverages advances in machine
learning literature and it represents formal certificates as neural networks.
In particular, we learn a certificate in the form of a reach-avoid supermartingale
(RASM), a novel notion that we introduce in this work. Our RASMs provide reachability
and avoidance guarantees by imposing constraints on what can be viewed as a stochastic
extension of level sets of Lyapunov functions for deterministic systems. Our approach
solves several important problems -- it can be used to learn a control policy
from scratch, to verify a reach-avoid specification for a fixed control policy,
or to fine-tune a pre-trained policy if it does not satisfy the reach-avoid specification.
We validate our approach on 3 stochastic non-linear reinforcement learning tasks.
acknowledgement: This work was supported in part by the ERC-2020-AdG 101020093, ERC
CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.
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last_name: Zikelic
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- first_name: Mathias
full_name: Lechner, Mathias
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last_name: Lechner
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citation:
ama: 'Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. Learning control policies
for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. In: Proceedings of the
37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Vol 37. Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence; 2023:11926-11935. doi:10.1609/aaai.v37i10.26407'
apa: 'Zikelic, D., Lechner, M., Henzinger, T. A., & Chatterjee, K. (2023). Learning
control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. In Proceedings
of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Vol. 37, pp. 11926–11935).
Washington, DC, United States: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v37i10.26407'
chicago: Zikelic, Dorde, Mathias Lechner, Thomas A Henzinger, and Krishnendu Chatterjee.
“Learning Control Policies for Stochastic Systems with Reach-Avoid Guarantees.”
In Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
37:11926–35. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v37i10.26407.
ieee: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, T. A. Henzinger, and K. Chatterjee, “Learning control
policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees,” in Proceedings
of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Washington, DC, United
States, 2023, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 11926–11935.
ista: 'Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. 2023. Learning control
policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. Proceedings of the
37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial
Intelligence vol. 37, 11926–11935.'
mla: Zikelic, Dorde, et al. “Learning Control Policies for Stochastic Systems with
Reach-Avoid Guarantees.” Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, vol. 37, no. 10, Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence, 2023, pp. 11926–35, doi:10.1609/aaai.v37i10.26407.
short: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, T.A. Henzinger, K. Chatterjee, in:, Proceedings of
the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Association for the Advancement
of Artificial Intelligence, 2023, pp. 11926–11935.
conference:
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location: Washington, DC, United States
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day: '26'
department:
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- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1609/aaai.v37i10.26407
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month: '06'
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...
---
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abstract:
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text: A classical problem for Markov chains is determining their stationary (or
steady-state) distribution. This problem has an equally classical solution based
on eigenvectors and linear equation systems. However, this approach does not scale
to large instances, and iterative solutions are desirable. It turns out that a
naive approach, as used by current model checkers, may yield completely wrong
results. We present a new approach, which utilizes recent advances in partial
exploration and mean payoff computation to obtain a correct, converging approximation.
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ama: 'Meggendorfer T. Correct approximation of stationary distributions. In: TACAS
2023: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems. Vol
13993. Springer Nature; 2023:489-507. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30823-9_25'
apa: 'Meggendorfer, T. (2023). Correct approximation of stationary distributions.
In TACAS 2023: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
(Vol. 13993, pp. 489–507). Paris, France: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30823-9_25'
chicago: 'Meggendorfer, Tobias. “Correct Approximation of Stationary Distributions.”
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13993:489–507. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30823-9_25.'
ieee: 'T. Meggendorfer, “Correct approximation of stationary distributions,” in
TACAS 2023: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems,
Paris, France, 2023, vol. 13993, pp. 489–507.'
ista: 'Meggendorfer T. 2023. Correct approximation of stationary distributions.
TACAS 2023: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems.
TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, LNCS,
vol. 13993, 489–507.'
mla: 'Meggendorfer, Tobias. “Correct Approximation of Stationary Distributions.”
TACAS 2023: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems,
vol. 13993, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 489–507, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30823-9_25.'
short: 'T. Meggendorfer, in:, TACAS 2023: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction
and Analysis of Systems, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 489–507.'
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abstract:
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text: Reinforcement learning has shown promising results in learning neural network
policies for complicated control tasks. However, the lack of formal guarantees
about the behavior of such policies remains an impediment to their deployment.
We propose a novel method for learning a composition of neural network policies
in stochastic environments, along with a formal certificate which guarantees that
a specification over the policy's behavior is satisfied with the desired probability.
Unlike prior work on verifiable RL, our approach leverages the compositional nature
of logical specifications provided in SpectRL, to learn over graphs of probabilistic
reach-avoid specifications. The formal guarantees are provided by learning neural
network policies together with reach-avoid supermartingales (RASM) for the graph’s
sub-tasks and then composing them into a global policy. We also derive a tighter
lower bound compared to previous work on the probability of reach-avoidance implied
by a RASM, which is required to find a compositional policy with an acceptable
probabilistic threshold for complex tasks with multiple edge policies. We implement
a prototype of our approach and evaluate it on a Stochastic Nine Rooms environment.
acknowledgement: "This work was supported in part by the ERC-2020-AdG 101020093 (VAMOS)
and the ERC-2020-\r\nCoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt)."
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
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- first_name: Mathias
full_name: Lechner, Mathias
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- first_name: Abhinav
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citation:
ama: 'Zikelic D, Lechner M, Verma A, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. Compositional policy
learning in stochastic control systems with formal guarantees. In: 37th Conference
on Neural Information Processing Systems. ; 2023.'
apa: Zikelic, D., Lechner, M., Verma, A., Chatterjee, K., & Henzinger, T. A.
(2023). Compositional policy learning in stochastic control systems with formal
guarantees. In 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.
New Orleans, LO, United States.
chicago: Zikelic, Dorde, Mathias Lechner, Abhinav Verma, Krishnendu Chatterjee,
and Thomas A Henzinger. “Compositional Policy Learning in Stochastic Control Systems
with Formal Guarantees.” In 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing
Systems, 2023.
ieee: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, A. Verma, K. Chatterjee, and T. A. Henzinger, “Compositional
policy learning in stochastic control systems with formal guarantees,” in 37th
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, New Orleans, LO, United
States, 2023.
ista: 'Zikelic D, Lechner M, Verma A, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2023. Compositional
policy learning in stochastic control systems with formal guarantees. 37th Conference
on Neural Information Processing Systems. NeurIPS: Neural Information Processing
Systems.'
mla: Zikelic, Dorde, et al. “Compositional Policy Learning in Stochastic Control
Systems with Formal Guarantees.” 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing
Systems, 2023.
short: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, A. Verma, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, in:, 37th
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2023.
conference:
end_date: 2023-12-16
location: New Orleans, LO, United States
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text: 'Given a Markov chain M = (V, v_0, δ), with state space V and a starting state
v_0, and a probability threshold ε, an ε-core is a subset C of states that is
left with probability at most ε. More formally, C ⊆ V is an ε-core, iff ℙ[reach
(V\C)] ≤ ε. Cores have been applied in a wide variety of verification problems
over Markov chains, Markov decision processes, and probabilistic programs, as
a means of discarding uninteresting and low-probability parts of a probabilistic
system and instead being able to focus on the states that are likely to be encountered
in a real-world run. In this work, we focus on the problem of computing a minimal
ε-core in a Markov chain. Our contributions include both negative and positive
results: (i) We show that the decision problem on the existence of an ε-core of
a given size is NP-complete. This solves an open problem posed in [Jan Kretínský
and Tobias Meggendorfer, 2020]. We additionally show that the problem remains
NP-complete even when limited to acyclic Markov chains with bounded maximal vertex
degree; (ii) We provide a polynomial time algorithm for computing a minimal ε-core
on Markov chains over control-flow graphs of structured programs. A straightforward
combination of our algorithm with standard branch prediction techniques allows
one to apply the idea of cores to find a subset of program lines that are left
with low probability and then focus any desired static analysis on this core subset.'
acknowledgement: "The research was partially supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants
Council ECS\r\nProject No. 26208122, ERC CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt), the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Grant Agreement No. 665385, HKUST– Kaisa Joint Research Institute Project Grant
HKJRI3A-055 and HKUST Startup Grant R9272. Ali Ahmadi and Roodabeh Safavi were interns
at HKUST."
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full_name: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar
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last_name: Goharshady
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- first_name: Tobias
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last_name: Meggendorfer
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ama: 'Ahmadi A, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Safavi Hemami R, Zikelic
D. Algorithms and hardness results for computing cores of Markov chains. In: 42nd
IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical
Computer Science. Vol 250. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2022. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.29'
apa: 'Ahmadi, A., Chatterjee, K., Goharshady, A. K., Meggendorfer, T., Safavi Hemami,
R., & Zikelic, D. (2022). Algorithms and hardness results for computing cores
of Markov chains. In 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software
Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (Vol. 250). Madras, India: Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.29'
chicago: Ahmadi, Ali, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, Tobias Meggendorfer,
Roodabeh Safavi Hemami, and Dorde Zikelic. “Algorithms and Hardness Results for
Computing Cores of Markov Chains.” In 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 250. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.29.
ieee: A. Ahmadi, K. Chatterjee, A. K. Goharshady, T. Meggendorfer, R. Safavi Hemami,
and D. Zikelic, “Algorithms and hardness results for computing cores of Markov
chains,” in 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology
and Theoretical Computer Science, Madras, India, 2022, vol. 250.
ista: 'Ahmadi A, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Safavi Hemami R, Zikelic
D. 2022. Algorithms and hardness results for computing cores of Markov chains.
42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical
Computer Science. FSTTC: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer
Science vol. 250, 29.'
mla: Ahmadi, Ali, et al. “Algorithms and Hardness Results for Computing Cores of
Markov Chains.” 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology
and Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 250, 29, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2022, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.29.
short: A. Ahmadi, K. Chatterjee, A.K. Goharshady, T. Meggendorfer, R. Safavi Hemami,
D. Zikelic, in:, 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology
and Theoretical Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2022.
conference:
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Spatial games form a widely-studied class of games from biology and physics
modeling the evolution of social behavior. Formally, such a game is defined by
a square (d by d) payoff matrix M and an undirected graph G. Each vertex of G
represents an individual, that initially follows some strategy i ∈ {1,2,…,d}.
In each round of the game, every individual plays the matrix game with each of
its neighbors: An individual following strategy i meeting a neighbor following
strategy j receives a payoff equal to the entry (i,j) of M. Then, each individual
updates its strategy to its neighbors'' strategy with the highest sum of payoffs,
and the next round starts. The basic computational problems consist of reachability
between configurations and the average frequency of a strategy. For general spatial
games and graphs, these problems are in PSPACE. In this paper, we examine restricted
setting: the game is a prisoner’s dilemma; and G is a subgraph of grid. We prove
that basic computational problems for spatial games with prisoner’s dilemma on
a subgraph of a grid are PSPACE-hard.'
acknowledgement: "Krishnendu Chatterjee: The research was partially supported by the
ERC CoG 863818\r\n(ForM-SMArt).\r\nIsmaël Jecker: The research was partially supported
by the ERC grant 950398 (INFSYS).\r\nJakub Svoboda: The research was partially supported
by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt)"
article_number: 11:1-11:14
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- first_name: Rasmus
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citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Jecker IR, Svoboda J. Complexity of spatial
games. In: 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology
and Theoretical Computer Science. Vol 250. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik; 2022. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.11'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Ibsen-Jensen, R., Jecker, I. R., & Svoboda, J. (2022).
Complexity of spatial games. In 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (Vol. 250). Madras,
India: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.11'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen, Ismael R Jecker, and Jakub
Svoboda. “Complexity of Spatial Games.” In 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on
Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol.
250. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.11.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, I. R. Jecker, and J. Svoboda, “Complexity
of spatial games,” in 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software
Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Madras, India, 2022, vol. 250.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Jecker IR, Svoboda J. 2022. Complexity of spatial
games. 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and
Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTC: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical
Computer Science vol. 250, 11:1-11:14.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Complexity of Spatial Games.” 42nd IARCS
Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer
Science, vol. 250, 11:1-11:14, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2022, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.11.
short: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, I.R. Jecker, J. Svoboda, in:, 42nd IARCS
Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer
Science, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2022.
conference:
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location: Madras, India
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date_updated: 2023-02-13T09:06:43Z
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We treat the problem of risk-aware control for stochastic shortest path (SSP)
on Markov decision processes (MDP). Typically, expectation is considered for SSP,
which however is oblivious to the incurred risk. We present an alternative view,
instead optimizing conditional value-at-risk (CVaR), an established risk measure.
We treat both Markov chains as well as MDP and introduce, through novel insights,
two algorithms, based on linear programming and value iteration, respectively.
Both algorithms offer precise and provably correct solutions. Evaluation of our
prototype implementation shows that risk-aware control is feasible on several
moderately sized models.
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author:
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full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias
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last_name: Meggendorfer
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citation:
ama: 'Meggendorfer T. Risk-aware stochastic shortest path. In: Proceedings of
the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022. Vol 36. Association
for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence; 2022:9858-9867. doi:10.1609/aaai.v36i9.21222'
apa: 'Meggendorfer, T. (2022). Risk-aware stochastic shortest path. In Proceedings
of the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022 (Vol. 36,
pp. 9858–9867). Virtual: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i9.21222'
chicago: Meggendorfer, Tobias. “Risk-Aware Stochastic Shortest Path.” In Proceedings
of the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022, 36:9858–67.
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i9.21222.
ieee: T. Meggendorfer, “Risk-aware stochastic shortest path,” in Proceedings
of the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022, Virtual,
2022, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 9858–9867.
ista: Meggendorfer T. 2022. Risk-aware stochastic shortest path. Proceedings of
the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022. Conference on
Artificial Intelligence vol. 36, 9858–9867.
mla: Meggendorfer, Tobias. “Risk-Aware Stochastic Shortest Path.” Proceedings
of the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022, vol. 36,
no. 9, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2022, pp. 9858–67,
doi:10.1609/aaai.v36i9.21222.
short: T. Meggendorfer, in:, Proceedings of the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, AAAI 2022, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence,
2022, pp. 9858–9867.
conference:
end_date: 2022-03-01
location: Virtual
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day: '28'
department:
- _id: KrCh
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publication: Proceedings of the 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI
2022
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: A matching is compatible to two or more labeled point sets of size n with
labels {1, . . . , n} if its straight-line drawing on each of these point sets
is crossing-free. We study the maximum number of edges in a matching compatible
to two or more labeled point sets in general position in the plane. We show that
for any two labeled sets of n points in convex position there exists a compatible
matching with ⌊√2n + 1 − 1⌋ edges. More generally, for any ℓ labeled point sets
we construct compatible matchings of size Ω(n1/ℓ). As a corresponding upper bound,
we use probabilistic arguments to show that for any ℓ given sets of n points there
exists a labeling of each set such that the largest compatible matching has O(n2/(ℓ+1))
edges. Finally, we show that Θ(log n) copies of any set of n points are necessary
and sufficient for the existence of labelings of these point sets such that any
compatible matching consists only of a single edge.
acknowledgement: 'A.A. funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 754411.
Z.M. partially funded by Wittgenstein Prize, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grant
no. Z 342-N31. I.P., D.P., and B.V. partially supported by FWF within the collaborative
DACH project Arrangements and Drawings as FWF project I 3340-N35. A.P. supported
by a Schrödinger fellowship of the FWF: J-3847-N35. J.T. partially supported by
ERC Start grant no. (279307: Graph Games), FWF grant no. P23499-N23 and S11407-N23
(RiSE).'
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last_name: Arroyo Guevara
orcid: 0000-0003-2401-8670
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full_name: Parada, Irene
last_name: Parada
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full_name: Perz, Daniel
last_name: Perz
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: Pilz, Alexander
last_name: Pilz
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full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkadlec
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full_name: Vogtenhuber, Birgit
last_name: Vogtenhuber
citation:
ama: Aichholzer O, Arroyo Guevara AM, Masárová Z, et al. On compatible matchings.
Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications. 2022;26(2):225-240. doi:10.7155/jgaa.00591
apa: Aichholzer, O., Arroyo Guevara, A. M., Masárová, Z., Parada, I., Perz, D.,
Pilz, A., … Vogtenhuber, B. (2022). On compatible matchings. Journal of Graph
Algorithms and Applications. Brown University. https://doi.org/10.7155/jgaa.00591
chicago: Aichholzer, Oswin, Alan M Arroyo Guevara, Zuzana Masárová, Irene Parada,
Daniel Perz, Alexander Pilz, Josef Tkadlec, and Birgit Vogtenhuber. “On Compatible
Matchings.” Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications. Brown University,
2022. https://doi.org/10.7155/jgaa.00591.
ieee: O. Aichholzer et al., “On compatible matchings,” Journal of Graph
Algorithms and Applications, vol. 26, no. 2. Brown University, pp. 225–240,
2022.
ista: Aichholzer O, Arroyo Guevara AM, Masárová Z, Parada I, Perz D, Pilz A, Tkadlec
J, Vogtenhuber B. 2022. On compatible matchings. Journal of Graph Algorithms and
Applications. 26(2), 225–240.
mla: Aichholzer, Oswin, et al. “On Compatible Matchings.” Journal of Graph Algorithms
and Applications, vol. 26, no. 2, Brown University, 2022, pp. 225–40, doi:10.7155/jgaa.00591.
short: O. Aichholzer, A.M. Arroyo Guevara, Z. Masárová, I. Parada, D. Perz, A. Pilz,
J. Tkadlec, B. Vogtenhuber, Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications 26 (2022)
225–240.
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abstract:
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text: "In modern sample-driven Prophet Inequality, an adversary chooses a sequence
of n items with values v1,v2,…,vn to be presented to a decision maker (DM). The
process follows in two phases. In the first phase (sampling phase), some items,
possibly selected at random, are revealed to the DM, but she can never accept
them. In the second phase, the DM is presented with the other items in a random
order and online fashion. For each item, she must make an irrevocable decision
to either accept the item and stop the process or reject the item forever and
proceed to the next item. The goal of the DM is to maximize the expected value
as compared to a Prophet (or offline algorithm) that has access to all information.
In this setting, the sampling phase has no cost and is not part of the optimization
process. However, in many scenarios, the samples are obtained as part of the decision-making
process.\r\nWe model this aspect as a two-phase Prophet Inequality where an adversary
chooses a sequence of 2n items with values v1,v2,…,v2n and the items are randomly
ordered. Finally, there are two phases of the Prophet Inequality problem with
the first n-items and the rest of the items, respectively. We show that some basic
algorithms achieve a ratio of at most 0.450. We present an algorithm that achieves
a ratio of at least 0.495. Finally, we show that for every algorithm the ratio
it can achieve is at most 0.502. Hence our algorithm is near-optimal."
acknowledgement: This research was partially supported by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt)
grant.
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full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Saona Urmeneta
orcid: 0000-0001-5103-038X
citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Mohammadi M, Saona Urmeneta RJ. Repeated prophet inequality with
near-optimal bounds. arXiv. doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2209.14368
apa: Chatterjee, K., Mohammadi, M., & Saona Urmeneta, R. J. (n.d.). Repeated
prophet inequality with near-optimal bounds. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2209.14368
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Mona Mohammadi, and Raimundo J Saona Urmeneta.
“Repeated Prophet Inequality with Near-Optimal Bounds.” ArXiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2209.14368.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, M. Mohammadi, and R. J. Saona Urmeneta, “Repeated prophet inequality
with near-optimal bounds,” arXiv. .
ista: Chatterjee K, Mohammadi M, Saona Urmeneta RJ. Repeated prophet inequality
with near-optimal bounds. arXiv, 2209.14368.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Repeated Prophet Inequality with Near-Optimal
Bounds.” ArXiv, 2209.14368, doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2209.14368.
short: K. Chatterjee, M. Mohammadi, R.J. Saona Urmeneta, ArXiv (n.d.).
date_created: 2023-02-24T12:21:40Z
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publication: arXiv
publication_status: submitted
status: public
title: Repeated prophet inequality with near-optimal bounds
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Transforming ω-automata into parity automata is traditionally done using appearance
records. We present an efficient variant of this idea, tailored to Rabin automata,
and several optimizations applicable to all appearance records. We compare the
methods experimentally and show that our method produces significantly smaller
automata than previous approaches.
acknowledgement: This work is partially funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
projects Verified Model Checkers (No. 317422601) and Statistical Unbounded Verification
(No. 383882557), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation with funds from the German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research. It is an extended version of [21], including
all proofs together with further explanations and examples. Moreover, we provide
a new, more efficient construction based on (total) preorders, unifying previous
optimizations. Experiments are performed with a new, performant implementation,
comparing our approach to the current state of the art.
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ama: Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Waldmann C, Weininger M. Index appearance record
with preorders. Acta Informatica. 2022;59:585-618. doi:10.1007/s00236-021-00412-y
apa: Kretinsky, J., Meggendorfer, T., Waldmann, C., & Weininger, M. (2022).
Index appearance record with preorders. Acta Informatica. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00236-021-00412-y
chicago: Kretinsky, Jan, Tobias Meggendorfer, Clara Waldmann, and Maximilian Weininger.
“Index Appearance Record with Preorders.” Acta Informatica. Springer Nature,
2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00236-021-00412-y.
ieee: J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, C. Waldmann, and M. Weininger, “Index appearance
record with preorders,” Acta Informatica, vol. 59. Springer Nature, pp.
585–618, 2022.
ista: Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Waldmann C, Weininger M. 2022. Index appearance
record with preorders. Acta Informatica. 59, 585–618.
mla: Kretinsky, Jan, et al. “Index Appearance Record with Preorders.” Acta Informatica,
vol. 59, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 585–618, doi:10.1007/s00236-021-00412-y.
short: J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, C. Waldmann, M. Weininger, Acta Informatica
59 (2022) 585–618.
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date_updated: 2023-08-02T13:49:28Z
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eissn:
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title: Index appearance record with preorders
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...
---
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abstract:
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text: Motivated by COVID-19, we develop and analyze a simple stochastic model for
the spread of disease in human population. We track how the number of infected
and critically ill people develops over time in order to estimate the demand that
is imposed on the hospital system. To keep this demand under control, we consider
a class of simple policies for slowing down and reopening society and we compare
their efficiency in mitigating the spread of the virus from several different
points of view. We find that in order to avoid overwhelming of the hospital system,
a policy must impose a harsh lockdown or it must react swiftly (or both). While
reacting swiftly is universally beneficial, being harsh pays off only when the
country is patient about reopening and when the neighboring countries coordinate
their mitigation efforts. Our work highlights the importance of acting decisively
when closing down and the importance of patience and coordination between neighboring
countries when reopening.
acknowledgement: 'K.C. acknowledges support from ERC Consolidator Grant No. (863818:
ForM-SMart). A.P. acknowledges support from FWF Grant No. J-4220. M.A.N. acknowledges
support from Office of Naval Research grant N00014-16-1-2914 and from the John Templeton
Foundation.'
article_number: '1526'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jakub
full_name: Svoboda, Jakub
id: 130759D2-D7DD-11E9-87D2-DE0DE6697425
last_name: Svoboda
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
last_name: Tkadlec
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Pavlogiannis, Andreas
id: 49704004-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Pavlogiannis
orcid: 0000-0002-8943-0722
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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full_name: Nowak, Martin A.
last_name: Nowak
citation:
ama: Svoboda J, Tkadlec J, Pavlogiannis A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. Infection dynamics
of COVID-19 virus under lockdown and reopening. Scientific Reports. 2022;12(1).
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05333-5
apa: Svoboda, J., Tkadlec, J., Pavlogiannis, A., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M.
A. (2022). Infection dynamics of COVID-19 virus under lockdown and reopening.
Scientific Reports. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05333-5
chicago: Svoboda, Jakub, Josef Tkadlec, Andreas Pavlogiannis, Krishnendu Chatterjee,
and Martin A. Nowak. “Infection Dynamics of COVID-19 Virus under Lockdown and
Reopening.” Scientific Reports. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05333-5.
ieee: J. Svoboda, J. Tkadlec, A. Pavlogiannis, K. Chatterjee, and M. A. Nowak, “Infection
dynamics of COVID-19 virus under lockdown and reopening,” Scientific Reports,
vol. 12, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2022.
ista: Svoboda J, Tkadlec J, Pavlogiannis A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. 2022. Infection
dynamics of COVID-19 virus under lockdown and reopening. Scientific Reports. 12(1),
1526.
mla: Svoboda, Jakub, et al. “Infection Dynamics of COVID-19 Virus under Lockdown
and Reopening.” Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 1526, Springer Nature,
2022, doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05333-5.
short: J. Svoboda, J. Tkadlec, A. Pavlogiannis, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Nowak, Scientific
Reports 12 (2022).
date_created: 2022-02-06T23:01:30Z
date_published: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-02T14:13:07Z
day: '27'
ddc:
- '570'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05333-5
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2012.15155'
isi:
- '000749198000039'
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publication: Scientific Reports
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title: Infection dynamics of COVID-19 virus under lockdown and reopening
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type: journal_article
user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8
volume: 12
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '11459'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We present a novel approach to differential cost analysis that, given a program
revision, attempts to statically bound the difference in resource usage, or cost,
between the two program versions. Differential cost analysis is particularly interesting
because of the many compelling applications for it, such as detecting resource-use
regressions at code-review time or proving the absence of certain side-channel
vulnerabilities. One prior approach to differential cost analysis is to apply
relational reasoning that conceptually constructs a product program on which one
can over-approximate the difference in costs between the two program versions.
However, a significant challenge in any relational approach is effectively aligning
the program versions to get precise results. In this paper, our key insight is
that we can avoid the need for and the limitations of program alignment if, instead,
we bound the difference of two cost-bound summaries rather than directly bounding
the concrete cost difference. In particular, our method computes a threshold value
for the maximal difference in cost between two program versions simultaneously
using two kinds of cost-bound summaries---a potential function that evaluates
to an upper bound for the cost incurred in the first program and an anti-potential
function that evaluates to a lower bound for the cost incurred in the second.
Our method has a number of desirable properties: it can be fully automated, it
allows optimizing the threshold value on relative cost, it is suitable for programs
that are not syntactically similar, and it supports non-determinism. We have evaluated
an implementation of our approach on a number of program pairs collected from
the literature, and we find that our method computes tight threshold values on
relative cost in most examples.'
acknowledgement: "We thank Shaun Willows, Thomas Lugnet, and the Living Room Application
Vending team for suggesting threshold\r\nbounds as a developer-friendly way to interact
with a differential cost analyzer, and we thank Jim Christy, Daniel\r\nSchoepe,
and the Prime Video Automated Reasoning team for their support and helpful suggestions
throughout the\r\nproject. We also thank Michael Emmi for feedback on an earlier
version of this paper. And finally, we thank the anonymous reviewers for their useful
feedback and Aws Albarghouthi for shepherding the final version of the paper. Ðorđe
Žikelić was also partially supported by ERC CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt)."
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
- first_name: Bor-Yuh Evan
full_name: Chang, Bor-Yuh Evan
last_name: Chang
- first_name: Pauline
full_name: Bolignano, Pauline
last_name: Bolignano
- first_name: Franco
full_name: Raimondi, Franco
last_name: Raimondi
citation:
ama: 'Zikelic D, Chang B-YE, Bolignano P, Raimondi F. Differential cost analysis
with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials. In: Proceedings of the 43rd
ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
Association for Computing Machinery; 2022:442-457. doi:10.1145/3519939.3523435'
apa: 'Zikelic, D., Chang, B.-Y. E., Bolignano, P., & Raimondi, F. (2022). Differential
cost analysis with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials. In Proceedings
of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation (pp. 442–457). San Diego, CA, United States: Association
for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3519939.3523435'
chicago: Zikelic, Dorde, Bor-Yuh Evan Chang, Pauline Bolignano, and Franco Raimondi.
“Differential Cost Analysis with Simultaneous Potentials and Anti-Potentials.”
In Proceedings of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation, 442–57. Association for Computing Machinery,
2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3519939.3523435.
ieee: D. Zikelic, B.-Y. E. Chang, P. Bolignano, and F. Raimondi, “Differential cost
analysis with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials,” in Proceedings
of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, San Diego, CA, United States, 2022, pp. 442–457.
ista: 'Zikelic D, Chang B-YE, Bolignano P, Raimondi F. 2022. Differential cost analysis
with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials. Proceedings of the 43rd ACM
SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation, 442–457.'
mla: Zikelic, Dorde, et al. “Differential Cost Analysis with Simultaneous Potentials
and Anti-Potentials.” Proceedings of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference
on Programming Language Design and Implementation, Association for Computing
Machinery, 2022, pp. 442–57, doi:10.1145/3519939.3523435.
short: D. Zikelic, B.-Y.E. Chang, P. Bolignano, F. Raimondi, in:, Proceedings of
the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and
Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2022, pp. 442–457.
conference:
end_date: 2022-06-17
location: San Diego, CA, United States
name: 'PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation'
start_date: 2022-06-13
date_created: 2022-06-21T09:26:15Z
date_published: 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-03T07:22:33Z
day: '09'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: GradSch
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1145/3519939.3523435
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2204.00870'
isi:
- '000850435600030'
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oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
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grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
publication: Proceedings of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation
publication_identifier:
isbn:
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quality_controlled: '1'
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title: Differential cost analysis with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Structural balance theory is an established framework for studying social
relationships of friendship and enmity. These relationships are modeled by a signed
network whose energy potential measures the level of imbalance, while stochastic
dynamics drives the network toward a state of minimum energy that captures social
balance. It is known that this energy landscape has local minima that can trap
socially aware dynamics, preventing it from reaching balance. Here we first study
the robustness and attractor properties of these local minima. We show that a
stochastic process can reach them from an abundance of initial states and that
some local minima cannot be escaped by mild perturbations of the network. Motivated
by these anomalies, we introduce best-edge dynamics (BED), a new plausible stochastic
process. We prove that BED always reaches balance and that it does so fast in
various interesting settings.
acknowledgement: "K.C. acknowledges support from ERC Start Grant No. (279307: Graph
Games), ERC Consolidator Grant No. (863818: ForM-SMart), and Austrian Science Fund
(FWF)\r\nGrants No. P23499-N23 and No. S11407-N23 (RiSE). This project has received
funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under the Marie\r\nSkłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385."
article_number: '034321'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Jakub
full_name: Svoboda, Jakub
id: 130759D2-D7DD-11E9-87D2-DE0DE6697425
last_name: Svoboda
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Pavlogiannis, Andreas
id: 49704004-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Pavlogiannis
orcid: 0000-0002-8943-0722
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkadlec
orcid: 0000-0002-1097-9684
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Svoboda J, Zikelic D, Pavlogiannis A, Tkadlec J. Social balance
on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics. Physical Review E. 2022;106(3).
doi:10.1103/physreve.106.034321'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Svoboda, J., Zikelic, D., Pavlogiannis, A., & Tkadlec,
J. (2022). Social balance on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics. Physical
Review E. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.106.034321'
chicago: 'Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Jakub Svoboda, Dorde Zikelic, Andreas Pavlogiannis,
and Josef Tkadlec. “Social Balance on Networks: Local Minima and Best-Edge Dynamics.”
Physical Review E. American Physical Society, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.106.034321.'
ieee: 'K. Chatterjee, J. Svoboda, D. Zikelic, A. Pavlogiannis, and J. Tkadlec, “Social
balance on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics,” Physical Review
E, vol. 106, no. 3. American Physical Society, 2022.'
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Svoboda J, Zikelic D, Pavlogiannis A, Tkadlec J. 2022. Social
balance on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics. Physical Review E. 106(3),
034321.'
mla: 'Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Social Balance on Networks: Local Minima and
Best-Edge Dynamics.” Physical Review E, vol. 106, no. 3, 034321, American
Physical Society, 2022, doi:10.1103/physreve.106.034321.'
short: K. Chatterjee, J. Svoboda, D. Zikelic, A. Pavlogiannis, J. Tkadlec, Physical
Review E 106 (2022).
date_created: 2023-01-16T09:57:57Z
date_published: 2022-09-29T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-04T09:50:44Z
day: '29'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1103/physreve.106.034321
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2210.02394'
isi:
- '000870243100001'
intvolume: ' 106'
isi: 1
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.02394
month: '09'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
project:
- _id: 2581B60A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '279307'
name: 'Quantitative Graph Games: Theory and Applications'
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
- _id: 2584A770-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: P 23499-N23
name: Modern Graph Algorithmic Techniques in Formal Verification
- _id: 25863FF4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11407
name: Game Theory
- _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '665385'
name: International IST Doctoral Program
publication: Physical Review E
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2470-0053
issn:
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publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
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title: 'Social balance on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics'
type: journal_article
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volume: 106
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '12280'
abstract:
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text: 'In repeated interactions, players can use strategies that respond to the
outcome of previous rounds. Much of the existing literature on direct reciprocity
assumes that all competing individuals use the same strategy space. Here, we study
both learning and evolutionary dynamics of players that differ in the strategy
space they explore. We focus on the infinitely repeated donation game and compare
three natural strategy spaces: memory-1 strategies, which consider the last moves
of both players, reactive strategies, which respond to the last move of the co-player,
and unconditional strategies. These three strategy spaces differ in the memory
capacity that is needed. We compute the long term average payoff that is achieved
in a pairwise learning process. We find that smaller strategy spaces can dominate
larger ones. For weak selection, unconditional players dominate both reactive
and memory-1 players. For intermediate selection, reactive players dominate memory-1
players. Only for strong selection and low cost-to-benefit ratio, memory-1 players
dominate the others. We observe that the supergame between strategy spaces can
be a social dilemma: maximum payoff is achieved if both players explore a larger
strategy space, but smaller strategy spaces dominate.'
acknowledgement: "This work was supported by the European Research Council (https://erc.europa.eu/)\r\nCoG
863818 (ForM-SMArt) (to K.C.), and the European Research Council Starting Grant
850529: E-DIRECT (to C.H.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."
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last_name: Schmid
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- first_name: Christian
full_name: Hilbe, Christian
id: 2FDF8F3C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hilbe
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- first_name: Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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- first_name: Martin
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last_name: Nowak
citation:
ama: Schmid L, Hilbe C, Chatterjee K, Nowak M. Direct reciprocity between individuals
that use different strategy spaces. PLOS Computational Biology. 2022;18(6).
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010149
apa: Schmid, L., Hilbe, C., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. (2022). Direct reciprocity
between individuals that use different strategy spaces. PLOS Computational
Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010149
chicago: Schmid, Laura, Christian Hilbe, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Martin Nowak.
“Direct Reciprocity between Individuals That Use Different Strategy Spaces.” PLOS
Computational Biology. Public Library of Science, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010149.
ieee: L. Schmid, C. Hilbe, K. Chatterjee, and M. Nowak, “Direct reciprocity between
individuals that use different strategy spaces,” PLOS Computational Biology,
vol. 18, no. 6. Public Library of Science, 2022.
ista: Schmid L, Hilbe C, Chatterjee K, Nowak M. 2022. Direct reciprocity between
individuals that use different strategy spaces. PLOS Computational Biology. 18(6),
e1010149.
mla: Schmid, Laura, et al. “Direct Reciprocity between Individuals That Use Different
Strategy Spaces.” PLOS Computational Biology, vol. 18, no. 6, e1010149,
Public Library of Science, 2022, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010149.
short: L. Schmid, C. Hilbe, K. Chatterjee, M. Nowak, PLOS Computational Biology
18 (2022).
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) are standard models
for dynamic systems with probabilistic and nondeterministic behaviour in uncertain
environments. We prove that in POMDPs with long-run average objective, the decision
maker has approximately optimal strategies with finite memory. This implies notably
that approximating the long-run value is recursively enumerable, as well as a
weak continuity property of the value with respect to the transition function. '
acknowledgement: "Partially supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) NFN Grant No
RiSE/SHiNE S11407, by CONICYT Chile through grant PII 20150140, and by ECOS-CONICYT
through grant C15E03.\r\n"
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full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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- first_name: Raimundo J
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last_name: Saona Urmeneta
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- first_name: Bruno
full_name: Ziliotto, Bruno
last_name: Ziliotto
citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Saona Urmeneta RJ, Ziliotto B. Finite-memory strategies in POMDPs
with long-run average objectives. Mathematics of Operations Research. 2022;47(1):100-119.
doi:10.1287/moor.2020.1116
apa: Chatterjee, K., Saona Urmeneta, R. J., & Ziliotto, B. (2022). Finite-memory
strategies in POMDPs with long-run average objectives. Mathematics of Operations
Research. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.2020.1116
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Raimundo J Saona Urmeneta, and Bruno Ziliotto.
“Finite-Memory Strategies in POMDPs with Long-Run Average Objectives.” Mathematics
of Operations Research. Institute for Operations Research and the Management
Sciences, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.2020.1116.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, R. J. Saona Urmeneta, and B. Ziliotto, “Finite-memory strategies
in POMDPs with long-run average objectives,” Mathematics of Operations Research,
vol. 47, no. 1. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences,
pp. 100–119, 2022.
ista: Chatterjee K, Saona Urmeneta RJ, Ziliotto B. 2022. Finite-memory strategies
in POMDPs with long-run average objectives. Mathematics of Operations Research.
47(1), 100–119.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Finite-Memory Strategies in POMDPs with Long-Run
Average Objectives.” Mathematics of Operations Research, vol. 47, no. 1,
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2022, pp. 100–19,
doi:10.1287/moor.2020.1116.
short: K. Chatterjee, R.J. Saona Urmeneta, B. Ziliotto, Mathematics of Operations
Research 47 (2022) 100–119.
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date_published: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-05T13:16:11Z
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doi: 10.1287/moor.2020.1116
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abstract:
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text: We present PET, a specialized and highly optimized framework for partial exploration
on probabilistic systems. Over the last decade, several significant advances in
the analysis of Markov decision processes employed partial exploration. In a nutshell,
this idea allows to focus computation on specific parts of the system, guided
by heuristics, while maintaining correctness. In particular, only relevant parts
of the system are constructed on demand, which in turn potentially allows to omit
constructing large parts of the system. Depending on the model, this leads to
dramatic speed-ups, in extreme cases even up to an arbitrary factor. PET unifies
several previous implementations and provides a flexible framework to easily implement
partial exploration for many further problems. Our experimental evaluation shows
significant improvements compared to the previous implementations while vastly
reducing the overhead required to add support for additional properties.
acknowledgement: We thank Pranav Ashok and Maximilian Weininger for their contributions
to spiritual predecessors of PET as well as motivating the initial development of
this tool.
alternative_title:
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ama: 'Meggendorfer T. PET – A partial exploration tool for probabilistic verification.
In: 20th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and
Analysis. Vol 13505. Springer Nature; 2022:320-326. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-19992-9_20'
apa: 'Meggendorfer, T. (2022). PET – A partial exploration tool for probabilistic
verification. In 20th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis (Vol. 13505, pp. 320–326). Virtual: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19992-9_20'
chicago: Meggendorfer, Tobias. “PET – A Partial Exploration Tool for Probabilistic
Verification.” In 20th International Symposium on Automated Technology for
Verification and Analysis, 13505:320–26. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19992-9_20.
ieee: T. Meggendorfer, “PET – A partial exploration tool for probabilistic verification,”
in 20th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and
Analysis, Virtual, 2022, vol. 13505, pp. 320–326.
ista: 'Meggendorfer T. 2022. PET – A partial exploration tool for probabilistic
verification. 20th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification
and Analysis. ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS,
vol. 13505, 320–326.'
mla: Meggendorfer, Tobias. “PET – A Partial Exploration Tool for Probabilistic Verification.”
20th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis,
vol. 13505, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 320–26, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-19992-9_20.
short: T. Meggendorfer, in:, 20th International Symposium on Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 320–326.
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location: Virtual
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text: Fixed-horizon planning considers a weighted graph and asks to construct a
path that maximizes the sum of weights for a given time horizon T. However, in
many scenarios, the time horizon is not fixed, but the stopping time is chosen
according to some distribution such that the expected stopping time is T. If the
stopping-time distribution is not known, then to ensure robustness, the distribution
is chosen by an adversary as the worst-case scenario. A stationary plan for every
vertex always chooses the same outgoing edge. For fixed horizon or fixed stopping-time
distribution, stationary plans are not sufficient for optimality. Quite surprisingly
we show that when an adversary chooses the stopping-time distribution with expected
stopping-time T, then stationary plans are sufficient. While computing optimal
stationary plans for fixed horizon is NP-complete, we show that computing optimal
stationary plans under adversarial stopping-time distribution can be achieved
in polynomial time.
acknowledgement: This work was partially supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
NFN Grant No RiSE/SHiNE S11407 and by the grant ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt).
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- first_name: Laurent
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ama: Chatterjee K, Doyen L. Graph planning with expected finite horizon. Journal
of Computer and System Sciences. 2022;129:1-21. doi:10.1016/j.jcss.2022.04.003
apa: Chatterjee, K., & Doyen, L. (2022). Graph planning with expected finite
horizon. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcss.2022.04.003
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. “Graph Planning with Expected
Finite Horizon.” Journal of Computer and System Sciences. Elsevier, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcss.2022.04.003.
ieee: K. Chatterjee and L. Doyen, “Graph planning with expected finite horizon,”
Journal of Computer and System Sciences, vol. 129. Elsevier, pp. 1–21,
2022.
ista: Chatterjee K, Doyen L. 2022. Graph planning with expected finite horizon.
Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 129, 1–21.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. “Graph Planning with Expected Finite
Horizon.” Journal of Computer and System Sciences, vol. 129, Elsevier,
2022, pp. 1–21, doi:10.1016/j.jcss.2022.04.003.
short: K. Chatterjee, L. Doyen, Journal of Computer and System Sciences 129 (2022)
1–21.
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text: "We consider the problem of approximating the reachability probabilities in
Markov decision processes (MDP) with uncountable (continuous) state and action
spaces. While there are algorithms that, for special classes of such MDP, provide
a sequence of approximations converging to the true value in the limit, our aim
is to obtain an algorithm with guarantees on the precision of the approximation.\r\nAs
this problem is undecidable in general, assumptions on the MDP are necessary.
Our main contribution is to identify sufficient assumptions that are as weak as
possible, thus approaching the \"boundary\" of which systems can be correctly
and reliably analyzed. To this end, we also argue why each of our assumptions
is necessary for algorithms based on processing finitely many observations.\r\nWe
present two solution variants. The first one provides converging lower bounds
under weaker assumptions than typical ones from previous works concerned with
guarantees. The second one then utilizes stronger assumptions to additionally
provide converging upper bounds. Altogether, we obtain an anytime algorithm, i.e.
yielding a sequence of approximants with known and iteratively improving precision,
converging to the true value in the limit. Besides, due to the generality of our
assumptions, our algorithms are very general templates, readily allowing for various
heuristics from literature in contrast to, e.g., a specific discretization algorithm.
Our theoretical contribution thus paves the way for future practical improvements
without sacrificing correctness guarantees."
acknowledgement: "Kush Grover: The author has been supported by the DFG research training
group GRK\r\n2428 ConVeY.\r\nMaximilian Weininger: The author has been partially
supported by DFG projects 383882557\r\nStatistical Unbounded Verification (SUV)
and 427755713 Group-By Objectives in Probabilistic\r\nVerification (GOPro)"
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ama: 'Grover K, Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Weininger M. Anytime guarantees for
reachability in uncountable Markov decision processes. In: 33rd International
Conference on Concurrency Theory . Vol 243. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik; 2022. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.11'
apa: 'Grover, K., Kretinsky, J., Meggendorfer, T., & Weininger, M. (2022). Anytime
guarantees for reachability in uncountable Markov decision processes. In 33rd
International Conference on Concurrency Theory (Vol. 243). Warsaw, Poland:
Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.11'
chicago: Grover, Kush, Jan Kretinsky, Tobias Meggendorfer, and Maimilian Weininger.
“Anytime Guarantees for Reachability in Uncountable Markov Decision Processes.”
In 33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory , Vol. 243. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.11.
ieee: K. Grover, J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, and M. Weininger, “Anytime guarantees
for reachability in uncountable Markov decision processes,” in 33rd International
Conference on Concurrency Theory , Warsaw, Poland, 2022, vol. 243.
ista: 'Grover K, Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T, Weininger M. 2022. Anytime guarantees
for reachability in uncountable Markov decision processes. 33rd International
Conference on Concurrency Theory . CONCUR: Conference on Concurrency Theory, LIPIcs,
vol. 243, 11.'
mla: Grover, Kush, et al. “Anytime Guarantees for Reachability in Uncountable Markov
Decision Processes.” 33rd International Conference on Concurrency Theory ,
vol. 243, 11, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2022, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2022.11.
short: K. Grover, J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, M. Weininger, in:, 33rd International
Conference on Concurrency Theory , Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2022.
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text: "We consider the quantitative problem of obtaining lower-bounds on the probability
of termination of a given non-deterministic probabilistic program. Specifically,
given a non-termination threshold p∈[0,1], we aim for certificates proving that
the program terminates with probability at least 1−p. The basic idea of our approach
is to find a terminating stochastic invariant, i.e. a subset SI of program states
such that (i) the probability of the program ever leaving SI is no more than p,
and (ii) almost-surely, the program either leaves SI or terminates.\r\n\r\nWhile
stochastic invariants are already well-known, we provide the first proof that
the idea above is not only sound, but also complete for quantitative termination
analysis. We then introduce a novel sound and complete characterization of stochastic
invariants that enables template-based approaches for easy synthesis of quantitative
termination certificates, especially in affine or polynomial forms. Finally, by
combining this idea with the existing martingale-based methods that are relatively
complete for qualitative termination analysis, we obtain the first automated,
sound, and relatively complete algorithm for quantitative termination analysis.
Notably, our completeness guarantees for quantitative termination analysis are
as strong as the best-known methods for the qualitative variant.\r\n\r\nOur prototype
implementation demonstrates the effectiveness of our approach on various probabilistic
programs. We also demonstrate that our algorithm certifies lower bounds on termination
probability for probabilistic programs that are beyond the reach of previous methods."
acknowledgement: This research was partially supported by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt),
the HKUST-Kaisa Joint Research Institute Project Grant HKJRI3A-055, the HKUST Startup
Grant R9272 and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.
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- first_name: Amir Kafshdar
full_name: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar
id: 391365CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Goharshady
orcid: 0000-0003-1702-6584
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias
id: b21b0c15-30a2-11eb-80dc-f13ca25802e1
last_name: Meggendorfer
orcid: 0000-0002-1712-2165
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
orcid: 0000-0002-4681-1699
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. Sound and complete
certificates for auantitative termination analysis of probabilistic programs.
In: Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification.
Vol 13371. Springer; 2022:55-78. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-13185-1_4'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Goharshady, A. K., Meggendorfer, T., & Zikelic, D. (2022).
Sound and complete certificates for auantitative termination analysis of probabilistic
programs. In Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided
Verification (Vol. 13371, pp. 55–78). Haifa, Israel: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13185-1_4'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, Tobias Meggendorfer,
and Dorde Zikelic. “Sound and Complete Certificates for Auantitative Termination
Analysis of Probabilistic Programs.” In Proceedings of the 34th International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification, 13371:55–78. Springer, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13185-1_4.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, A. K. Goharshady, T. Meggendorfer, and D. Zikelic, “Sound and complete
certificates for auantitative termination analysis of probabilistic programs,”
in Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification,
Haifa, Israel, 2022, vol. 13371, pp. 55–78.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2022. Sound and complete
certificates for auantitative termination analysis of probabilistic programs.
Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification.
CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13371, 55–78.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Sound and Complete Certificates for Auantitative
Termination Analysis of Probabilistic Programs.” Proceedings of the 34th International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification, vol. 13371, Springer, 2022, pp.
55–78, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-13185-1_4.
short: K. Chatterjee, A.K. Goharshady, T. Meggendorfer, D. Zikelic, in:, Proceedings
of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, Springer,
2022, pp. 55–78.
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text: "We consider the problem of formally verifying almost-sure (a.s.) asymptotic
stability in discrete-time nonlinear stochastic control systems. While verifying
stability in deterministic control systems is extensively studied in the literature,
verifying stability in stochastic control systems is an open problem. The few
existing works on this topic either consider only specialized forms of stochasticity
or make restrictive assumptions on the system, rendering them inapplicable to
learning algorithms with neural network policies. \r\n In this work, we present
an approach for general nonlinear stochastic control problems with two novel aspects:
(a) instead of classical stochastic extensions of Lyapunov functions, we use ranking
supermartingales (RSMs) to certify a.s. asymptotic stability, and (b) we present
a method for learning neural network RSMs. \r\n We prove that our approach guarantees
a.s. asymptotic stability of the system and\r\n provides the first method to obtain
bounds on the stabilization time, which stochastic Lyapunov functions do not.\r\n
Finally, we validate our approach experimentally on a set of nonlinear stochastic
reinforcement learning environments with neural network policies."
acknowledgement: "This work was supported in part by the ERC-2020-AdG 101020093, ERC
CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme\r\nunder the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385."
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full_name: Lechner, Mathias
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last_name: Lechner
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
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last_name: Zikelic
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last_name: Henzinger
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citation:
ama: Lechner M, Zikelic D, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. Stability verification in
stochastic control systems via neural network supermartingales. Proceedings
of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2022;36(7):7326-7336. doi:10.1609/aaai.v36i7.20695
apa: Lechner, M., Zikelic, D., Chatterjee, K., & Henzinger, T. A. (2022). Stability
verification in stochastic control systems via neural network supermartingales.
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Association
for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i7.20695
chicago: Lechner, Mathias, Dorde Zikelic, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Thomas A Henzinger.
“Stability Verification in Stochastic Control Systems via Neural Network Supermartingales.”
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Association
for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i7.20695.
ieee: M. Lechner, D. Zikelic, K. Chatterjee, and T. A. Henzinger, “Stability verification
in stochastic control systems via neural network supermartingales,” Proceedings
of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 36, no. 7. Association
for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 7326–7336, 2022.
ista: Lechner M, Zikelic D, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2022. Stability verification
in stochastic control systems via neural network supermartingales. Proceedings
of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 36(7), 7326–7336.
mla: Lechner, Mathias, et al. “Stability Verification in Stochastic Control Systems
via Neural Network Supermartingales.” Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, vol. 36, no. 7, Association for the Advancement of
Artificial Intelligence, 2022, pp. 7326–36, doi:10.1609/aaai.v36i7.20695.
short: M. Lechner, D. Zikelic, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, Proceedings of the
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 36 (2022) 7326–7336.
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keyword:
- General Medicine
language:
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...
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "In this work, we address the problem of learning provably stable neural\r\nnetwork
policies for stochastic control systems. While recent work has\r\ndemonstrated
the feasibility of certifying given policies using martingale\r\ntheory, the problem
of how to learn such policies is little explored. Here, we\r\nstudy the effectiveness
of jointly learning a policy together with a martingale\r\ncertificate that proves
its stability using a single learning algorithm. We\r\nobserve that the joint
optimization problem becomes easily stuck in local\r\nminima when starting from
a randomly initialized policy. Our results suggest\r\nthat some form of pre-training
of the policy is required for the joint\r\noptimization to repair and verify the
policy successfully."
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citation:
ama: Zikelic D, Lechner M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. Learning stabilizing policies
in stochastic control systems. arXiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2205.11991
apa: Zikelic, D., Lechner, M., Chatterjee, K., & Henzinger, T. A. (n.d.). Learning
stabilizing policies in stochastic control systems. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.11991
chicago: Zikelic, Dorde, Mathias Lechner, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Thomas A Henzinger.
“Learning Stabilizing Policies in Stochastic Control Systems.” ArXiv, n.d.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.11991.
ieee: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, K. Chatterjee, and T. A. Henzinger, “Learning stabilizing
policies in stochastic control systems,” arXiv. .
ista: Zikelic D, Lechner M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. Learning stabilizing policies
in stochastic control systems. arXiv, 10.48550/arXiv.2205.11991.
mla: Zikelic, Dorde, et al. “Learning Stabilizing Policies in Stochastic Control
Systems.” ArXiv, doi:10.48550/arXiv.2205.11991.
short: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, ArXiv (n.d.).
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- _id: ToHe
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grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '665385'
name: International IST Doctoral Program
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---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We study the problem of learning controllers for discrete-time non-linear
stochastic dynamical systems with formal reach-avoid guarantees. This work presents
the first method for providing formal reach-avoid guarantees, which combine and
generalize stability and safety guarantees, with a tolerable probability threshold
$p\in[0,1]$ over the infinite time horizon. Our method leverages advances in machine
learning literature and it represents formal certificates as neural networks.
In particular, we learn a certificate in the form of a reach-avoid supermartingale
(RASM), a novel notion that we introduce in this work. Our RASMs provide reachability
and avoidance guarantees by imposing constraints on what can be viewed as a stochastic
extension of level sets of Lyapunov functions for deterministic systems. Our approach
solves several important problems -- it can be used to learn a control policy
from scratch, to verify a reach-avoid specification for a fixed control policy,
or to fine-tune a pre-trained policy if it does not satisfy the reach-avoid specification.
We validate our approach on $3$ stochastic non-linear reinforcement learning tasks.
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last_name: Zikelic
orcid: 0000-0002-4681-1699
- first_name: Mathias
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last_name: Lechner
- first_name: Thomas A
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last_name: Henzinger
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citation:
ama: Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. Learning control policies
for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. arXiv. doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2210.05308
apa: Zikelic, D., Lechner, M., Henzinger, T. A., & Chatterjee, K. (n.d.). Learning
control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. arXiv.
https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2210.05308
chicago: Zikelic, Dorde, Mathias Lechner, Thomas A Henzinger, and Krishnendu Chatterjee.
“Learning Control Policies for Stochastic Systems with Reach-Avoid Guarantees.”
ArXiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2210.05308.
ieee: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, T. A. Henzinger, and K. Chatterjee, “Learning control
policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees,” arXiv. .
ista: Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. Learning control policies
for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. arXiv, 10.48550/ARXIV.2210.05308.
mla: Zikelic, Dorde, et al. “Learning Control Policies for Stochastic Systems with
Reach-Avoid Guarantees.” ArXiv, doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2210.05308.
short: D. Zikelic, M. Lechner, T.A. Henzinger, K. Chatterjee, ArXiv (n.d.).
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name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
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abstract:
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text: "A deterministic finite automaton (DFA) \U0001D49C is composite if its language
L(\U0001D49C) can be decomposed into an intersection ⋂_{i = 1}^k L(\U0001D49C_i)
of languages of smaller DFAs. Otherwise, \U0001D49C is prime. This notion of primality
was introduced by Kupferman and Mosheiff in 2013, and while they proved that we
can decide whether a DFA is composite, the precise complexity of this problem
is still open, with a doubly-exponential gap between the upper and lower bounds.
In this work, we focus on permutation DFAs, i.e., those for which the transition
monoid is a group. We provide an NP algorithm to decide whether a permutation
DFA is composite, and show that the difficulty of this problem comes from the
number of non-accepting states of the instance: we give a fixed-parameter tractable
algorithm with the number of rejecting states as the parameter. Moreover, we investigate
the class of commutative permutation DFAs. Their structural properties allow us
to decide compositionality in NL, and even in LOGSPACE if the alphabet size is
fixed. Despite this low complexity, we show that complex behaviors still arise
in this class: we provide a family of composite DFAs each requiring polynomially
many factors with respect to its size. We also consider the variant of the problem
that asks whether a DFA is k-factor composite, that is, decomposable into k smaller
DFAs, for some given integer k ∈ ℕ. We show that, for commutative permutation
DFAs, restricting the number of factors makes the decision computationally harder,
and yields a problem with tight bounds: it is NP-complete. Finally, we show that
in general, this problem is in PSPACE, and it is in LOGSPACE for DFAs with a singleton
alphabet."
acknowledgement: "Ismaël Jecker: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 754411.
Nicolas Mazzocchi: BOSCO project PGC2018-102210-B-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), BLOQUESCM
project S2018/TCS-4339, and MINECO grant RYC-2016-20281.\r\nPetra Wolf : DFG project
FE 560/9-1.\r\n"
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citation:
ama: 'Jecker IR, Mazzocchi N, Wolf P. Decomposing permutation automata. In: 32nd
International Conference on Concurrency Theory. Vol 203. Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik; 2021. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2021.18'
apa: 'Jecker, I. R., Mazzocchi, N., & Wolf, P. (2021). Decomposing permutation
automata. In 32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (Vol.
203). Paris, France: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2021.18'
chicago: Jecker, Ismael R, Nicolas Mazzocchi, and Petra Wolf. “Decomposing Permutation
Automata.” In 32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory, Vol.
203. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2021.18.
ieee: I. R. Jecker, N. Mazzocchi, and P. Wolf, “Decomposing permutation automata,”
in 32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory, Paris, France,
2021, vol. 203.
ista: 'Jecker IR, Mazzocchi N, Wolf P. 2021. Decomposing permutation automata. 32nd
International Conference on Concurrency Theory. CONCUR: Conference on Concurrency
Theory, LIPIcs, vol. 203, 18.'
mla: Jecker, Ismael R., et al. “Decomposing Permutation Automata.” 32nd International
Conference on Concurrency Theory, vol. 203, 18, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz
Zentrum für Informatik, 2021, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2021.18.
short: I.R. Jecker, N. Mazzocchi, P. Wolf, in:, 32nd International Conference on
Concurrency Theory, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021.
conference:
end_date: 2021-08-27
location: Paris, France
name: 'CONCUR: Conference on Concurrency Theory'
start_date: 2021-08-23
date_created: 2021-09-27T14:33:14Z
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ddc:
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department:
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ec_funded: 1
external_id:
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title: Decomposing permutation automata
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_id: '10054'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Graphs and games on graphs are fundamental models for the analysis of reactive
systems, in particular, for model-checking and the synthesis of reactive systems.
The class of ω-regular languages provides a robust specification formalism for
the desired properties of reactive systems. In the classical infinitary formulation
of the liveness part of an ω-regular specification, a "good" event must happen
eventually without any bound between the good events. A stronger notion of liveness
is bounded liveness, which requires that good events happen within d transitions.
Given a graph or a game graph with n vertices, m edges, and a bounded liveness
objective, the previous best-known algorithmic bounds are as follows: (i) O(dm)
for graphs, which in the worst-case is O(n³); and (ii) O(n² d²) for games on graphs.
Our main contributions improve these long-standing algorithmic bounds. For graphs
we present: (i) a randomized algorithm with one-sided error with running time
O(n^{2.5} log n) for the bounded liveness objectives; and (ii) a deterministic
linear-time algorithm for the complement of bounded liveness objectives. For games
on graphs, we present an O(n² d) time algorithm for the bounded liveness objectives.'
acknowledgement: 'Krishnendu Chatterjee: Supported by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt).
Monika Henzinger: Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and netIDEE SCIENCE
project P 33775-N. Sagar Sudhir Kale: Partially supported by the Vienna Science
and Technology Fund (WWTF) through project ICT15-003. Alexander Svozil: Fully supported
by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) through project ICT15-003.'
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '124'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Monika H
full_name: Henzinger, Monika H
id: 540c9bbd-f2de-11ec-812d-d04a5be85630
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000-0002-5008-6530
- first_name: Sagar Sudhir
full_name: Kale, Sagar Sudhir
last_name: Kale
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: Svozil, Alexander
last_name: Svozil
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger MH, Kale SS, Svozil A. Faster algorithms for bounded
liveness in graphs and game graphs. In: 48th International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages, and Programming. Vol 198. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für
Informatik; 2021. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.124'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, M. H., Kale, S. S., & Svozil, A. (2021). Faster
algorithms for bounded liveness in graphs and game graphs. In 48th International
Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (Vol. 198). Glasgow, Scotland:
Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.124'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Monika H Henzinger, Sagar Sudhir Kale, and Alexander
Svozil. “Faster Algorithms for Bounded Liveness in Graphs and Game Graphs.” In
48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming,
Vol. 198. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.124.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, M. H. Henzinger, S. S. Kale, and A. Svozil, “Faster algorithms
for bounded liveness in graphs and game graphs,” in 48th International Colloquium
on Automata, Languages, and Programming, Glasgow, Scotland, 2021, vol. 198.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger MH, Kale SS, Svozil A. 2021. Faster algorithms for
bounded liveness in graphs and game graphs. 48th International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages, and Programming. ICALP: International Colloquium on Automata, Languages,
and Programming, LIPIcs, vol. 198, 124.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Faster Algorithms for Bounded Liveness in Graphs
and Game Graphs.” 48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and
Programming, vol. 198, 124, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik,
2021, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.124.
short: K. Chatterjee, M.H. Henzinger, S.S. Kale, A. Svozil, in:, 48th International
Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz
Zentrum für Informatik, 2021.
conference:
end_date: 2021-07-16
location: Glasgow, Scotland
name: 'ICALP: International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming'
start_date: 2021-07-12
date_created: 2021-09-27T14:33:15Z
date_published: 2021-07-02T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-12T10:55:02Z
day: '02'
ddc:
- '000'
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- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.124
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name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
publication: 48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-3-95977-195-5
issn:
- 1868-8969
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_id: '10075'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We study the expressiveness and succinctness of good-for-games pushdown automata
(GFG-PDA) over finite words, that is, pushdown automata whose nondeterminism can
be resolved based on the run constructed so far, but independently of the remainder
of the input word. We prove that GFG-PDA recognise more languages than deterministic
PDA (DPDA) but not all context-free languages (CFL). This class is orthogonal
to unambiguous CFL. We further show that GFG-PDA can be exponentially more succinct
than DPDA, while PDA can be double-exponentially more succinct than GFG-PDA. We
also study GFGness in visibly pushdown automata (VPA), which enjoy better closure
properties than PDA, and for which we show GFGness to be ExpTime-complete. GFG-VPA
can be exponentially more succinct than deterministic VPA, while VPA can be exponentially
more succinct than GFG-VPA. Both of these lower bounds are tight. Finally, we
study the complexity of resolving nondeterminism in GFG-PDA. Every GFG-PDA has
a positional resolver, a function that resolves nondeterminism and that is only
dependant on the current configuration. Pushdown transducers are sufficient to
implement the resolvers of GFG-VPA, but not those of GFG-PDA. GFG-PDA with finite-state
resolvers are determinisable.
acknowledgement: 'Ismaël Jecker: Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 754411.
Karoliina Lehtinen: Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 892704.'
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '53'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Shibashis
full_name: Guha, Shibashis
last_name: Guha
- first_name: Ismael R
full_name: Jecker, Ismael R
id: 85D7C63E-7D5D-11E9-9C0F-98C4E5697425
last_name: Jecker
- first_name: Karoliina
full_name: Lehtinen, Karoliina
last_name: Lehtinen
- first_name: Martin
full_name: Zimmermann, Martin
last_name: Zimmermann
citation:
ama: 'Guha S, Jecker IR, Lehtinen K, Zimmermann M. A bit of nondeterminism makes
pushdown automata expressive and succinct. In: 46th International Symposium
on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science. Vol 202. Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik; 2021. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.53'
apa: 'Guha, S., Jecker, I. R., Lehtinen, K., & Zimmermann, M. (2021). A bit
of nondeterminism makes pushdown automata expressive and succinct. In 46th
International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (Vol.
202). Tallinn, Estonia: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.53'
chicago: Guha, Shibashis, Ismael R Jecker, Karoliina Lehtinen, and Martin Zimmermann.
“A Bit of Nondeterminism Makes Pushdown Automata Expressive and Succinct.” In
46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
Vol. 202. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.53.
ieee: S. Guha, I. R. Jecker, K. Lehtinen, and M. Zimmermann, “A bit of nondeterminism
makes pushdown automata expressive and succinct,” in 46th International Symposium
on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Tallinn, Estonia, 2021, vol.
202.
ista: 'Guha S, Jecker IR, Lehtinen K, Zimmermann M. 2021. A bit of nondeterminism
makes pushdown automata expressive and succinct. 46th International Symposium
on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science. MFCS: Mathematical Foundations
of Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 202, 53.'
mla: Guha, Shibashis, et al. “A Bit of Nondeterminism Makes Pushdown Automata Expressive
and Succinct.” 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of
Computer Science, vol. 202, 53, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik,
2021, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.53.
short: S. Guha, I.R. Jecker, K. Lehtinen, M. Zimmermann, in:, 46th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl -
Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021.
conference:
end_date: 2021-08-27
location: Tallinn, Estonia
name: 'MFCS: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science'
start_date: 2021-08-23
date_created: 2021-10-03T22:01:23Z
date_published: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-05-13T08:21:56Z
day: '18'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.53
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2105.02611'
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- _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '754411'
name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships
publication: 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer
Science
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-3-9597-7201-3
issn:
- 1868-8969
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publisher: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik
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---
_id: '10630'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: In the Intersection Non-emptiness problem, we are given a list of finite automata
A_1, A_2,… , A_m over a common alphabet Σ as input, and the goal is to determine
whether some string w ∈ Σ^* lies in the intersection of the languages accepted
by the automata in the list. We analyze the complexity of the Intersection Non-emptiness
problem under the promise that all input automata accept a language in some level
of the dot-depth hierarchy, or some level of the Straubing-Thérien hierarchy.
Automata accepting languages from the lowest levels of these hierarchies arise
naturally in the context of model checking. We identify a dichotomy in the dot-depth
hierarchy by showing that the problem is already NP-complete when all input automata
accept languages of the levels B_0 or B_{1/2} and already PSPACE-hard when all
automata accept a language from the level B_1. Conversely, we identify a tetrachotomy
in the Straubing-Thérien hierarchy. More precisely, we show that the problem is
in AC^0 when restricted to level L_0; complete for L or NL, depending on the input
representation, when restricted to languages in the level L_{1/2}; NP-complete
when the input is given as DFAs accepting a language in L_1 or L_{3/2}; and finally,
PSPACE-complete when the input automata accept languages in level L_2 or higher.
Moreover, we show that the proof technique used to show containment in NP for
DFAs accepting languages in L_1 or L_{3/2} does not generalize to the context
of NFAs. To prove this, we identify a family of languages that provide an exponential
separation between the state complexity of general NFAs and that of partially
ordered NFAs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first superpolynomial
separation between these two models of computation.
acknowledgement: "We like to thank Lukas Fleischer and Michael Wehar for our discussions.
This work started at the Schloss Dagstuhl Event 20483 Moderne Aspekte der Komplexitätstheorie
in der Automatentheorie https://www.dagstuhl.de/20483.\r\n"
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '34'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Emmanuel
full_name: Arrighi, Emmanuel
last_name: Arrighi
- first_name: Henning
full_name: Fernau, Henning
last_name: Fernau
- first_name: Stefan
full_name: Hoffmann, Stefan
last_name: Hoffmann
- first_name: Markus
full_name: Holzer, Markus
last_name: Holzer
- first_name: Ismael R
full_name: Jecker, Ismael R
id: 85D7C63E-7D5D-11E9-9C0F-98C4E5697425
last_name: Jecker
- first_name: Mateus
full_name: De Oliveira Oliveira, Mateus
last_name: De Oliveira Oliveira
- first_name: Petra
full_name: Wolf, Petra
last_name: Wolf
citation:
ama: 'Arrighi E, Fernau H, Hoffmann S, et al. On the complexity of intersection
non-emptiness for star-free language classes. In: 41st IARCS Annual Conference
on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. Vol
213. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik; 2021. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.34'
apa: 'Arrighi, E., Fernau, H., Hoffmann, S., Holzer, M., Jecker, I. R., De Oliveira
Oliveira, M., & Wolf, P. (2021). On the complexity of intersection non-emptiness
for star-free language classes. In 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (Vol. 213). Virtual:
Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.34'
chicago: Arrighi, Emmanuel, Henning Fernau, Stefan Hoffmann, Markus Holzer, Ismael
R Jecker, Mateus De Oliveira Oliveira, and Petra Wolf. “On the Complexity of Intersection
Non-Emptiness for Star-Free Language Classes.” In 41st IARCS Annual Conference
on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol.
213. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.34.
ieee: E. Arrighi et al., “On the complexity of intersection non-emptiness
for star-free language classes,” in 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Virtual, 2021, vol.
213.
ista: 'Arrighi E, Fernau H, Hoffmann S, Holzer M, Jecker IR, De Oliveira Oliveira
M, Wolf P. 2021. On the complexity of intersection non-emptiness for star-free
language classes. 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology
and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS: Foundations of Software Technology and
Theoretical Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 213, 34.'
mla: Arrighi, Emmanuel, et al. “On the Complexity of Intersection Non-Emptiness
for Star-Free Language Classes.” 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 213, 34, Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.34.
short: E. Arrighi, H. Fernau, S. Hoffmann, M. Holzer, I.R. Jecker, M. De Oliveira
Oliveira, P. Wolf, in:, 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software
Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum
für Informatik, 2021.
conference:
end_date: 2021-12-17
location: Virtual
name: 'FSTTCS: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science'
start_date: 2021-12-15
date_created: 2022-01-16T23:01:29Z
date_published: 2021-11-29T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-01-17T10:56:19Z
day: '29'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.34
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2110.01279'
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month: '11'
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project:
- _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '754411'
name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships
publication: 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and
Theoretical Computer Science
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-3-9597-7215-0
issn:
- 1868-8969
publication_status: published
publisher: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik
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---
_id: '10629'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Product graphs arise naturally in formal verification and program analysis.
For example, the analysis of two concurrent threads requires the product of two
component control-flow graphs, and for language inclusion of deterministic automata
the product of two automata is constructed. In many cases, the component graphs
have constant treewidth, e.g., when the input contains control-flow graphs of
programs. We consider the algorithmic analysis of products of two constant-treewidth
graphs with respect to three classic specification languages, namely, (a) algebraic
properties, (b) mean-payoff properties, and (c) initial credit for energy properties.\r\nOur
main contributions are as follows. Consider a graph G that is the product of two
constant-treewidth graphs of size n each. First, given an idempotent semiring,
we present an algorithm that computes the semiring transitive closure of G in
time Õ(n⁴). Since the output has size Θ(n⁴), our algorithm is optimal (up to
polylog factors). Second, given a mean-payoff objective, we present an O(n³)-time
algorithm for deciding whether the value of a starting state is non-negative,
improving the previously known O(n⁴) bound. Third, given an initial credit for
energy objective, we present an O(n⁵)-time algorithm for computing the minimum
initial credit for all nodes of G, improving the previously known O(n⁸) bound.
At the heart of our approach lies an algorithm for the efficient construction
of strongly-balanced tree decompositions of constant-treewidth graphs. Given a
constant-treewidth graph G' of n nodes and a positive integer λ, our algorithm
constructs a binary tree decomposition of G' of width O(λ) with the property that
the size of each subtree decreases geometrically with rate (1/2 + 2^{-λ})."
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '42'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Rasmus
full_name: Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus
id: 3B699956-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ibsen-Jensen
orcid: 0000-0003-4783-0389
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Pavlogiannis, Andreas
id: 49704004-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Pavlogiannis
orcid: 0000-0002-8943-0722
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Pavlogiannis A. Quantitative verification on
product graphs of small treewidth. In: 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. Vol 213. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik; 2021. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.42'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Ibsen-Jensen, R., & Pavlogiannis, A. (2021). Quantitative
verification on product graphs of small treewidth. In 41st IARCS Annual Conference
on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (Vol.
213). Virtual: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.42'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen, and Andreas Pavlogiannis.
“Quantitative Verification on Product Graphs of Small Treewidth.” In 41st IARCS
Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer
Science, Vol. 213. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.42.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, and A. Pavlogiannis, “Quantitative verification
on product graphs of small treewidth,” in 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Virtual, 2021, vol.
213.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Pavlogiannis A. 2021. Quantitative verification
on product graphs of small treewidth. 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations
of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS: Foundations of
Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 213, 42.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Quantitative Verification on Product Graphs
of Small Treewidth.” 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software
Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 213, 42, Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2021, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.42.
short: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, A. Pavlogiannis, in:, 41st IARCS Annual Conference
on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2021.
conference:
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location: Virtual
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date_created: 2022-01-16T23:01:28Z
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'In a two-player zero-sum graph game the players move a token throughout a
graph to produce an infinite path, which determines the winner or payoff of the
game. Traditionally, the players alternate turns in moving the token. In bidding
games, however, the players have budgets, and in each turn, we hold an “auction”
(bidding) to determine which player moves the token: both players simultaneously
submit bids and the higher bidder moves the token. The bidding mechanisms differ
in their payment schemes. Bidding games were largely studied with variants of
first-price bidding in which only the higher bidder pays his bid. We focus on
all-pay bidding, where both players pay their bids. Finite-duration all-pay bidding
games were studied and shown to be technically more challenging than their first-price
counterparts. We study for the first time, infinite-duration all-pay bidding games.
Our most interesting results are for mean-payoff objectives: we portray a complete
picture for games played on strongly-connected graphs. We study both pure (deterministic)
and mixed (probabilistic) strategies and completely characterize the optimal and
almost-sure (with probability 1) payoffs the players can respectively guarantee.
We show that mean-payoff games under all-pay bidding exhibit the intriguing mathematical
properties of their first-price counterparts; namely, an equivalence with random-turn
games in which in each turn, the player who moves is selected according to a (biased)
coin toss. The equivalences for all-pay bidding are more intricate and unexpected
than for first-price bidding.'
acknowledgement: This research was supported in part by the Austrian Science Fund
(FWF) under grant Z211-N23 (Wittgenstein Award), ERC CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt), and
by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.
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- first_name: Guy
full_name: Avni, Guy
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- first_name: Ismael R
full_name: Jecker, Ismael R
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last_name: Jecker
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
citation:
ama: 'Avni G, Jecker IR, Zikelic D. Infinite-duration all-pay bidding games. In:
Marx D, ed. Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; 2021:617-636. doi:10.1137/1.9781611976465.38'
apa: 'Avni, G., Jecker, I. R., & Zikelic, D. (2021). Infinite-duration all-pay
bidding games. In D. Marx (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium
on Discrete Algorithms (pp. 617–636). Virtual: Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611976465.38'
chicago: Avni, Guy, Ismael R Jecker, and Dorde Zikelic. “Infinite-Duration All-Pay
Bidding Games.” In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms,
edited by Dániel Marx, 617–36. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611976465.38.
ieee: G. Avni, I. R. Jecker, and D. Zikelic, “Infinite-duration all-pay bidding
games,” in Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms,
Virtual, 2021, pp. 617–636.
ista: 'Avni G, Jecker IR, Zikelic D. 2021. Infinite-duration all-pay bidding games.
Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. SODA: Symposium
on Discrete Algorithms, 617–636.'
mla: Avni, Guy, et al. “Infinite-Duration All-Pay Bidding Games.” Proceedings
of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, edited by Dániel Marx,
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2021, pp. 617–36, doi:10.1137/1.9781611976465.38.
short: G. Avni, I.R. Jecker, D. Zikelic, in:, D. Marx (Ed.), Proceedings of the
2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics, 2021, pp. 617–636.
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location: Virtual
name: 'SODA: Symposium on Discrete Algorithms'
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date_created: 2022-01-27T12:11:23Z
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date_updated: 2022-01-27T12:58:43Z
day: '01'
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- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1137/1.9781611976465.38
ec_funded: 1
editor:
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full_name: Marx, Dániel
last_name: Marx
external_id:
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We study the two-player zero-sum extension of the partially observable stochastic
shortest-path problem where one agent has only partial information about the environment.
We formulate this problem as a partially observable stochastic game (POSG): given
a set of target states and negative rewards for each transition, the player with
imperfect information maximizes the expected undiscounted total reward until a
target state is reached. The second player with the perfect information aims for
the opposite. We base our formalism on POSGs with one-sided observability (OS-POSGs)
and give the following contributions: (1) we introduce a novel heuristic search
value iteration algorithm that iteratively solves depth-limited variants of the
game, (2) we derive the bound on the depth guaranteeing an arbitrary precision,
(3) we propose a novel upper-bound estimation that allows early terminations,
and (4) we experimentally evaluate the algorithm on a pursuit-evasion game.'
acknowledgement: "This research was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (no.
19-24384Y), by the OP VVV MEYS funded project CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 019/0000765
“Research Center for Informatics”, by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt), and by the
Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory and was accomplished
under Cooperative\r\nAgreement Number W911NF-13-2-0045 (ARL Cyber Security CRA).
The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and
should not be interpreted as\r\nrepresenting the official policies, either expressed
or implied, of the Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory
or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute
reprints for Government purposes not withstanding any copyright notation here on. "
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Petr
full_name: Tomášek, Petr
last_name: Tomášek
- first_name: Karel
full_name: Horák, Karel
last_name: Horák
- first_name: Aditya
full_name: Aradhye, Aditya
last_name: Aradhye
- first_name: Branislav
full_name: Bošanský, Branislav
last_name: Bošanský
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
citation:
ama: 'Tomášek P, Horák K, Aradhye A, Bošanský B, Chatterjee K. Solving partially
observable stochastic shortest-path games. In: 30th International Joint Conference
on Artificial Intelligence. International Joint Conferences on Artificial
Intelligence; 2021:4182-4189. doi:10.24963/ijcai.2021/575'
apa: 'Tomášek, P., Horák, K., Aradhye, A., Bošanský, B., & Chatterjee, K. (2021).
Solving partially observable stochastic shortest-path games. In 30th International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (pp. 4182–4189). Virtual, Online:
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2021/575'
chicago: Tomášek, Petr, Karel Horák, Aditya Aradhye, Branislav Bošanský, and Krishnendu
Chatterjee. “Solving Partially Observable Stochastic Shortest-Path Games.” In
30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 4182–89.
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, 2021. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2021/575.
ieee: P. Tomášek, K. Horák, A. Aradhye, B. Bošanský, and K. Chatterjee, “Solving
partially observable stochastic shortest-path games,” in 30th International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual, Online, 2021, pp. 4182–4189.
ista: 'Tomášek P, Horák K, Aradhye A, Bošanský B, Chatterjee K. 2021. Solving partially
observable stochastic shortest-path games. 30th International Joint Conference
on Artificial Intelligence. IJCAI: International Joint Conferences on Artificial
Intelligence Organization, 4182–4189.'
mla: Tomášek, Petr, et al. “Solving Partially Observable Stochastic Shortest-Path
Games.” 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, 2021, pp. 4182–89,
doi:10.24963/ijcai.2021/575.
short: P. Tomášek, K. Horák, A. Aradhye, B. Bošanský, K. Chatterjee, in:, 30th International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, International Joint Conferences on
Artificial Intelligence, 2021, pp. 4182–4189.
conference:
end_date: 2021-08-27
location: Virtual, Online
name: 'IJCAI: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization'
start_date: 2021-08-19
date_created: 2022-03-13T23:01:47Z
date_published: 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-05T09:05:06Z
day: '01'
department:
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doi: 10.24963/ijcai.2021/575
ec_funded: 1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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url: https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2021/575
month: '09'
oa: 1
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page: 4182-4189
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
publication: 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- '9780999241196'
issn:
- 1045-0823
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publisher: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: ' matching is compatible to two or more labeled point sets of size n with
labels {1,…,n} if its straight-line drawing on each of these point sets is
crossing-free. We study the maximum number of edges in a matching compatible to
two or more labeled point sets in general position in the plane. We show that
for any two labeled convex sets of n points there exists a compatible matching
with ⌊2n−−√⌋ edges. More generally, for any ℓ labeled point sets we construct
compatible matchings of size Ω(n1/ℓ) . As a corresponding upper bound, we use
probabilistic arguments to show that for any ℓ given sets of n points there
exists a labeling of each set such that the largest compatible matching has O(n2/(ℓ+1)) edges.
Finally, we show that Θ(logn) copies of any set of n points are necessary and
sufficient for the existence of a labeling such that any compatible matching consists
only of a single edge.'
acknowledgement: 'A.A. funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 754411.
Z.M. partially funded by Wittgenstein Prize, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grant
no. Z 342-N31. I.P., D.P., and B.V. partially supported by FWF within the collaborative
DACH project Arrangements and Drawings as FWF project I 3340-N35. A.P. supported
by a Schrödinger fellowship of the FWF: J-3847-N35. J.T. partially supported by
ERC Start grant no. (279307: Graph Games), FWF grant no. P23499-N23 and S11407-N23
(RiSE).'
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id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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full_name: Vogtenhuber, Birgit
last_name: Vogtenhuber
citation:
ama: 'Aichholzer O, Arroyo Guevara AM, Masárová Z, et al. On compatible matchings.
In: 15th International Conference on Algorithms and Computation. Vol 12635.
Springer Nature; 2021:221-233. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68211-8_18'
apa: 'Aichholzer, O., Arroyo Guevara, A. M., Masárová, Z., Parada, I., Perz, D.,
Pilz, A., … Vogtenhuber, B. (2021). On compatible matchings. In 15th International
Conference on Algorithms and Computation (Vol. 12635, pp. 221–233). Yangon,
Myanmar: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68211-8_18'
chicago: Aichholzer, Oswin, Alan M Arroyo Guevara, Zuzana Masárová, Irene Parada,
Daniel Perz, Alexander Pilz, Josef Tkadlec, and Birgit Vogtenhuber. “On Compatible
Matchings.” In 15th International Conference on Algorithms and Computation,
12635:221–33. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68211-8_18.
ieee: O. Aichholzer et al., “On compatible matchings,” in 15th International
Conference on Algorithms and Computation, Yangon, Myanmar, 2021, vol. 12635,
pp. 221–233.
ista: 'Aichholzer O, Arroyo Guevara AM, Masárová Z, Parada I, Perz D, Pilz A, Tkadlec
J, Vogtenhuber B. 2021. On compatible matchings. 15th International Conference
on Algorithms and Computation. WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation, LNCS, vol.
12635, 221–233.'
mla: Aichholzer, Oswin, et al. “On Compatible Matchings.” 15th International
Conference on Algorithms and Computation, vol. 12635, Springer Nature, 2021,
pp. 221–33, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68211-8_18.
short: O. Aichholzer, A.M. Arroyo Guevara, Z. Masárová, I. Parada, D. Perz, A. Pilz,
J. Tkadlec, B. Vogtenhuber, in:, 15th International Conference on Algorithms and
Computation, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 221–233.
conference:
end_date: 2021-03-02
location: Yangon, Myanmar
name: 'WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation'
start_date: 2021-02-28
date_created: 2021-03-28T22:01:41Z
date_published: 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-21T16:33:44Z
day: '16'
department:
- _id: UlWa
- _id: HeEd
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-68211-8_18
ec_funded: 1
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oa: 1
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project:
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grant_number: '754411'
name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships
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grant_number: Z00342
name: The Wittgenstein Prize
- _id: 2581B60A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '279307'
name: 'Quantitative Graph Games: Theory and Applications'
- _id: 2584A770-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
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grant_number: P 23499-N23
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11407
name: Game Theory
publication: 15th International Conference on Algorithms and Computation
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- '16113349'
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issn:
- '03029743'
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Optimal decision making requires individuals to know their available options
and to anticipate correctly what consequences these options have. In many social
interactions, however, we refrain from gathering all relevant information, even
if this information would help us make better decisions and is costless to obtain.
This chapter examines several examples of “deliberate ignorance.” Two simple models
are proposed to illustrate how ignorance can evolve among self-interested and
payoff - maximizing individuals, and open problems are highlighted that lie ahead
for future research to explore.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
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full_name: Schmid, Laura
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- first_name: Christian
full_name: Hilbe, Christian
last_name: Hilbe
citation:
ama: 'Schmid L, Hilbe C. The evolution of strategic ignorance in strategic interaction.
In: Hertwig R, Engel C, eds. Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not To Know.
Vol 29. Strüngmann Forum Reports. MIT Press; 2021:139-152.'
apa: 'Schmid, L., & Hilbe, C. (2021). The evolution of strategic ignorance in
strategic interaction. In R. Hertwig & C. Engel (Eds.), Deliberate Ignorance:
Choosing Not To Know (Vol. 29, pp. 139–152). MIT Press.'
chicago: 'Schmid, Laura, and Christian Hilbe. “The Evolution of Strategic Ignorance
in Strategic Interaction.” In Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not To Know,
edited by Ralph Hertwig and Christoph Engel, 29:139–52. Strüngmann Forum Reports.
MIT Press, 2021.'
ieee: 'L. Schmid and C. Hilbe, “The evolution of strategic ignorance in strategic
interaction,” in Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not To Know, vol. 29, R.
Hertwig and C. Engel, Eds. MIT Press, 2021, pp. 139–152.'
ista: 'Schmid L, Hilbe C. 2021.The evolution of strategic ignorance in strategic
interaction. In: Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not To Know. vol. 29, 139–152.'
mla: 'Schmid, Laura, and Christian Hilbe. “The Evolution of Strategic Ignorance
in Strategic Interaction.” Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not To Know,
edited by Ralph Hertwig and Christoph Engel, vol. 29, MIT Press, 2021, pp. 139–52.'
short: 'L. Schmid, C. Hilbe, in:, R. Hertwig, C. Engel (Eds.), Deliberate Ignorance:
Choosing Not To Know, MIT Press, 2021, pp. 139–152.'
date_created: 2021-05-19T12:25:42Z
date_published: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T13:57:04Z
day: '01'
department:
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- _id: KrCh
editor:
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full_name: Hertwig, Ralph
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- first_name: Christoph
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last_name: Engel
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- iso: eng
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month: '03'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 139-152
publication: 'Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not To Know'
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-0-262-04559-9
publisher: MIT Press
quality_controlled: '1'
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...
---
_id: '12767'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Several problems in planning and reactive synthesis can be reduced to the
analysis of two-player quantitative graph games. Optimization is one form of analysis.
We argue that in many cases it may be better to replace the optimization problem
with the satisficing problem, where instead of searching for optimal solutions,
the goal is to search for solutions that adhere to a given threshold bound.\r\nThis
work defines and investigates the satisficing problem on a two-player graph game
with the discounted-sum cost model. We show that while the satisficing problem
can be solved using numerical methods just like the optimization problem, this
approach does not render compelling benefits over optimization. When the discount
factor is, however, an integer, we present another approach to satisficing, which
is purely based on automata methods. We show that this approach is algorithmically
more performant – both theoretically and empirically – and demonstrates the broader
applicability of satisficing over optimization."
acknowledgement: We thank anonymous reviewers for valuable inputs. This work is supported
in part by NSF grant 2030859 to the CRA for the CIFellows Project, NSF grants IIS-1527668,
CCF-1704883, IIS-1830549, the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt), and an award from the
Maryland Procurement Office.
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ama: 'Bansal S, Chatterjee K, Vardi MY. On satisficing in quantitative games. In:
27th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction
and Analysis of Systems. Vol 12651. Springer Nature; 2021:20-37. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72016-2'
apa: 'Bansal, S., Chatterjee, K., & Vardi, M. Y. (2021). On satisficing in quantitative
games. In 27th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction
and Analysis of Systems (Vol. 12651, pp. 20–37). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg:
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72016-2'
chicago: Bansal, Suguman, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Moshe Y. Vardi. “On Satisficing
in Quantitative Games.” In 27th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms
for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, 12651:20–37. Springer Nature,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72016-2.
ieee: S. Bansal, K. Chatterjee, and M. Y. Vardi, “On satisficing in quantitative
games,” in 27th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction
and Analysis of Systems, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 2021, vol. 12651, pp.
20–37.
ista: 'Bansal S, Chatterjee K, Vardi MY. 2021. On satisficing in quantitative games.
27th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and
Analysis of Systems. TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis
of Systems, LNCS, vol. 12651, 20–37.'
mla: Bansal, Suguman, et al. “On Satisficing in Quantitative Games.” 27th International
Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems,
vol. 12651, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 20–37, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72016-2.
short: S. Bansal, K. Chatterjee, M.Y. Vardi, in:, 27th International Conference
on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, Springer
Nature, 2021, pp. 20–37.
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text: Bayesian neural networks (BNNs) place distributions over the weights of a
neural network to model uncertainty in the data and the network's prediction.
We consider the problem of verifying safety when running a Bayesian neural network
policy in a feedback loop with infinite time horizon systems. Compared to the
existing sampling-based approaches, which are inapplicable to the infinite time
horizon setting, we train a separate deterministic neural network that serves
as an infinite time horizon safety certificate. In particular, we show that the
certificate network guarantees the safety of the system over a subset of the BNN
weight posterior's support. Our method first computes a safe weight set and then
alters the BNN's weight posterior to reject samples outside this set. Moreover,
we show how to extend our approach to a safe-exploration reinforcement learning
setting, in order to avoid unsafe trajectories during the training of the policy.
We evaluate our approach on a series of reinforcement learning benchmarks, including
non-Lyapunovian safety specifications.
acknowledgement: This research was supported in part by the Austrian Science Fund
(FWF) under grant Z211-N23 (Wittgenstein Award), ERC CoG 863818 (FoRM-SMArt), and
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie
Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.
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Systems. ; 2021. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2111.03165'
apa: Lechner, M., Žikelić, Ð., Chatterjee, K., & Henzinger, T. A. (2021). Infinite
time horizon safety of Bayesian neural networks. In 35th Conference on Neural
Information Processing Systems. Virtual. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.03165
chicago: Lechner, Mathias, Ðorđe Žikelić, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Thomas A Henzinger.
“Infinite Time Horizon Safety of Bayesian Neural Networks.” In 35th Conference
on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2021. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.03165.
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horizon safety of Bayesian neural networks,” in 35th Conference on Neural Information
Processing Systems, Virtual, 2021.
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safety of Bayesian neural networks. 35th Conference on Neural Information Processing
Systems. NeurIPS: Neural Information Processing Systems, Advances in Neural Information
Processing Systems, .'
mla: Lechner, Mathias, et al. “Infinite Time Horizon Safety of Bayesian Neural Networks.”
35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2021, doi:10.48550/arXiv.2111.03165.
short: M. Lechner, Ð. Žikelić, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, in:, 35th Conference
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text: We study optimal election sequences for repeatedly selecting a (very) small
group of leaders among a set of participants (players) with publicly known unique
ids. In every time slot, every player has to select exactly one player that it
considers to be the current leader, oblivious to the selection of the other players,
but with the overarching goal of maximizing a given parameterized global (“social”)
payoff function in the limit. We consider a quite generic model, where the local
payoff achieved by a given player depends, weighted by some arbitrary but fixed
real parameter, on the number of different leaders chosen in a round, the number
of players that choose the given player as the leader, and whether the chosen
leader has changed w.r.t. the previous round or not. The social payoff can be
the maximum, average or minimum local payoff of the players. Possible applications
include quite diverse examples such as rotating coordinator-based distributed
algorithms and long-haul formation flying of social birds. Depending on the weights
and the particular social payoff, optimal sequences can be very different, from
simple round-robin where all players chose the same leader alternatingly every
time slot to very exotic patterns, where a small group of leaders (at most 2)
is elected in every time slot. Moreover, we study the question if and when a single
player would not benefit w.r.t. its local payoff when deviating from the given
optimal sequence, i.e., when our optimal sequences are Nash equilibria in the
restricted strategy space of oblivious strategies. As this is the case for many
parameterizations of our model, our results reveal that no punishment is needed
to make it rational for the players to optimize the social payoff.
acknowledgement: "We are grateful to Matthias Függer and Thomas Nowak for having raised
our interest in the problem studied in this paper.\r\nThis work has been supported
the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) projects S11405, S11407 (RiSE), and P28182 (ADynNet)."
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ama: Zeiner M, Schmid U, Chatterjee K. Optimal strategies for selecting coordinators.
Discrete Applied Mathematics. 2021;289(1):392-415. doi:10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022
apa: Zeiner, M., Schmid, U., & Chatterjee, K. (2021). Optimal strategies for
selecting coordinators. Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022
chicago: Zeiner, Martin, Ulrich Schmid, and Krishnendu Chatterjee. “Optimal Strategies
for Selecting Coordinators.” Discrete Applied Mathematics. Elsevier, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022.
ieee: M. Zeiner, U. Schmid, and K. Chatterjee, “Optimal strategies for selecting
coordinators,” Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 289, no. 1. Elsevier,
pp. 392–415, 2021.
ista: Zeiner M, Schmid U, Chatterjee K. 2021. Optimal strategies for selecting coordinators.
Discrete Applied Mathematics. 289(1), 392–415.
mla: Zeiner, Martin, et al. “Optimal Strategies for Selecting Coordinators.” Discrete
Applied Mathematics, vol. 289, no. 1, Elsevier, 2021, pp. 392–415, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022.
short: M. Zeiner, U. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, Discrete Applied Mathematics 289 (2021)
392–415.
date_created: 2020-11-22T23:01:26Z
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department:
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doi: 10.1016/j.dam.2020.10.022
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...
---
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abstract:
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text: 'A game of rock-paper-scissors is an interesting example of an interaction
where none of the pure strategies strictly dominates all others, leading to a
cyclic pattern. In this work, we consider an unstable version of rock-paper-scissors
dynamics and allow individuals to make behavioural mistakes during the strategy
execution. We show that such an assumption can break a cyclic relationship leading
to a stable equilibrium emerging with only one strategy surviving. We consider
two cases: completely random mistakes when individuals have no bias towards any
strategy and a general form of mistakes. Then, we determine conditions for a strategy
to dominate all other strategies. However, given that individuals who adopt a
dominating strategy are still prone to behavioural mistakes in the observed behaviour,
we may still observe extinct strategies. That is, behavioural mistakes in strategy
execution stabilise evolutionary dynamics leading to an evolutionary stable and,
potentially, mixed co-existence equilibrium.'
acknowledgement: Authors would like to thank Christian Hilbe and Martin Nowak for
their inspiring and very helpful feedback on the manuscript.
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full_name: Streipert, Sabrina S.
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last_name: Chatterjee
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citation:
ama: Kleshnina M, Streipert SS, Filar JA, Chatterjee K. Mistakes can stabilise the
dynamics of rock-paper-scissors games. PLoS Computational Biology. 2021;17(4).
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008523
apa: Kleshnina, M., Streipert, S. S., Filar, J. A., & Chatterjee, K. (2021).
Mistakes can stabilise the dynamics of rock-paper-scissors games. PLoS Computational
Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008523
chicago: Kleshnina, Maria, Sabrina S. Streipert, Jerzy A. Filar, and Krishnendu
Chatterjee. “Mistakes Can Stabilise the Dynamics of Rock-Paper-Scissors Games.”
PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of Science, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008523.
ieee: M. Kleshnina, S. S. Streipert, J. A. Filar, and K. Chatterjee, “Mistakes can
stabilise the dynamics of rock-paper-scissors games,” PLoS Computational Biology,
vol. 17, no. 4. Public Library of Science, 2021.
ista: Kleshnina M, Streipert SS, Filar JA, Chatterjee K. 2021. Mistakes can stabilise
the dynamics of rock-paper-scissors games. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(4),
e1008523.
mla: Kleshnina, Maria, et al. “Mistakes Can Stabilise the Dynamics of Rock-Paper-Scissors
Games.” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 17, no. 4, e1008523, Public Library
of Science, 2021, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008523.
short: M. Kleshnina, S.S. Streipert, J.A. Filar, K. Chatterjee, PLoS Computational
Biology 17 (2021).
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abstract:
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text: 'Selection and random drift determine the probability that novel mutations
fixate in a population. Population structure is known to affect the dynamics of
the evolutionary process. Amplifiers of selection are population structures that
increase the fixation probability of beneficial mutants compared to well-mixed
populations. Over the past 15 years, extensive research has produced remarkable
structures called strong amplifiers which guarantee that every beneficial mutation
fixates with high probability. But strong amplification has come at the cost of
considerably delaying the fixation event, which can slow down the overall rate
of evolution. However, the precise relationship between fixation probability and
time has remained elusive. Here we characterize the slowdown effect of strong
amplification. First, we prove that all strong amplifiers must delay the fixation
event at least to some extent. Second, we construct strong amplifiers that delay
the fixation event only marginally as compared to the well-mixed populations.
Our results thus establish a tight relationship between fixation probability and
time: Strong amplification always comes at a cost of a slowdown, but more than
a marginal slowdown is not needed.'
acknowledgement: 'K.C. acknowledges support from ERC Start grant no. (279307: Graph
Games), ERC Consolidator grant no. (863818: ForM-SMart), Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
grant no. P23499-N23 and S11407-N23 (RiSE). M.A.N. acknowledges support from Office
of Naval Research grant N00014-16-1-2914 and from the John Templeton Foundation.'
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last_name: Chatterjee
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ama: Tkadlec J, Pavlogiannis A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. Fast and strong amplifiers
of natural selection. Nature Communications. 2021;12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24271-w
apa: Tkadlec, J., Pavlogiannis, A., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. A. (2021). Fast
and strong amplifiers of natural selection. Nature Communications. Springer
Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24271-w
chicago: Tkadlec, Josef, Andreas Pavlogiannis, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Martin
A. Nowak. “Fast and Strong Amplifiers of Natural Selection.” Nature Communications.
Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24271-w.
ieee: J. Tkadlec, A. Pavlogiannis, K. Chatterjee, and M. A. Nowak, “Fast and strong
amplifiers of natural selection,” Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1.
Springer Nature, 2021.
ista: Tkadlec J, Pavlogiannis A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. 2021. Fast and strong amplifiers
of natural selection. Nature Communications. 12(1), 4009.
mla: Tkadlec, Josef, et al. “Fast and Strong Amplifiers of Natural Selection.” Nature
Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 4009, Springer Nature, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24271-w.
short: J. Tkadlec, A. Pavlogiannis, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Nowak, Nature Communications
12 (2021).
date_created: 2021-07-11T22:01:15Z
date_published: 2021-06-29T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-10T14:05:09Z
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...
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We consider the fundamental problem of deriving quantitative bounds on the
probability that a given assertion is violated in a probabilistic program. We
provide automated algorithms that obtain both lower and upper bounds on the assertion
violation probability. The main novelty of our approach is that we prove new and
dedicated fixed-point theorems which serve as the theoretical basis of our algorithms
and enable us to reason about assertion violation bounds in terms of pre and post
fixed-point functions. To synthesize such fixed-points, we devise algorithms that
utilize a wide range of mathematical tools, including repulsing ranking supermartingales,
Hoeffding's lemma, Minkowski decompositions, Jensen's inequality, and convex optimization.
On the theoretical side, we provide (i) the first automated algorithm for lower-bounds
on assertion violation probabilities, (ii) the first complete algorithm for upper-bounds
of exponential form in affine programs, and (iii) provably and significantly tighter
upper-bounds than the previous approaches. On the practical side, we show our
algorithms can handle a wide variety of programs from the literature and synthesize
bounds that are remarkably tighter than previous results, in some cases by thousands
of orders of magnitude.
acknowledgement: 'We are very thankful to the anonymous reviewers for the helpful
and valuable comments. The work was partially supported by the National Natural
Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant No. 61802254, the Huawei Innovation Research
Program, the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt), the Facebook PhD Fellowship Program and
DOC Fellowship #24956 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).'
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author:
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- first_name: Yican
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last_name: Sun
- first_name: Hongfei
full_name: Fu, Hongfei
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last_name: Fu
- first_name: Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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- first_name: Amir Kafshdar
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id: 391365CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Goharshady
orcid: 0000-0003-1702-6584
citation:
ama: 'Wang J, Sun Y, Fu H, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK. Quantitative analysis of
assertion violations in probabilistic programs. In: Proceedings of the 42nd
ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
Association for Computing Machinery; 2021:1171-1186. doi:10.1145/3453483.3454102'
apa: 'Wang, J., Sun, Y., Fu, H., Chatterjee, K., & Goharshady, A. K. (2021).
Quantitative analysis of assertion violations in probabilistic programs. In Proceedings
of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation (pp. 1171–1186). Online: Association for Computing Machinery.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3453483.3454102'
chicago: Wang, Jinyi, Yican Sun, Hongfei Fu, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Amir Kafshdar
Goharshady. “Quantitative Analysis of Assertion Violations in Probabilistic Programs.”
In Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation, 1171–86. Association for Computing Machinery,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3453483.3454102.
ieee: J. Wang, Y. Sun, H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, and A. K. Goharshady, “Quantitative
analysis of assertion violations in probabilistic programs,” in Proceedings
of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, Online, 2021, pp. 1171–1186.
ista: 'Wang J, Sun Y, Fu H, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK. 2021. Quantitative analysis
of assertion violations in probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the 42nd ACM
SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation, 1171–1186.'
mla: Wang, Jinyi, et al. “Quantitative Analysis of Assertion Violations in Probabilistic
Programs.” Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation, Association for Computing
Machinery, 2021, pp. 1171–86, doi:10.1145/3453483.3454102.
short: J. Wang, Y. Sun, H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, A.K. Goharshady, in:, Proceedings
of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, pp. 1171–1186.
conference:
end_date: 2021-06-26
location: Online
name: 'PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation'
start_date: 2021-06-20
date_created: 2021-07-11T22:01:18Z
date_published: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-10T14:14:08Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1145/3453483.3454102
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2011.14617'
isi:
- '000723661700076'
isi: 1
language:
- iso: eng
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url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.14617
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1171-1186
project:
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
- _id: 267066CE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
name: Quantitative Analysis of Probablistic Systems with a focus on Crypto-currencies
publication: Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation
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title: Quantitative analysis of assertion violations in probabilistic programs
type: conference
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year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '9645'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "We consider the fundamental problem of reachability analysis over imperative
programs with real variables. Previous works that tackle reachability are either
unable to handle programs consisting of general loops (e.g. symbolic execution),
or lack completeness guarantees (e.g. abstract interpretation), or are not automated
(e.g. incorrectness logic). In contrast, we propose a novel approach for reachability
analysis that can handle general and complex loops, is complete, and can be entirely
automated for a wide family of programs. Through the notion of Inductive Reachability
Witnesses (IRWs), our approach extends ideas from both invariant generation and
termination to reachability analysis.\r\n\r\nWe first show that our IRW-based
approach is sound and complete for reachability analysis of imperative programs.
Then, we focus on linear and polynomial programs and develop automated methods
for synthesizing linear and polynomial IRWs. In the linear case, we follow the
well-known approaches using Farkas' Lemma. Our main contribution is in the polynomial
case, where we present a push-button semi-complete algorithm. We achieve this
using a novel combination of classical theorems in real algebraic geometry, such
as Putinar's Positivstellensatz and Hilbert's Strong Nullstellensatz. Finally,
our experimental results show we can prove complex reachability objectives over
various benchmarks that were beyond the reach of previous methods."
acknowledgement: This research was partially supported by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt),
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant No. 61802254, the
Huawei Innovation Research Program, the Facebook PhD Fellowship Program, and DOC
Fellowship No. 24956 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Ali
full_name: Asadi, Ali
last_name: Asadi
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Hongfei
full_name: Fu, Hongfei
id: 3AAD03D6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Fu
- first_name: Amir Kafshdar
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last_name: Mahdavi
citation:
ama: 'Asadi A, Chatterjee K, Fu H, Goharshady AK, Mahdavi M. Polynomial reachability
witnesses via Stellensätze. In: Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International
Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. Association
for Computing Machinery; 2021:772-787. doi:10.1145/3453483.3454076'
apa: 'Asadi, A., Chatterjee, K., Fu, H., Goharshady, A. K., & Mahdavi, M. (2021).
Polynomial reachability witnesses via Stellensätze. In Proceedings of the 42nd
ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation
(pp. 772–787). Online: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3453483.3454076'
chicago: Asadi, Ali, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Hongfei Fu, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady,
and Mohammad Mahdavi. “Polynomial Reachability Witnesses via Stellensätze.” In
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation, 772–87. Association for Computing Machinery,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3453483.3454076.
ieee: A. Asadi, K. Chatterjee, H. Fu, A. K. Goharshady, and M. Mahdavi, “Polynomial
reachability witnesses via Stellensätze,” in Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN
International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation,
Online, 2021, pp. 772–787.
ista: 'Asadi A, Chatterjee K, Fu H, Goharshady AK, Mahdavi M. 2021. Polynomial reachability
witnesses via Stellensätze. Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International
Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming
Language Design and Implementation, 772–787.'
mla: Asadi, Ali, et al. “Polynomial Reachability Witnesses via Stellensätze.” Proceedings
of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, pp. 772–87,
doi:10.1145/3453483.3454076.
short: A. Asadi, K. Chatterjee, H. Fu, A.K. Goharshady, M. Mahdavi, in:, Proceedings
of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, pp. 772–787.
conference:
end_date: 2021-06-26
location: Online
name: ' PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation'
start_date: 2021-06-20
date_created: 2021-07-11T22:01:17Z
date_published: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-10T14:13:39Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1145/3453483.3454076
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
isi:
- '000723661700050'
isi: 1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 772-787
project:
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
- _id: 267066CE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
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publication: Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
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isbn:
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publication_status: published
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quality_controlled: '1'
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title: Polynomial reachability witnesses via Stellensätze
type: conference
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year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '10002'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We present a faster symbolic algorithm for the following central problem
in probabilistic verification: Compute the maximal end-component (MEC) decomposition
of Markov decision processes (MDPs). This problem generalizes the SCC decomposition
problem of graphs and closed recurrent sets of Markov chains. The model of symbolic
algorithms is widely used in formal verification and model-checking, where access
to the input model is restricted to only symbolic operations (e.g., basic set
operations and computation of one-step neighborhood). For an input MDP with n vertices
and m edges, the classical symbolic algorithm from the 1990s for the MEC decomposition
requires O(n2) symbolic operations and O(1) symbolic space. The only other
symbolic algorithm for the MEC decomposition requires O(nm−−√) symbolic operations
and O(m−−√) symbolic space. A main open question is whether the worst-case O(n2) bound
for symbolic operations can be beaten. We present a symbolic algorithm that requires O˜(n1.5) symbolic
operations and O˜(n−−√) symbolic space. Moreover, the parametrization of our
algorithm provides a trade-off between symbolic operations and symbolic space:
for all 0<ϵ≤1/2 the symbolic algorithm requires O˜(n2−ϵ) symbolic operations
and O˜(nϵ) symbolic space ( O˜ hides poly-logarithmic factors). Using our techniques
we present faster algorithms for computing the almost-sure winning regions of ω
-regular objectives for MDPs. We consider the canonical parity objectives for ω
-regular objectives, and for parity objectives with d -priorities we present
an algorithm that computes the almost-sure winning region with O˜(n2−ϵ) symbolic
operations and O˜(nϵ) symbolic space, for all 0<ϵ≤1/2 .'
acknowledgement: The authors are grateful to the anonymous referees for their valuable
comments. A. S. is fully supported by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
through project ICT15–003. K. C. is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
NFN Grant No S11407-N23 (RiSE/SHiNE) and by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt). For
M. H. the research leading to these results has received funding from the European
Research Council under the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007–2013)
/ ERC Grant Agreement no. 340506.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
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full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Wolfgang
full_name: Dvorak, Wolfgang
last_name: Dvorak
- first_name: Monika H
full_name: Henzinger, Monika H
id: 540c9bbd-f2de-11ec-812d-d04a5be85630
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000-0002-5008-6530
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: Svozil, Alexander
last_name: Svozil
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Dvorak W, Henzinger MH, Svozil A. Symbolic time and space tradeoffs
for probabilistic verification. In: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE
Symposium on Logic in Computer Science. Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers; 2021:1-13. doi:10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470739'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Dvorak, W., Henzinger, M. H., & Svozil, A. (2021). Symbolic
time and space tradeoffs for probabilistic verification. In Proceedings of
the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (pp. 1–13).
Rome, Italy: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470739'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Wolfgang Dvorak, Monika H Henzinger, and Alexander
Svozil. “Symbolic Time and Space Tradeoffs for Probabilistic Verification.” In
Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science,
1–13. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470739.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, W. Dvorak, M. H. Henzinger, and A. Svozil, “Symbolic time and
space tradeoffs for probabilistic verification,” in Proceedings of the 36th
Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, Rome, Italy, 2021,
pp. 1–13.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Dvorak W, Henzinger MH, Svozil A. 2021. Symbolic time and space
tradeoffs for probabilistic verification. Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE
Symposium on Logic in Computer Science. LICS: Symposium on Logic in Computer Science,
1–13.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Symbolic Time and Space Tradeoffs for Probabilistic
Verification.” Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in
Computer Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021,
pp. 1–13, doi:10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470739.
short: K. Chatterjee, W. Dvorak, M.H. Henzinger, A. Svozil, in:, Proceedings of
the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021, pp. 1–13.
conference:
end_date: 2021-07-02
location: Rome, Italy
name: 'LICS: Symposium on Logic in Computer Science'
start_date: 2021-06-29
date_created: 2021-09-12T22:01:24Z
date_published: 2021-07-07T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-14T06:51:33Z
day: '07'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470739
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2104.07466'
isi:
- '000947350400089'
isi: 1
keyword:
- Computer science
- Computational modeling
- Markov processes
- Probabilistic logic
- Formal verification
- Game Theory
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.07466
month: '07'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1-13
project:
- _id: 25863FF4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11407
name: Game Theory
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
publication: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer
Science
publication_identifier:
eisbn:
- 978-1-6654-4895-6
isbn:
- 978-1-6654-4896-3
issn:
- 1043-6871
publication_status: published
publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Symbolic time and space tradeoffs for probabilistic verification
type: conference
user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '10004'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Markov chains are the de facto finite-state model for stochastic dynamical
systems, and Markov decision processes (MDPs) extend Markov chains by incorporating
non-deterministic behaviors. Given an MDP and rewards on states, a classical optimization
criterion is the maximal expected total reward where the MDP stops after T steps,
which can be computed by a simple dynamic programming algorithm. We consider a
natural generalization of the problem where the stopping times can be chosen according
to a probability distribution, such that the expected stopping time is T, to optimize
the expected total reward. Quite surprisingly we establish inter-reducibility
of the expected stopping-time problem for Markov chains with the Positivity problem
(which is related to the well-known Skolem problem), for which establishing either
decidability or undecidability would be a major breakthrough. Given the hardness
of the exact problem, we consider the approximate version of the problem: we show
that it can be solved in exponential time for Markov chains and in exponential
space for MDPs.'
acknowledgement: We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers of LICS 2021 and of a
previous version of this paper for insightful comments that helped improving the
presentation. This research was partially supported by the grant ERC CoG 863818
(ForM-SMArt).
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Laurent
full_name: Doyen, Laurent
last_name: Doyen
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Doyen L. Stochastic processes with expected stopping time. In:
Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; 2021:1-13. doi:10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470595'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., & Doyen, L. (2021). Stochastic processes with expected
stopping time. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic
in Computer Science (pp. 1–13). Rome, Italy: Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470595'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. “Stochastic Processes with Expected
Stopping Time.” In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic
in Computer Science, 1–13. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470595.
ieee: K. Chatterjee and L. Doyen, “Stochastic processes with expected stopping time,”
in Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science,
Rome, Italy, 2021, pp. 1–13.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Doyen L. 2021. Stochastic processes with expected stopping
time. Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science.
LICS: Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, 1–13.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. “Stochastic Processes with Expected
Stopping Time.” Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic
in Computer Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021,
pp. 1–13, doi:10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470595.
short: K. Chatterjee, L. Doyen, in:, Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium
on Logic in Computer Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
2021, pp. 1–13.
conference:
end_date: 2021-07-02
location: Rome, Italy
name: 'LICS: Symposium on Logic in Computer Science'
start_date: 2021-06-29
date_created: 2021-09-12T22:01:25Z
date_published: 2021-07-07T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-14T06:52:07Z
day: '07'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1109/LICS52264.2021.9470595
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2104.07278'
isi:
- '000947350400036'
isi: 1
keyword:
- Computer science
- Heuristic algorithms
- Memory management
- Automata
- Markov processes
- Probability distribution
- Complexity theory
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.07278
month: '07'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1-13
project:
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '863818'
name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
publication: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer
Science
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isbn:
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issn:
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publication_status: published
publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Stochastic processes with expected stopping time
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year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '10055'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Repeated idempotent elements are commonly used to characterise iterable behaviours
in abstract models of computation. Therefore, given a monoid M, it is natural
to ask how long a sequence of elements of M needs to be to ensure the presence
of consecutive idempotent factors. This question is formalised through the notion
of the Ramsey function R_M associated to M, obtained by mapping every k ∈ ℕ to
the minimal integer R_M(k) such that every word u ∈ M^* of length R_M(k) contains
k consecutive non-empty factors that correspond to the same idempotent element
of M. In this work, we study the behaviour of the Ramsey function R_M by investigating
the regular \U0001D49F-length of M, defined as the largest size L(M) of a submonoid
of M isomorphic to the set of natural numbers {1,2, …, L(M)} equipped with the
max operation. We show that the regular \U0001D49F-length of M determines the
degree of R_M, by proving that k^L(M) ≤ R_M(k) ≤ (k|M|⁴)^L(M). To allow applications
of this result, we provide the value of the regular \U0001D49F-length of diverse
monoids. In particular, we prove that the full monoid of n × n Boolean matrices,
which is used to express transition monoids of non-deterministic automata, has
a regular \U0001D49F-length of (n²+n+2)/2."
acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement
No. 754411. I wish to thank Michaël Cadilhac, Emmanuel Filiot and Charles Paperman
for their valuable insights concerning Green’s relations.
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last_name: Jecker
citation:
ama: 'Jecker IR. A Ramsey theorem for finite monoids. In: 38th International
Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science. Vol 187. Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik; 2021. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.44'
apa: 'Jecker, I. R. (2021). A Ramsey theorem for finite monoids. In 38th International
Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (Vol. 187). Saarbrücken,
Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.44'
chicago: Jecker, Ismael R. “A Ramsey Theorem for Finite Monoids.” In 38th International
Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, Vol. 187. Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.44.
ieee: I. R. Jecker, “A Ramsey theorem for finite monoids,” in 38th International
Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, Saarbrücken, Germany,
2021, vol. 187.
ista: 'Jecker IR. 2021. A Ramsey theorem for finite monoids. 38th International
Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science. STACS: Symposium on Theoretical
Aspects of Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 187, 44.'
mla: Jecker, Ismael R. “A Ramsey Theorem for Finite Monoids.” 38th International
Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, vol. 187, 44, Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.44.
short: I.R. Jecker, in:, 38th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of
Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik, 2021.
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text: 'Stateless model checking (SMC) is one of the standard approaches to the verification
of concurrent programs. As scheduling non-determinism creates exponentially large
spaces of thread interleavings, SMC attempts to partition this space into equivalence
classes and explore only a few representatives from each class. The efficiency
of this approach depends on two factors: (a) the coarseness of the partitioning,
and (b) the time to generate representatives in each class. For this reason, the
search for coarse partitionings that are efficiently explorable is an active research
challenge. In this work we present RVF-SMC , a new SMC algorithm that uses a
novel reads-value-from (RVF) partitioning. Intuitively, two interleavings are
deemed equivalent if they agree on the value obtained in each read event, and
read events induce consistent causal orderings between them. The RVF partitioning
is provably coarser than recent approaches based on Mazurkiewicz and “reads-from”
partitionings. Our experimental evaluation reveals that RVF is quite often a very
effective equivalence, as the underlying partitioning is exponentially coarser
than other approaches. Moreover, RVF-SMC generates representatives very efficiently,
as the reduction in the partitioning is often met with significant speed-ups in
the model checking task.'
acknowledgement: The research was partially funded by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt)
and the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) through project ICT15-003.
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ama: 'Agarwal P, Chatterjee K, Pathak S, Pavlogiannis A, Toman V. Stateless model
checking under a reads-value-from equivalence. In: 33rd International Conference
on Computer-Aided Verification . Vol 12759. Springer Nature; 2021:341-366.
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81685-8_16'
apa: 'Agarwal, P., Chatterjee, K., Pathak, S., Pavlogiannis, A., & Toman, V.
(2021). Stateless model checking under a reads-value-from equivalence. In 33rd
International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification (Vol. 12759, pp.
341–366). Virtual: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81685-8_16'
chicago: Agarwal, Pratyush, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Shreya Pathak, Andreas Pavlogiannis,
and Viktor Toman. “Stateless Model Checking under a Reads-Value-from Equivalence.”
In 33rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification , 12759:341–66.
Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81685-8_16.
ieee: P. Agarwal, K. Chatterjee, S. Pathak, A. Pavlogiannis, and V. Toman, “Stateless
model checking under a reads-value-from equivalence,” in 33rd International
Conference on Computer-Aided Verification , Virtual, 2021, vol. 12759, pp.
341–366.
ista: 'Agarwal P, Chatterjee K, Pathak S, Pavlogiannis A, Toman V. 2021. Stateless
model checking under a reads-value-from equivalence. 33rd International Conference
on Computer-Aided Verification . CAV: Computer Aided Verification , LNCS, vol.
12759, 341–366.'
mla: Agarwal, Pratyush, et al. “Stateless Model Checking under a Reads-Value-from
Equivalence.” 33rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification
, vol. 12759, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 341–66, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81685-8_16.
short: P. Agarwal, K. Chatterjee, S. Pathak, A. Pavlogiannis, V. Toman, in:, 33rd
International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification , Springer Nature, 2021,
pp. 341–366.
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text: "In this work we solve the algorithmic problem of consistency verification
for the TSO and PSO memory models given a reads-from map, denoted VTSO-rf and
VPSO-rf, respectively. For an execution of n events over k threads and d variables,
we establish novel bounds that scale as nk+1 for TSO and as nk+1· min(nk2, 2k·
d) for PSO. Moreover, based on our solution to these problems, we develop an SMC
algorithm under TSO and PSO that uses the RF equivalence. The algorithm is exploration-optimal,
in the sense that it is guaranteed to explore each class of the RF partitioning
exactly once, and spends polynomial time per class when k is bounded. Finally,
we implement all our algorithms in the SMC tool Nidhugg, and perform a large number
of experiments over benchmarks from existing literature. Our experimental results
show that our algorithms for VTSO-rf and VPSO-rf provide significant scalability
improvements over standard alternatives. Moreover, when used for SMC, the RF partitioning
is often much coarser than the standard Shasha-Snir partitioning for TSO/PSO,
which yields a significant speedup in the model checking task.\r\n\r\n"
acknowledgement: "The research was partially funded by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt)
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last_name: Toman
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citation:
ama: Bui TL, Chatterjee K, Gautam T, Pavlogiannis A, Toman V. The reads-from equivalence
for the TSO and PSO memory models. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages.
2021;5(OOPSLA). doi:10.1145/3485541
apa: Bui, T. L., Chatterjee, K., Gautam, T., Pavlogiannis, A., & Toman, V. (2021).
The reads-from equivalence for the TSO and PSO memory models. Proceedings of
the ACM on Programming Languages. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3485541
chicago: Bui, Truc Lam, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Tushar Gautam, Andreas Pavlogiannis,
and Viktor Toman. “The Reads-from Equivalence for the TSO and PSO Memory Models.”
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. Association for Computing
Machinery, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3485541.
ieee: T. L. Bui, K. Chatterjee, T. Gautam, A. Pavlogiannis, and V. Toman, “The reads-from
equivalence for the TSO and PSO memory models,” Proceedings of the ACM on Programming
Languages, vol. 5, no. OOPSLA. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021.
ista: Bui TL, Chatterjee K, Gautam T, Pavlogiannis A, Toman V. 2021. The reads-from
equivalence for the TSO and PSO memory models. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming
Languages. 5(OOPSLA), 164.
mla: Bui, Truc Lam, et al. “The Reads-from Equivalence for the TSO and PSO Memory
Models.” Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, vol. 5, no. OOPSLA,
164, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, doi:10.1145/3485541.
short: T.L. Bui, K. Chatterjee, T. Gautam, A. Pavlogiannis, V. Toman, Proceedings
of the ACM on Programming Languages 5 (2021).
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text: The design and verification of concurrent systems remains an open challenge
due to the non-determinism that arises from the inter-process communication. In
particular, concurrent programs are notoriously difficult both to be written correctly
and to be analyzed formally, as complex thread interaction has to be accounted
for. The difficulties are further exacerbated when concurrent programs get executed
on modern-day hardware, which contains various buffering and caching mechanisms
for efficiency reasons. This causes further subtle non-determinism, which can
often produce very unintuitive behavior of the concurrent programs. Model checking
is at the forefront of tackling the verification problem, where the task is to
decide, given as input a concurrent system and a desired property, whether the
system satisfies the property. The inherent state-space explosion problem in model
checking of concurrent systems causes naïve explicit methods not to scale, thus
more inventive methods are required. One such method is stateless model checking
(SMC), which explores in memory-efficient manner the program executions rather
than the states of the program. State-of-the-art SMC is typically coupled with
partial order reduction (POR) techniques, which argue that certain executions
provably produce identical system behavior, thus limiting the amount of executions
one needs to explore in order to cover all possible behaviors. Another method
to tackle the state-space explosion is symbolic model checking, where the considered
techniques operate on a succinct implicit representation of the input system rather
than explicitly accessing the system. In this thesis we present new techniques
for verification of concurrent systems. We present several novel POR methods for
SMC of concurrent programs under various models of semantics, some of which account
for write-buffering mechanisms. Additionally, we present novel algorithms for
symbolic model checking of finite-state concurrent systems, where the desired
property of the systems is to ensure a formally defined notion of fairness.
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apa: Toman, V. (2021). Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10199
chicago: Toman, Viktor. “Improved Verification Techniques for Concurrent Systems.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10199.
ieee: V. Toman, “Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems,” Institute
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ista: Toman V. 2021. Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems. Institute
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mla: Toman, Viktor. Improved Verification Techniques for Concurrent Systems.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10199.
short: V. Toman, Improved Verification Techniques for Concurrent Systems, Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.
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text: 'We consider planning problems for graphs, Markov Decision Processes (MDPs),
and games on graphs in an explicit state space. While graphs represent the most
basic planning model, MDPs represent interaction with nature and games on graphs
represent interaction with an adversarial environment. We consider two planning
problems with k different target sets: (a) the coverage problem asks whether there
is a plan for each individual target set; and (b) the sequential target reachability
problem asks whether the targets can be reached in a given sequence. For the coverage
problem, we present a linear-time algorithm for graphs, and quadratic conditional
lower bound for MDPs and games on graphs. For the sequential target problem, we
present a linear-time algorithm for graphs, a sub-quadratic algorithm for MDPs,
and a quadratic conditional lower bound for games on graphs. Our results with
conditional lower bounds, based on the boolean matrix multiplication (BMM) conjecture
and strong exponential time hypothesis (SETH), establish (i) model-separation
results showing that for the coverage problem MDPs and games on graphs are harder
than graphs, and for the sequential reachability problem games on graphs are harder
than MDPs and graphs; and (ii) problem-separation results showing that for MDPs
the coverage problem is harder than the sequential target problem.'
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orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
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full_name: Dvořák, Wolfgang
last_name: Dvořák
- first_name: Monika H
full_name: Henzinger, Monika H
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citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Dvořák W, Henzinger MH, Svozil A. Algorithms and conditional
lower bounds for planning problems. Artificial Intelligence. 2021;297(8).
doi:10.1016/j.artint.2021.103499
apa: Chatterjee, K., Dvořák, W., Henzinger, M. H., & Svozil, A. (2021). Algorithms
and conditional lower bounds for planning problems. Artificial Intelligence.
Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2021.103499
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Wolfgang Dvořák, Monika H Henzinger, and Alexander
Svozil. “Algorithms and Conditional Lower Bounds for Planning Problems.” Artificial
Intelligence. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2021.103499.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, W. Dvořák, M. H. Henzinger, and A. Svozil, “Algorithms and
conditional lower bounds for planning problems,” Artificial Intelligence,
vol. 297, no. 8. Elsevier, 2021.
ista: Chatterjee K, Dvořák W, Henzinger MH, Svozil A. 2021. Algorithms and conditional
lower bounds for planning problems. Artificial Intelligence. 297(8), 103499.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Algorithms and Conditional Lower Bounds for
Planning Problems.” Artificial Intelligence, vol. 297, no. 8, 103499, Elsevier,
2021, doi:10.1016/j.artint.2021.103499.
short: K. Chatterjee, W. Dvořák, M.H. Henzinger, A. Svozil, Artificial Intelligence
297 (2021).
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text: "We consider the core algorithmic problems related to verification of systems
with respect to three classical quantitative properties, namely, the mean-payoff,
the ratio, and the minimum initial credit for energy property. The algorithmic
problem given a graph and a quantitative property asks to compute the optimal
value (the infimum value over all traces) from every node of the graph. We consider
graphs with bounded treewidth—a class that contains the control flow graphs of
most programs. Let n denote the number of nodes of a graph, m the number of edges
(for bounded treewidth \U0001D45A=\U0001D442(\U0001D45B)) and W the largest absolute
value of the weights. Our main theoretical results are as follows. First, for
the minimum initial credit problem we show that (1) for general graphs the problem
can be solved in \U0001D442(\U0001D45B2⋅\U0001D45A) time and the associated decision
problem in \U0001D442(\U0001D45B⋅\U0001D45A) time, improving the previous known
\U0001D442(\U0001D45B3⋅\U0001D45A⋅log(\U0001D45B⋅\U0001D44A)) and \U0001D442(\U0001D45B2⋅\U0001D45A)
bounds, respectively; and (2) for bounded treewidth graphs we present an algorithm
that requires \U0001D442(\U0001D45B⋅log\U0001D45B) time. Second, for bounded treewidth
graphs we present an algorithm that approximates the mean-payoff value within
a factor of 1+\U0001D716 in time \U0001D442(\U0001D45B⋅log(\U0001D45B/\U0001D716))
as compared to the classical exact algorithms on general graphs that require quadratic
time. Third, for the ratio property we present an algorithm that for bounded treewidth
graphs works in time \U0001D442(\U0001D45B⋅log(|\U0001D44E⋅\U0001D44F|))=\U0001D442(\U0001D45B⋅log(\U0001D45B⋅\U0001D44A)),
when the output is \U0001D44E\U0001D44F, as compared to the previously best known
algorithm on general graphs with running time \U0001D442(\U0001D45B2⋅log(\U0001D45B⋅\U0001D44A)).
We have implemented some of our algorithms and show that they present a significant
speedup on standard benchmarks."
acknowledgement: 'The research was partly supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Grant No P23499- N23, FWF NFN Grant No S11407-N23 (RiSE/SHiNE), ERC Start Grant
(279307: Graph Games), and Microsoft faculty fellows award.'
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ama: Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Pavlogiannis A. Faster algorithms for quantitative
verification in bounded treewidth graphs. Formal Methods in System Design.
2021;57:401-428. doi:10.1007/s10703-021-00373-5
apa: Chatterjee, K., Ibsen-Jensen, R., & Pavlogiannis, A. (2021). Faster algorithms
for quantitative verification in bounded treewidth graphs. Formal Methods in
System Design. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10703-021-00373-5
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen, and Andreas Pavlogiannis.
“Faster Algorithms for Quantitative Verification in Bounded Treewidth Graphs.”
Formal Methods in System Design. Springer, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10703-021-00373-5.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, and A. Pavlogiannis, “Faster algorithms for
quantitative verification in bounded treewidth graphs,” Formal Methods in System
Design, vol. 57. Springer, pp. 401–428, 2021.
ista: Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Pavlogiannis A. 2021. Faster algorithms for
quantitative verification in bounded treewidth graphs. Formal Methods in System
Design. 57, 401–428.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Faster Algorithms for Quantitative Verification
in Bounded Treewidth Graphs.” Formal Methods in System Design, vol. 57,
Springer, 2021, pp. 401–28, doi:10.1007/s10703-021-00373-5.
short: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, A. Pavlogiannis, Formal Methods in System
Design 57 (2021) 401–428.
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text: 'We present a new approach to proving non-termination of non-deterministic
integer programs. Our technique is rather simple but efficient. It relies on a
purely syntactic reversal of the program''s transition system followed by a constraint-based
invariant synthesis with constraints coming from both the original and the reversed
transition system. The latter task is performed by a simple call to an off-the-shelf
SMT-solver, which allows us to leverage the latest advances in SMT-solving. Moreover,
our method offers a combination of features not present (as a whole) in previous
approaches: it handles programs with non-determinism, provides relative completeness
guarantees and supports programs with polynomial arithmetic. The experiments performed
with our prototype tool RevTerm show that our approach, despite its simplicity
and stronger theoretical guarantees, is at least on par with the state-of-the-art
tools, often achieving a non-trivial improvement under a proper configuration
of its parameters.'
acknowledgement: We thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. This
research was partially supported by the ERCCoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt) and the Czech
Science Foundation grant No. GJ19-15134Y.
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ama: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zikelic D. Proving non-termination
by program reversal. In: Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International
Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. Association
for Computing Machinery; 2021:1033-1048. doi:10.1145/3453483.3454093'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Goharshady, E. K., Novotný, P., & Zikelic, D. (2021).
Proving non-termination by program reversal. In Proceedings of the 42nd ACM
SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation
(pp. 1033–1048). Online: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3453483.3454093'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Ehsan Kafshdar Goharshady, Petr Novotný, and Dorde
Zikelic. “Proving Non-Termination by Program Reversal.” In Proceedings of the
42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation,
1033–48. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3453483.3454093.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, E. K. Goharshady, P. Novotný, and D. Zikelic, “Proving non-termination
by program reversal,” in Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International
Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, Online, 2021,
pp. 1033–1048.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2021. Proving non-termination
by program reversal. Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference
on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming Language
Design and Implementation, 1033–1048.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Proving Non-Termination by Program Reversal.”
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021,
pp. 1033–48, doi:10.1145/3453483.3454093.
short: K. Chatterjee, E.K. Goharshady, P. Novotný, D. Zikelic, in:, Proceedings
of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, pp. 1033–1048.
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text: 'We consider the almost-sure (a.s.) termination problem for probabilistic
programs, which are a stochastic extension of classical imperative programs. Lexicographic
ranking functions provide a sound and practical approach for termination of non-probabilistic
programs, and their extension to probabilistic programs is achieved via lexicographic
ranking supermartingales (LexRSMs). However, LexRSMs introduced in the previous
work have a limitation that impedes their automation: all of their components
have to be non-negative in all reachable states. This might result in LexRSM not
existing even for simple terminating programs. Our contributions are twofold:
First, we introduce a generalization of LexRSMs which allows for some components
to be negative. This standard feature of non-probabilistic termination proofs
was hitherto not known to be sound in the probabilistic setting, as the soundness
proof requires a careful analysis of the underlying stochastic process. Second,
we present polynomial-time algorithms using our generalized LexRSMs for proving
a.s. termination in broad classes of linear-arithmetic programs.'
acknowledgement: This research was partially supported by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt),
the Czech Science Foundation grant No. GJ19-15134Y, and the European Union’s Horizon
2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement
No. 665385.
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apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Goharshady, E. K., Novotný, P., Zárevúcky, J., & Zikelic,
D. (2021). On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. In 24th
International Symposium on Formal Methods (Vol. 13047, pp. 619–639). Virtual:
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90870-6_33'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Ehsan Kafshdar Goharshady, Petr Novotný, Jiří Zárevúcky,
and Dorde Zikelic. “On Lexicographic Proof Rules for Probabilistic Termination.”
In 24th International Symposium on Formal Methods, 13047:619–39. Springer
Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90870-6_33.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, E. K. Goharshady, P. Novotný, J. Zárevúcky, and D. Zikelic,
“On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination,” in 24th International
Symposium on Formal Methods, Virtual, 2021, vol. 13047, pp. 619–639.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zárevúcky J, Zikelic D. 2021. On
lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. 24th International Symposium
on Formal Methods. FM: Formal Methods, LNCS, vol. 13047, 619–639.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “On Lexicographic Proof Rules for Probabilistic
Termination.” 24th International Symposium on Formal Methods, vol. 13047,
Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 619–39, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90870-6_33.
short: K. Chatterjee, E.K. Goharshady, P. Novotný, J. Zárevúcky, D. Zikelic, in:,
24th International Symposium on Formal Methods, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 619–639.
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text: "In this thesis, we consider several of the most classical and fundamental
problems in static analysis and formal verification, including invariant generation,
reachability analysis, termination analysis of probabilistic programs, data-flow
analysis, quantitative analysis of Markov chains and Markov decision processes,
and the problem of data packing in cache management.\r\nWe use techniques from
parameterized complexity theory, polyhedral geometry, and real algebraic geometry
to significantly improve the state-of-the-art, in terms of both scalability and
completeness guarantees, for the mentioned problems. In some cases, our results
are the first theoretical improvements for the respective problems in two or three
decades."
acknowledgement: 'The research was partially supported by an IBM PhD fellowship, a
Facebook PhD fellowship, and DOC fellowship #24956 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
(OeAW).'
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in Static Program Analysis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.
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text: "Indirect reciprocity in evolutionary game theory is a prominent mechanism
for explaining the evolution of cooperation among unrelated individuals. In contrast
to direct reciprocity, which is based on individuals meeting repeatedly, and conditionally
cooperating by using their own experiences, indirect reciprocity is based on individuals’
reputations. If a player helps another, this increases the helper’s public standing,
benefitting them in the future. This lets cooperation in the population emerge
without individuals having to meet more than once. While the two modes of reciprocity
are intertwined, they are difficult to compare. Thus, they are usually studied
in isolation. Direct reciprocity can maintain cooperation with simple strategies,
and is robust against noise even when players do not remember more\r\nthan their
partner’s last action. Meanwhile, indirect reciprocity requires its successful
strategies, or social norms, to be more complex. Exhaustive search previously
identified eight such norms, called the “leading eight”, which excel at maintaining
cooperation. However, as the first result of this thesis, we show that the leading
eight break down once we remove the fundamental assumption that information is
synchronized and public, such that everyone agrees on reputations. Once we consider
a more realistic scenario of imperfect information, where reputations are private,
and individuals occasionally misinterpret or miss observations, the leading eight
do not promote cooperation anymore. Instead, minor initial disagreements can proliferate,
fragmenting populations into subgroups. In a next step, we consider ways to mitigate
this issue. We first explore whether introducing “generosity” can stabilize cooperation
when players use the leading eight strategies in noisy environments. This approach
of modifying strategies to include probabilistic elements for coping with errors
is known to work well in direct reciprocity. However, as we show here, it fails
for the more complex norms of indirect reciprocity. Imperfect information still
prevents cooperation from evolving. On the other hand, we succeeded to show in
this thesis that modifying the leading eight to use “quantitative assessment”,
i.e. tracking reputation scores on a scale beyond good and bad, and making overall
judgments of others based on a threshold, is highly successful, even when noise
increases in the environment. Cooperation can flourish when reputations\r\nare
more nuanced, and players have a broader understanding what it means to be “good.”
Finally, we present a single theoretical framework that unites the two modes of
reciprocity despite their differences. Within this framework, we identify a novel
simple and successful strategy for indirect reciprocity, which can cope with noisy
environments and has an analogue in direct reciprocity. We can also analyze decision
making when different sources of information are available. Our results help highlight
that for sustaining cooperation, already the most simple rules of reciprocity
can be sufficient."
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Imperfect Information.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10293.
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text: Indirect reciprocity is a mechanism for the evolution of cooperation based
on social norms. This mechanism requires that individuals in a population observe
and judge each other’s behaviors. Individuals with a good reputation are more
likely to receive help from others. Previous work suggests that indirect reciprocity
is only effective when all relevant information is reliable and publicly available.
Otherwise, individuals may disagree on how to assess others, even if they all
apply the same social norm. Such disagreements can lead to a breakdown of cooperation.
Here we explore whether the predominantly studied ‘leading eight’ social norms
of indirect reciprocity can be made more robust by equipping them with an element
of generosity. To this end, we distinguish between two kinds of generosity. According
to assessment generosity, individuals occasionally assign a good reputation to
group members who would usually be regarded as bad. According to action generosity,
individuals occasionally cooperate with group members with whom they would usually
defect. Using individual-based simulations, we show that the two kinds of generosity
have a very different effect on the resulting reputation dynamics. Assessment
generosity tends to add to the overall noise and allows defectors to invade. In
contrast, a limited amount of action generosity can be beneficial in a few cases.
However, even when action generosity is beneficial, the respective simulations
do not result in full cooperation. Our results suggest that while generosity can
favor cooperation when individuals use the most simple strategies of reciprocity,
it is disadvantageous when individuals use more complex social norms.
acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by the European Research Council CoG 863818
(ForM-SMArt) (to K.C.) and the European Research Council Starting Grant 850529:
E-DIRECT (to C.H.). L.S. received additional partial support by the Austrian Science
Fund (FWF) under Grant Z211-N23 (Wittgenstein Award).'
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of indirect reciprocity under action and assessment generosity. Scientific
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chicago: Schmid, Laura, Pouya Shati, Christian Hilbe, and Krishnendu Chatterjee.
“The Evolution of Indirect Reciprocity under Action and Assessment Generosity.”
Scientific Reports. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96932-1.
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reciprocity under action and assessment generosity,” Scientific Reports,
vol. 11, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2021.
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reciprocity under action and assessment generosity. Scientific Reports. 11(1),
17443.
mla: Schmid, Laura, et al. “The Evolution of Indirect Reciprocity under Action and
Assessment Generosity.” Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 17443, Springer
Nature, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-96932-1.
short: L. Schmid, P. Shati, C. Hilbe, K. Chatterjee, Scientific Reports 11 (2021).
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text: Direct and indirect reciprocity are key mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation.
Direct reciprocity means that individuals use their own experience to decide whether
to cooperate with another person. Indirect reciprocity means that they also consider
the experiences of others. Although these two mechanisms are intertwined, they
are typically studied in isolation. Here, we introduce a mathematical framework
that allows us to explore both kinds of reciprocity simultaneously. We show that
the well-known ‘generous tit-for-tat’ strategy of direct reciprocity has a natural
analogue in indirect reciprocity, which we call ‘generous scoring’. Using an equilibrium
analysis, we characterize under which conditions either of the two strategies
can maintain cooperation. With simulations, we additionally explore which kind
of reciprocity evolves when members of a population engage in social learning
to adapt to their environment. Our results draw unexpected connections between
direct and indirect reciprocity while highlighting important differences regarding
their evolvability.
acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by the European Research Council CoG 863818
(ForM-SMArt) (to K.C.), the European Research Council Start Grant 279307: Graph
Games (to K.C.), and the European Research Council Starting Grant 850529: E-DIRECT
(to C.H.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.'
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apa: Schmid, L., Chatterjee, K., Hilbe, C., & Nowak, M. A. (2021). A unified
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Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01114-8
chicago: Schmid, Laura, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Christian Hilbe, and Martin A. Nowak.
“A Unified Framework of Direct and Indirect Reciprocity.” Nature Human Behaviour.
Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01114-8.
ieee: L. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, C. Hilbe, and M. A. Nowak, “A unified framework
of direct and indirect reciprocity,” Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 5, no.
10. Springer Nature, pp. 1292–1302, 2021.
ista: Schmid L, Chatterjee K, Hilbe C, Nowak MA. 2021. A unified framework of direct
and indirect reciprocity. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(10), 1292–1302.
mla: Schmid, Laura, et al. “A Unified Framework of Direct and Indirect Reciprocity.”
Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 5, no. 10, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 1292–1302,
doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01114-8.
short: L. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, C. Hilbe, M.A. Nowak, Nature Human Behaviour 5
(2021) 1292–1302.
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text: 'The Price of Anarchy (PoA) is a well-established game-theoretic concept to
shed light on coordination issues arising in open distributed systems. Leaving
agents to selfishly optimize comes with the risk of ending up in sub-optimal states
(in terms of performance and/or costs), compared to a centralized system design.
However, the PoA relies on strong assumptions about agents'' rationality (e.g.,
resources and information) and interactions, whereas in many distributed systems
agents interact locally with bounded resources. They do so repeatedly over time
(in contrast to "one-shot games"), and their strategies may evolve. Using a more
realistic evolutionary game model, this paper introduces a realized evolutionary
Price of Anarchy (ePoA). The ePoA allows an exploration of equilibrium selection
in dynamic distributed systems with multiple equilibria, based on local interactions
of simple memoryless agents. Considering a fundamental game related to virus propagation
on networks, we present analytical bounds on the ePoA in basic network topologies
and for different strategy update dynamics. In particular, deriving stationary
distributions of the stochastic evolutionary process, we find that the Nash equilibria
are not always the most abundant states, and that different processes can feature
significant off-equilibrium behavior, leading to a significantly higher ePoA compared
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Price of Anarchy: Locally Bounded Agents in a Dynamic Virus Game.” In Proceedings
of the 23rd International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems,
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ieee: 'L. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, and S. Schmid, “The evolutionary price of anarchy:
Locally bounded agents in a dynamic virus game,” in Proceedings of the 23rd
International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, Neuchâtel,
Switzerland, 2020, vol. 153.'
ista: 'Schmid L, Chatterjee K, Schmid S. 2020. The evolutionary price of anarchy:
Locally bounded agents in a dynamic virus game. Proceedings of the 23rd International
Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems. OPODIS: International Conference
on Principles of Distributed Systems, LIPIcs, vol. 153, 21.'
mla: 'Schmid, Laura, et al. “The Evolutionary Price of Anarchy: Locally Bounded
Agents in a Dynamic Virus Game.” Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference
on Principles of Distributed Systems, vol. 153, 21, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2020, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.OPODIS.2019.21.'
short: L. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, S. Schmid, in:, Proceedings of the 23rd International
Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2020.
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text: 'A vector addition system with states (VASS) consists of a finite set of states
and counters. A transition changes the current state to the next state, and every
counter is either incremented, or decremented, or left unchanged. A state and
value for each counter is a configuration; and a computation is an infinite sequence
of configurations with transitions between successive configurations. A probabilistic
VASS consists of a VASS along with a probability distribution over the transitions
for each state. Qualitative properties such as state and configuration reachability
have been widely studied for VASS. In this work we consider multi-dimensional
long-run average objectives for VASS and probabilistic VASS. For a counter, the
cost of a configuration is the value of the counter; and the long-run average
value of a computation for the counter is the long-run average of the costs of
the configurations in the computation. The multi-dimensional long-run average
problem given a VASS and a threshold value for each counter, asks whether there
is a computation such that for each counter the long-run average value for the
counter does not exceed the respective threshold. For probabilistic VASS, instead
of the existence of a computation, we consider whether the expected long-run average
value for each counter does not exceed the respective threshold. Our main results
are as follows: we show that the multi-dimensional long-run average problem (a)
is NP-complete for integer-valued VASS; (b) is undecidable for natural-valued
VASS (i.e., nonnegative counters); and (c) can be solved in polynomial time for
probabilistic integer-valued VASS, and probabilistic natural-valued VASS when
all computations are non-terminating.'
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- LIPIcs
article_number: '23'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000-0002-2985-7724
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Otop, Jan
id: 2FC5DA74-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Otop
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Otop J. Multi-dimensional long-run average problems
for vector addition systems with states. In: 31st International Conference
on Concurrency Theory. Vol 171. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2020. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2020.23'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., & Otop, J. (2020). Multi-dimensional
long-run average problems for vector addition systems with states. In 31st
International Conference on Concurrency Theory (Vol. 171). Virtual: Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2020.23'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Thomas A Henzinger, and Jan Otop. “Multi-Dimensional
Long-Run Average Problems for Vector Addition Systems with States.” In 31st
International Conference on Concurrency Theory, Vol. 171. Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2020.23.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, and J. Otop, “Multi-dimensional long-run average
problems for vector addition systems with states,” in 31st International Conference
on Concurrency Theory, Virtual, 2020, vol. 171.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Otop J. 2020. Multi-dimensional long-run average
problems for vector addition systems with states. 31st International Conference
on Concurrency Theory. CONCUR: Conference on Concurrency Theory, LIPIcs, vol.
171, 23.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Multi-Dimensional Long-Run Average Problems
for Vector Addition Systems with States.” 31st International Conference on
Concurrency Theory, vol. 171, 23, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2020, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2020.23.
short: K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, in:, 31st International Conference
on Concurrency Theory, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020.
conference:
end_date: 2020-09-04
location: Virtual
name: 'CONCUR: Conference on Concurrency Theory'
start_date: 2020-09-01
date_created: 2020-10-04T22:01:36Z
date_published: 2020-08-06T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:20:15Z
day: '06'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
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- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2020.23
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2007.08917'
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...
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Game of Life is a simple and elegant model to study dynamical system over
networks. The model consists of a graph where every vertex has one of two types,
namely, dead or alive. A configuration is a mapping of the vertices to the types.
An update rule describes how the type of a vertex is updated given the types of
its neighbors. In every round, all vertices are updated synchronously, which leads
to a configuration update. While in general, Game of Life allows a broad range
of update rules, we focus on two simple families of update rules, namely, underpopulation
and overpopulation, that model several interesting dynamics studied in the literature.
In both settings, a dead vertex requires at least a desired number of live neighbors
to become alive. For underpopulation (resp., overpopulation), a live vertex requires
at least (resp. at most) a desired number of live neighbors to remain alive. We
study the basic computation problems, e.g., configuration reachability, for these
two families of rules. For underpopulation rules, we show that these problems
can be solved in polynomial time, whereas for overpopulation rules they are PSPACE-complete.
acknowledgement: "Krishnendu Chatterjee: The research was partially supported by the
Vienna Science and\r\nTechnology Fund (WWTF) Project ICT15-003.\r\nIsmaël Jecker:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research\r\nand
innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 754411."
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- LIPIcs
article_number: 22:1-22:13
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full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Rasmus
full_name: Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus
id: 3B699956-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ibsen-Jensen
orcid: 0000-0003-4783-0389
- first_name: Ismael R
full_name: Jecker, Ismael R
id: 85D7C63E-7D5D-11E9-9C0F-98C4E5697425
last_name: Jecker
- first_name: Jakub
full_name: Svoboda, Jakub
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last_name: Svoboda
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Jecker IR, Svoboda J. Simplified game of life:
Algorithms and complexity. In: 45th International Symposium on Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science. Vol 170. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik; 2020. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.22'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Ibsen-Jensen, R., Jecker, I. R., & Svoboda, J. (2020).
Simplified game of life: Algorithms and complexity. In 45th International Symposium
on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (Vol. 170). Prague, Czech
Republic: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.22'
chicago: 'Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen, Ismael R Jecker, and Jakub
Svoboda. “Simplified Game of Life: Algorithms and Complexity.” In 45th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Vol. 170. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.22.'
ieee: 'K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, I. R. Jecker, and J. Svoboda, “Simplified
game of life: Algorithms and complexity,” in 45th International Symposium on
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Prague, Czech Republic, 2020,
vol. 170.'
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Ibsen-Jensen R, Jecker IR, Svoboda J. 2020. Simplified game
of life: Algorithms and complexity. 45th International Symposium on Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science. MFCS: Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of
Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 170, 22:1-22:13.'
mla: 'Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Simplified Game of Life: Algorithms and Complexity.”
45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
vol. 170, 22:1-22:13, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020,
doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.22.'
short: K. Chatterjee, R. Ibsen-Jensen, I.R. Jecker, J. Svoboda, in:, 45th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl -
Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020.
conference:
end_date: 2020-08-28
location: Prague, Czech Republic
name: 'MFCS: Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science'
start_date: 2020-08-24
date_created: 2020-09-20T22:01:36Z
date_published: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:19:55Z
day: '18'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.22
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2007.02894'
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Science
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title: 'Simplified game of life: Algorithms and complexity'
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abstract:
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text: A regular language L of finite words is composite if there are regular languages
L₁,L₂,…,L_t such that L = ⋂_{i = 1}^t L_i and the index (number of states in a
minimal DFA) of every language L_i is strictly smaller than the index of L. Otherwise,
L is prime. Primality of regular languages was introduced and studied in [O. Kupferman
and J. Mosheiff, 2015], where the complexity of deciding the primality of the
language of a given DFA was left open, with a doubly-exponential gap between the
upper and lower bounds. We study primality for unary regular languages, namely
regular languages with a singleton alphabet. A unary language corresponds to a
subset of ℕ, making the study of unary prime languages closer to that of primality
in number theory. We show that the setting of languages is richer. In particular,
while every composite number is the product of two smaller numbers, the number
t of languages necessary to decompose a composite unary language induces a strict
hierarchy. In addition, a primality witness for a unary language L, namely a word
that is not in L but is in all products of languages that contain L and have an
index smaller than L’s, may be of exponential length. Still, we are able to characterize
compositionality by structural properties of a DFA for L, leading to a LogSpace
algorithm for primality checking of unary DFAs.
acknowledgement: "Ismaël Jecker: This project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon\r\n2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Grant Agreement No.\r\n754411. Nicolas Mazzocchi: PhD fellowship FRIA from the F.R.S.-FNRS."
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- LIPIcs
article_number: 51:1-51:12
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Ismael R
full_name: Jecker, Ismael R
id: 85D7C63E-7D5D-11E9-9C0F-98C4E5697425
last_name: Jecker
- first_name: Orna
full_name: Kupferman, Orna
last_name: Kupferman
- first_name: Nicolas
full_name: Mazzocchi, Nicolas
last_name: Mazzocchi
citation:
ama: 'Jecker IR, Kupferman O, Mazzocchi N. Unary prime languages. In: 45th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science. Vol 170. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik; 2020. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.51'
apa: 'Jecker, I. R., Kupferman, O., & Mazzocchi, N. (2020). Unary prime languages.
In 45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
(Vol. 170). Prague, Czech Republic: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik.
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.51'
chicago: Jecker, Ismael R, Orna Kupferman, and Nicolas Mazzocchi. “Unary Prime Languages.”
In 45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
Vol. 170. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.51.
ieee: I. R. Jecker, O. Kupferman, and N. Mazzocchi, “Unary prime languages,” in
45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
Prague, Czech Republic, 2020, vol. 170.
ista: 'Jecker IR, Kupferman O, Mazzocchi N. 2020. Unary prime languages. 45th International
Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science. MFCS: Symposium on
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 170, 51:1-51:12.'
mla: Jecker, Ismael R., et al. “Unary Prime Languages.” 45th International Symposium
on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, vol. 170, 51:1-51:12, Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.51.
short: I.R. Jecker, O. Kupferman, N. Mazzocchi, in:, 45th International Symposium
on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2020.
conference:
end_date: 2020-08-28
location: Prague, Czech Republic
name: 'MFCS: Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science'
start_date: 2020-08-24
date_created: 2020-09-20T22:01:36Z
date_published: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:19:56Z
day: '18'
ddc:
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department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.51
ec_funded: 1
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Science
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Simple stochastic games are turn-based 2½-player games with a reachability
objective. The basic question asks whether one player can ensure reaching a given
target with at least a given probability. A natural extension is games with a
conjunction of such conditions as objective. Despite a plethora of recent results
on the analysis of systems with multiple objectives, the decidability of this
basic problem remains open. In this paper, we present an algorithm approximating
the Pareto frontier of the achievable values to a given precision. Moreover, it
is an anytime algorithm, meaning it can be stopped at any time returning the current
approximation and its error bound.
acknowledgement: "Pranav Ashok, Jan Křetínský and Maximilian Weininger were funded
in part by TUM IGSSE Grant 10.06 (PARSEC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG)
project KR 4890/2-1\r\n“Statistical Unbounded Verification”. Krishnendu Chatterjee
was supported by the ERC CoG 863818 (ForM-SMArt) and Vienna Science and Technology
Fund (WWTF) Project ICT15-\r\n003. Tobias Winkler was supported by the RTG 2236
UnRAVe."
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Pranav
full_name: Ashok, Pranav
last_name: Ashok
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Kretinsky, Jan
last_name: Kretinsky
- first_name: Maximilian
full_name: Weininger, Maximilian
last_name: Weininger
- first_name: Tobias
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last_name: Winkler
citation:
ama: 'Ashok P, Chatterjee K, Kretinsky J, Weininger M, Winkler T. Approximating
values of generalized-reachability stochastic games. In: Proceedings of the
35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science . Association
for Computing Machinery; 2020:102-115. doi:10.1145/3373718.3394761'
apa: 'Ashok, P., Chatterjee, K., Kretinsky, J., Weininger, M., & Winkler, T.
(2020). Approximating values of generalized-reachability stochastic games. In
Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science
(pp. 102–115). Saarbrücken, Germany: Association for Computing Machinery.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3373718.3394761'
chicago: Ashok, Pranav, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Jan Kretinsky, Maximilian Weininger,
and Tobias Winkler. “Approximating Values of Generalized-Reachability Stochastic
Games.” In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer
Science , 102–15. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3373718.3394761.
ieee: P. Ashok, K. Chatterjee, J. Kretinsky, M. Weininger, and T. Winkler, “Approximating
values of generalized-reachability stochastic games,” in Proceedings of the
35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science , Saarbrücken,
Germany, 2020, pp. 102–115.
ista: 'Ashok P, Chatterjee K, Kretinsky J, Weininger M, Winkler T. 2020. Approximating
values of generalized-reachability stochastic games. Proceedings of the 35th Annual
ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science . LICS: Symposium on Logic in
Computer Science, 102–115.'
mla: Ashok, Pranav, et al. “Approximating Values of Generalized-Reachability Stochastic
Games.” Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer
Science , Association for Computing Machinery, 2020, pp. 102–15, doi:10.1145/3373718.3394761.
short: P. Ashok, K. Chatterjee, J. Kretinsky, M. Weininger, T. Winkler, in:, Proceedings
of the 35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science , Association
for Computing Machinery, 2020, pp. 102–115.
conference:
end_date: 2020-07-11
location: Saarbrücken, Germany
name: 'LICS: Symposium on Logic in Computer Science'
start_date: 2020-07-08
date_created: 2020-06-14T22:00:48Z
date_published: 2020-07-08T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-21T08:24:36Z
day: '08'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1145/3373718.3394761
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1908.05106'
isi:
- '000665014900010'
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name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications'
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Science '
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...
---
_id: '8767'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Resources are rarely distributed uniformly within a population. Heterogeneity
in the concentration of a drug, the quality of breeding sites, or wealth can all
affect evolutionary dynamics. In this study, we represent a collection of properties
affecting the fitness at a given location using a color. A green node is rich
in resources while a red node is poorer. More colors can represent a broader spectrum
of resource qualities. For a population evolving according to the birth-death
Moran model, the first question we address is which structures, identified by
graph connectivity and graph coloring, are evolutionarily equivalent. We prove
that all properly two-colored, undirected, regular graphs are evolutionarily equivalent
(where “properly colored” means that no two neighbors have the same color). We
then compare the effects of background heterogeneity on properly two-colored graphs
to those with alternative schemes in which the colors are permuted. Finally, we
discuss dynamic coloring as a model for spatiotemporal resource fluctuations,
and we illustrate that random dynamic colorings often diminish the effects of
background heterogeneity relative to a proper two-coloring.
acknowledgement: 'We thank Igor Erovenko for many helpful comments on an earlier version
of this paper. : Army Research Laboratory (grant W911NF-18-2-0265) (M.A.N.); the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (grant OPP1148627) (M.A.N.); the NVIDIA Corporation
(A.M.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision
to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.'
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- first_name: Alex
full_name: McAvoy, Alex
last_name: McAvoy
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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full_name: Nowak, Martin A.
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citation:
ama: Kaveh K, McAvoy A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. The Moran process on 2-chromatic
graphs. PLOS Computational Biology. 2020;16(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008402
apa: Kaveh, K., McAvoy, A., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. A. (2020). The Moran
process on 2-chromatic graphs. PLOS Computational Biology. Public Library
of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008402
chicago: Kaveh, Kamran, Alex McAvoy, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Martin A. Nowak.
“The Moran Process on 2-Chromatic Graphs.” PLOS Computational Biology.
Public Library of Science, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008402.
ieee: K. Kaveh, A. McAvoy, K. Chatterjee, and M. A. Nowak, “The Moran process on
2-chromatic graphs,” PLOS Computational Biology, vol. 16, no. 11. Public
Library of Science, 2020.
ista: Kaveh K, McAvoy A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. 2020. The Moran process on 2-chromatic
graphs. PLOS Computational Biology. 16(11), e1008402.
mla: Kaveh, Kamran, et al. “The Moran Process on 2-Chromatic Graphs.” PLOS Computational
Biology, vol. 16, no. 11, e1008402, Public Library of Science, 2020, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008402.
short: K. Kaveh, A. McAvoy, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Nowak, PLOS Computational Biology
16 (2020).
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- Evolution
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abstract:
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text: Cooperation is a ubiquitous and beneficial behavioural trait despite being
prone to exploitation by free-riders. Hence, cooperative populations are prone
to invasions by selfish individuals. However, a population consisting of only
free-riders typically does not survive. Thus, cooperators and free-riders often
coexist in some proportion. An evolutionary version of a Snowdrift Game proved
its efficiency in analysing this phenomenon. However, what if the system has already
reached its stable state but was perturbed due to a change in environmental conditions?
Then, individuals may have to re-learn their effective strategies. To address
this, we consider behavioural mistakes in strategic choice execution, which we
refer to as incompetence. Parametrising the propensity to make such mistakes allows
for a mathematical description of learning. We compare strategies based on their
relative strategic advantage relying on both fitness and learning factors. When
strategies are learned at distinct rates, allowing learning according to a prescribed
order is optimal. Interestingly, the strategy with the lowest strategic advantage
should be learnt first if we are to optimise fitness over the learning path. Then,
the differences between strategies are balanced out in order to minimise the effect
of behavioural uncertainty.
acknowledgement: "This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement #754411,
the Australian Research Council Discovery Grants DP160101236 and DP150100618, and
the European Research Council Consolidator Grant 863818 (FoRM-SMArt).\r\nAuthors
would like to thank Patrick McKinlay for his work on the preliminary results for
this paper."
article_number: '1945'
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full_name: Kleshnina, Maria
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last_name: Kleshnina
- first_name: Sabrina
full_name: Streipert, Sabrina
last_name: Streipert
- first_name: Jerzy
full_name: Filar, Jerzy
last_name: Filar
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
citation:
ama: Kleshnina M, Streipert S, Filar J, Chatterjee K. Prioritised learning in snowdrift-type
games. Mathematics. 2020;8(11). doi:10.3390/math8111945
apa: Kleshnina, M., Streipert, S., Filar, J., & Chatterjee, K. (2020). Prioritised
learning in snowdrift-type games. Mathematics. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8111945
chicago: Kleshnina, Maria, Sabrina Streipert, Jerzy Filar, and Krishnendu Chatterjee.
“Prioritised Learning in Snowdrift-Type Games.” Mathematics. MDPI, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.3390/math8111945.
ieee: M. Kleshnina, S. Streipert, J. Filar, and K. Chatterjee, “Prioritised learning
in snowdrift-type games,” Mathematics, vol. 8, no. 11. MDPI, 2020.
ista: Kleshnina M, Streipert S, Filar J, Chatterjee K. 2020. Prioritised learning
in snowdrift-type games. Mathematics. 8(11), 1945.
mla: Kleshnina, Maria, et al. “Prioritised Learning in Snowdrift-Type Games.” Mathematics,
vol. 8, no. 11, 1945, MDPI, 2020, doi:10.3390/math8111945.
short: M. Kleshnina, S. Streipert, J. Filar, K. Chatterjee, Mathematics 8 (2020).
date_created: 2020-11-22T23:01:24Z
date_published: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
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- _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '754411'
name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships
- _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E
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publication: Mathematics
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title: Prioritised learning in snowdrift-type games
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...
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abstract:
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text: 'We consider a real-time setting where an environment releases sequences of
firm-deadline tasks, and an online scheduler chooses on-the-fly the ones to execute
on a single processor so as to maximize cumulated utility. The competitive ratio
is a well-known performance measure for the scheduler: it gives the worst-case
ratio, among all possible choices for the environment, of the cumulated utility
of the online scheduler versus an offline scheduler that knows these choices in
advance. Traditionally, competitive analysis is performed by hand, while automated
techniques are rare and only handle static environments with independent tasks.
We present a quantitative-verification framework for precedence-aware competitive
analysis, where task releases may depend on preceding scheduling choices, i.e.,
the environment can respond to scheduling decisions dynamically . We consider
two general classes of precedences: 1) follower precedences force the release
of a dependent task upon the completion of a set of precursor tasks, while and
2) pairing precedences modify the characteristics of a dependent task provided
the completion of a set of precursor tasks. Precedences make competitive analysis
challenging, as the online and offline schedulers operate on diverging sequences.
We make a formal presentation of our framework, and use a GPU-based implementation
to analyze ten well-known schedulers on precedence-based application examples
taken from the existing literature: 1) a handshake protocol (HP); 2) network packet-switching;
3) query scheduling (QS); and 4) a sporadic-interrupt setting. Our experimental
results show that precedences and task parameters can vary drastically the best
scheduler. Our framework thus supports application designers in choosing the best
scheduler among a given set automatically.'
acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)
under the NFN RiSE/SHiNE under Grant S11405 and Grant S11407. This article was presented
in the International Conference on Embedded Software 2020 and appears as part of
the ESWEEK-TCAD special issue. '
article_processing_charge: No
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author:
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Pavlogiannis, Andreas
id: 49704004-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Pavlogiannis
orcid: 0000-0002-8943-0722
- first_name: Nico
full_name: Schaumberger, Nico
last_name: Schaumberger
- first_name: Ulrich
full_name: Schmid, Ulrich
last_name: Schmid
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
citation:
ama: Pavlogiannis A, Schaumberger N, Schmid U, Chatterjee K. Precedence-aware automated
competitive analysis of real-time scheduling. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided
Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 2020;39(11):3981-3992. doi:10.1109/TCAD.2020.3012803
apa: Pavlogiannis, A., Schaumberger, N., Schmid, U., & Chatterjee, K. (2020).
Precedence-aware automated competitive analysis of real-time scheduling. IEEE
Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.
IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2020.3012803
chicago: Pavlogiannis, Andreas, Nico Schaumberger, Ulrich Schmid, and Krishnendu
Chatterjee. “Precedence-Aware Automated Competitive Analysis of Real-Time Scheduling.”
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.
IEEE, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2020.3012803.
ieee: A. Pavlogiannis, N. Schaumberger, U. Schmid, and K. Chatterjee, “Precedence-aware
automated competitive analysis of real-time scheduling,” IEEE Transactions
on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 39, no.
11. IEEE, pp. 3981–3992, 2020.
ista: Pavlogiannis A, Schaumberger N, Schmid U, Chatterjee K. 2020. Precedence-aware
automated competitive analysis of real-time scheduling. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided
Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 39(11), 3981–3992.
mla: Pavlogiannis, Andreas, et al. “Precedence-Aware Automated Competitive Analysis
of Real-Time Scheduling.” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated
Circuits and Systems, vol. 39, no. 11, IEEE, 2020, pp. 3981–92, doi:10.1109/TCAD.2020.3012803.
short: A. Pavlogiannis, N. Schaumberger, U. Schmid, K. Chatterjee, IEEE Transactions
on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 39 (2020) 3981–3992.
date_created: 2020-11-22T23:01:24Z
date_published: 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-22T13:27:05Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1109/TCAD.2020.3012803
external_id:
isi:
- '000587712700069'
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isi: 1
issue: '11'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '11'
oa_version: None
page: 3981-3992
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S 11407_N23
name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 25863FF4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11407
name: Game Theory
publication: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and
Systems
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- '19374151'
issn:
- '02780070'
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
quality_controlled: '1'
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title: Precedence-aware automated competitive analysis of real-time scheduling
type: journal_article
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...
---
_id: '9197'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: In this paper we introduce and study all-pay bidding games, a class of two
player, zero-sum games on graphs. The game proceeds as follows. We place a token
on some vertex in the graph and assign budgets to the two players. Each turn,
each player submits a sealed legal bid (non-negative and below their remaining
budget), which is deducted from their budget and the highest bidder moves the
token onto an adjacent vertex. The game ends once a sink is reached, and Player
1 pays Player 2 the outcome that is associated with the sink. The players attempt
to maximize their expected outcome. Our games model settings where effort (of
no inherent value) needs to be invested in an ongoing and stateful manner. On
the negative side, we show that even in simple games on DAGs, optimal strategies
may require a distribution over bids with infinite support. A central quantity
in bidding games is the ratio of the players budgets. On the positive side, we
show a simple FPTAS for DAGs, that, for each budget ratio, outputs an approximation
for the optimal strategy for that ratio. We also implement it, show that it performs
well, and suggests interesting properties of these games. Then, given an outcome
c, we show an algorithm for finding the necessary and sufficient initial ratio
for guaranteeing outcome c with probability 1 and a strategy ensuring such. Finally,
while the general case has not previously been studied, solving the specific game
in which Player 1 wins iff he wins the first two auctions, has been long stated
as an open question, which we solve.
acknowledgement: This research was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under
grants S11402-N23 (RiSE/SHiNE), Z211-N23 (Wittgenstein Award), and M 2369-N33 (Meitner
fellowship).
article_processing_charge: No
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author:
- first_name: Guy
full_name: Avni, Guy
id: 463C8BC2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Avni
orcid: 0000-0001-5588-8287
- first_name: Rasmus
full_name: Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus
id: 3B699956-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ibsen-Jensen
orcid: 0000-0003-4783-0389
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkadlec
orcid: 0000-0002-1097-9684
citation:
ama: Avni G, Ibsen-Jensen R, Tkadlec J. All-pay bidding games on graphs. Proceedings
of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2020;34(02):1798-1805.
doi:10.1609/aaai.v34i02.5546
apa: 'Avni, G., Ibsen-Jensen, R., & Tkadlec, J. (2020). All-pay bidding games
on graphs. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
New York, NY, United States: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v34i02.5546'
chicago: Avni, Guy, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen, and Josef Tkadlec. “All-Pay Bidding Games
on Graphs.” Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v34i02.5546.
ieee: G. Avni, R. Ibsen-Jensen, and J. Tkadlec, “All-pay bidding games on graphs,”
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 34,
no. 02. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 1798–1805,
2020.
ista: Avni G, Ibsen-Jensen R, Tkadlec J. 2020. All-pay bidding games on graphs.
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 34(02), 1798–1805.
mla: Avni, Guy, et al. “All-Pay Bidding Games on Graphs.” Proceedings of the
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 34, no. 02, Association for
the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2020, pp. 1798–805, doi:10.1609/aaai.v34i02.5546.
short: G. Avni, R. Ibsen-Jensen, J. Tkadlec, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference
on Artificial Intelligence 34 (2020) 1798–1805.
conference:
end_date: 2020-02-12
location: New York, NY, United States
name: 'AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence'
start_date: 2020-02-07
date_created: 2021-02-25T09:05:18Z
date_published: 2020-04-03T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-05T12:40:00Z
day: '03'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1609/aaai.v34i02.5546
external_id:
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- iso: eng
month: '04'
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grant_number: S11402-N23
name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: Z211
name: The Wittgenstein Prize
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: M02369
name: Formal Methods meets Algorithmic Game Theory
publication: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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isbn:
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issn:
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...
---
_id: '7343'
abstract:
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text: Coinfections with multiple pathogens can result in complex within‐host dynamics
affecting virulence and transmission. While multiple infections are intensively
studied in solitary hosts, it is so far unresolved how social host interactions
interfere with pathogen competition, and if this depends on coinfection diversity.
We studied how the collective disease defences of ants – their social immunity
– influence pathogen competition in coinfections of same or different fungal pathogen
species. Social immunity reduced virulence for all pathogen combinations, but
interfered with spore production only in different‐species coinfections. Here,
it decreased overall pathogen sporulation success while increasing co‐sporulation
on individual cadavers and maintaining a higher pathogen diversity at the community
level. Mathematical modelling revealed that host sanitary care alone can modulate
competitive outcomes between pathogens, giving advantage to fast‐germinating,
thus less grooming‐sensitive ones. Host social interactions can hence modulate
infection dynamics in coinfected group members, thereby altering pathogen communities
at the host level and population level.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: LifeSc
acknowledgement: "We thank Bernhardt Steinwender and Jorgen Eilenberg for the fungal
strains, Xavier Espadaler, Mireia Diaz, Christiane Wanke, Lumi Viljakainen and the
Social Immunity Team at IST Austria, for help with ant collection, and Wanda Gorecka
and Gertraud Stift of the IST Austria Life Science Facility for technical support.
We are thankful to Dieter Ebert for input at all stages of the project, Roger Mundry
for statistical advice, Hinrich Schulenburg, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Yuko\r\nUlrich
and Joachim Kurtz for project discussion, Bor Kavcic for advice on growth curves,
Marcus Roper for advice on modelling work and comments on the manuscript, as well
as Marjon de Vos, Weini Huang and the Social Immunity Team for comments on the manuscript.\r\nThis
study was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Priority Programme
1399 Host-parasite Coevolution (CR 118/3 to S.C.) and the People Programme\r\n(Marie
Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
under REA grant agreement no 291734 (ISTFELLOW to B.M.). "
article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal)
article_type: letter_note
author:
- first_name: Barbara
full_name: Milutinovic, Barbara
id: 2CDC32B8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Milutinovic
orcid: 0000-0002-8214-4758
- first_name: Miriam
full_name: Stock, Miriam
id: 42462816-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Stock
- first_name: Anna V
full_name: Grasse, Anna V
id: 406F989C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Grasse
- first_name: Elisabeth
full_name: Naderlinger, Elisabeth
id: 31757262-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Naderlinger
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Hilbe, Christian
id: 2FDF8F3C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hilbe
orcid: 0000-0001-5116-955X
- first_name: Sylvia
full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Cremer
orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
citation:
ama: Milutinovic B, Stock M, Grasse AV, Naderlinger E, Hilbe C, Cremer S. Social
immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Ecology Letters.
2020;23(3):565-574. doi:10.1111/ele.13458
apa: Milutinovic, B., Stock, M., Grasse, A. V., Naderlinger, E., Hilbe, C., &
Cremer, S. (2020). Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens.
Ecology Letters. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13458
chicago: Milutinovic, Barbara, Miriam Stock, Anna V Grasse, Elisabeth Naderlinger,
Christian Hilbe, and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Immunity Modulates Competition between
Coinfecting Pathogens.” Ecology Letters. Wiley, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13458.
ieee: B. Milutinovic, M. Stock, A. V. Grasse, E. Naderlinger, C. Hilbe, and S. Cremer,
“Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens,” Ecology
Letters, vol. 23, no. 3. Wiley, pp. 565–574, 2020.
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Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Ecology Letters.
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Coinfecting Pathogens.” Ecology Letters, vol. 23, no. 3, Wiley, 2020, pp.
565–74, doi:10.1111/ele.13458.
short: B. Milutinovic, M. Stock, A.V. Grasse, E. Naderlinger, C. Hilbe, S. Cremer,
Ecology Letters 23 (2020) 565–574.
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text: Coinfections with multiple pathogens can result in complex within-host dynamics
affecting virulence and transmission. Whilst multiple infections are intensively
studied in solitary hosts, it is so far unresolved how social host interactions
interfere with pathogen competition, and if this depends on coinfection diversity.
We studied how the collective disease defenses of ants – their social immunity
– influence pathogen competition in coinfections of same or different fungal
pathogen species. Social immunity reduced virulence for all pathogen combinations,
but interfered with spore production only in different-species coinfections. Here,
it decreased overall pathogen sporulation success, whilst simultaneously increasing
co-sporulation on individual cadavers and maintaining a higher pathogen diversity
at the community-level. Mathematical modeling revealed that host sanitary care
alone can modulate competitive outcomes between pathogens, giving advantage to
fast-germinating, thus less grooming-sensitive ones. Host social interactions
can hence modulate infection dynamics in coinfected group members, thereby altering
pathogen communities at the host- and population-level.
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chicago: Milutinovic, Barbara, Miriam Stock, Anna V Grasse, Elisabeth Naderlinger,
Christian Hilbe, and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Immunity Modulates Competition between
Coinfecting Pathogens.” Dryad, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.
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“Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens.” Dryad,
2020.
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Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens, Dryad, 10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.
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Coinfecting Pathogens. Dryad, 2020, doi:10.5061/DRYAD.CRJDFN318.
short: B. Milutinovic, M. Stock, A.V. Grasse, E. Naderlinger, C. Hilbe, S. Cremer,
(2020).
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text: 'Multiple-environment Markov decision processes (MEMDPs) are MDPs equipped
with not one, but multiple probabilistic transition functions, which represent
the various possible unknown environments. While the previous research on MEMDPs
focused on theoretical properties for long-run average payoff, we study them with
discounted-sum payoff and focus on their practical advantages and applications.
MEMDPs can be viewed as a special case of Partially observable and Mixed observability
MDPs: the state of the system is perfectly observable, but not the environment.
We show that the specific structure of MEMDPs allows for more efficient algorithmic
analysis, in particular for faster belief updates. We demonstrate the applicability
of MEMDPs in several domains. In particular, we formalize the sequential decision-making
approach to contextual recommendation systems as MEMDPs and substantially improve
over the previous MDP approach.'
acknowledgement: Krishnendu Chatterjee is supported by the Austrian ScienceFund (FWF)
NFN Grant No. S11407-N23 (RiSE/SHiNE),and COST Action GAMENET. Petr Novotn ́y is
supported bythe Czech Science Foundation grant No. GJ19-15134Y.
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Markov decision processes: Efficient analysis and applications. In: Proceedings
of the 30th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling.
Vol 30. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence; 2020:48-56.'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Chmelik, M., Karkhanis, D., Novotný, P., & Royer, A. (2020).
Multiple-environment Markov decision processes: Efficient analysis and applications.
In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Automated Planning and
Scheduling (Vol. 30, pp. 48–56). Nancy, France: Association for the Advancement
of Artificial Intelligence.'
chicago: 'Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Martin Chmelik, Deep Karkhanis, Petr Novotný,
and Amélie Royer. “Multiple-Environment Markov Decision Processes: Efficient Analysis
and Applications.” In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Automated
Planning and Scheduling, 30:48–56. Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence, 2020.'
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Markov decision processes: Efficient analysis and applications,” in Proceedings
of the 30th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling,
Nancy, France, 2020, vol. 30, pp. 48–56.'
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Markov decision processes: Efficient analysis and applications. Proceedings of
the 30th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. ICAPS:
International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling vol. 30, 48–56.'
mla: 'Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Multiple-Environment Markov Decision Processes:
Efficient Analysis and Applications.” Proceedings of the 30th International
Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, vol. 30, Association for
the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2020, pp. 48–56.'
short: K. Chatterjee, M. Chmelik, D. Karkhanis, P. Novotný, A. Royer, in:, Proceedings
of the 30th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, Association
for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2020, pp. 48–56.
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text: We study turn-based stochastic zero-sum games with lexicographic preferences
over reachability and safety objectives. Stochastic games are standard models
in control, verification, and synthesis of stochastic reactive systems that exhibit
both randomness as well as angelic and demonic non-determinism. Lexicographic
order allows to consider multiple objectives with a strict preference order over
the satisfaction of the objectives. To the best of our knowledge, stochastic games
with lexicographic objectives have not been studied before. We establish determinacy
of such games and present strategy and computational complexity results. For strategy
complexity, we show that lexicographically optimal strategies exist that are deterministic
and memory is only required to remember the already satisfied and violated objectives.
For a constant number of objectives, we show that the relevant decision problem
is in NP∩coNP , matching the current known bound for single objectives; and
in general the decision problem is PSPACE -hard and can be solved in NEXPTIME∩coNEXPTIME
. We present an algorithm that computes the lexicographically optimal strategies
via a reduction to computation of optimal strategies in a sequence of single-objectives
games. We have implemented our algorithm and report experimental results on various
case studies.
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reachability-safety objectives. In: International Conference on Computer Aided
Verification. Vol 12225. Springer Nature; 2020:398-420. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53291-8_21'
apa: Chatterjee, K., Katoen, J. P., Weininger, M., & Winkler, T. (2020). Stochastic
games with lexicographic reachability-safety objectives. In International Conference
on Computer Aided Verification (Vol. 12225, pp. 398–420). Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53291-8_21
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Joost P Katoen, Maximilian Weininger, and Tobias
Winkler. “Stochastic Games with Lexicographic Reachability-Safety Objectives.”
In International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, 12225:398–420.
Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53291-8_21.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, J. P. Katoen, M. Weininger, and T. Winkler, “Stochastic games
with lexicographic reachability-safety objectives,” in International Conference
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ista: 'Chatterjee K, Katoen JP, Weininger M, Winkler T. 2020. Stochastic games with
lexicographic reachability-safety objectives. International Conference on Computer
Aided Verification. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 12225, 398–420.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Stochastic Games with Lexicographic Reachability-Safety
Objectives.” International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, vol.
12225, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 398–420, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53291-8_21.
short: K. Chatterjee, J.P. Katoen, M. Weininger, T. Winkler, in:, International
Conference on Computer Aided Verification, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 398–420.
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text: 'We study relations between evidence theory and S-approximation spaces. Both
theories have their roots in the analysis of Dempsterchr(''39'')s multivalued
mappings and lower and upper probabilities, and have close relations to rough
sets. We show that an S-approximation space, satisfying a monotonicity condition,
can induce a natural belief structure which is a fundamental block in evidence
theory. We also demonstrate that one can induce a natural belief structure on
one set, given a belief structure on another set, if the two sets are related
by a partial monotone S-approximation space. '
acknowledgement: We are very grateful to the anonymous reviewer for detailed comments
and suggestions that significantly improved the presentation of this paper. The
research was partially supported by a DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of
Sciences.
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belief structures and s-approximation spaces. Iranian Journal of Mathematical
Sciences and Informatics. 2020;15(2):117-128. doi:10.29252/ijmsi.15.2.117
apa: Shakiba, A., Goharshady, A. K., Hooshmandasl, M. R., & Alambardar Meybodi,
M. (2020). A note on belief structures and s-approximation spaces. Iranian
Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Informatics. Iranian Academic Center
for Education, Culture and Research. https://doi.org/10.29252/ijmsi.15.2.117
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Meybodi. “A Note on Belief Structures and S-Approximation Spaces.” Iranian
Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Informatics. Iranian Academic Center
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“A note on belief structures and s-approximation spaces,” Iranian Journal of
Mathematical Sciences and Informatics, vol. 15, no. 2. Iranian Academic Center
for Education, Culture and Research, pp. 117–128, 2020.
ista: Shakiba A, Goharshady AK, Hooshmandasl MR, Alambardar Meybodi M. 2020. A note
on belief structures and s-approximation spaces. Iranian Journal of Mathematical
Sciences and Informatics. 15(2), 117–128.
mla: Shakiba, A., et al. “A Note on Belief Structures and S-Approximation Spaces.”
Iranian Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Informatics, vol. 15, no.
2, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, 2020, pp. 117–28,
doi:10.29252/ijmsi.15.2.117.
short: A. Shakiba, A.K. Goharshady, M.R. Hooshmandasl, M. Alambardar Meybodi, Iranian
Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Informatics 15 (2020) 117–128.
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text: The fixation probability of a single mutant invading a population of residents
is among the most widely-studied quantities in evolutionary dynamics. Amplifiers
of natural selection are population structures that increase the fixation probability
of advantageous mutants, compared to well-mixed populations. Extensive studies
have shown that many amplifiers exist for the Birth-death Moran process, some
of them substantially increasing the fixation probability or even guaranteeing
fixation in the limit of large population size. On the other hand, no amplifiers
are known for the death-Birth Moran process, and computer-assisted exhaustive
searches have failed to discover amplification. In this work we resolve this disparity,
by showing that any amplification under death-Birth updating is necessarily bounded
and transient. Our boundedness result states that even if a population structure
does amplify selection, the resulting fixation probability is close to that of
the well-mixed population. Our transience result states that for any population
structure there exists a threshold r⋆ such that the population structure ceases
to amplify selection if the mutant fitness advantage r is larger than r⋆. Finally,
we also extend the above results to δ-death-Birth updating, which is a combination
of Birth-death and death-Birth updating. On the positive side, we identify population
structures that maintain amplification for a wide range of values r and δ. These
results demonstrate that amplification of natural selection depends on the specific
mechanisms of the evolutionary process.
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last_name: Chatterjee
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full_name: Nowak, Martin A.
last_name: Nowak
citation:
ama: Tkadlec J, Pavlogiannis A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. Limits on amplifiers of
natural selection under death-Birth updating. PLoS computational biology.
2020;16. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007494
apa: Tkadlec, J., Pavlogiannis, A., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. A. (2020). Limits
on amplifiers of natural selection under death-Birth updating. PLoS Computational
Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007494
chicago: Tkadlec, Josef, Andreas Pavlogiannis, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Martin
A. Nowak. “Limits on Amplifiers of Natural Selection under Death-Birth Updating.”
PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of Science, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007494.
ieee: J. Tkadlec, A. Pavlogiannis, K. Chatterjee, and M. A. Nowak, “Limits on amplifiers
of natural selection under death-Birth updating,” PLoS computational biology,
vol. 16. Public Library of Science, 2020.
ista: Tkadlec J, Pavlogiannis A, Chatterjee K, Nowak MA. 2020. Limits on amplifiers
of natural selection under death-Birth updating. PLoS computational biology. 16,
e1007494.
mla: Tkadlec, Josef, et al. “Limits on Amplifiers of Natural Selection under Death-Birth
Updating.” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 16, e1007494, Public Library
of Science, 2020, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007494.
short: J. Tkadlec, A. Pavlogiannis, K. Chatterjee, M.A. Nowak, PLoS Computational
Biology 16 (2020).
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text: 'In this thesis we study certain mathematical aspects of evolution. The two
primary forces that drive an evolutionary process are mutation and selection.
Mutation generates new variants in a population. Selection chooses among the variants
depending on the reproductive rates of individuals. Evolutionary processes are
intrinsically random – a new mutation that is initially present in the population
at low frequency can go extinct, even if it confers a reproductive advantage.
The overall rate of evolution is largely determined by two quantities: the probability
that an invading advantageous mutation spreads through the population (called
fixation probability) and the time until it does so (called fixation time). Both
those quantities crucially depend not only on the strength of the invading mutation
but also on the population structure. In this thesis, we aim to understand how
the underlying population structure affects the overall rate of evolution. Specifically,
we study population structures that increase the fixation probability of advantageous
mutants (called amplifiers of selection). Broadly speaking, our results are of
three different types: We present various strong amplifiers, we identify regimes
under which only limited amplification is feasible, and we propose population
structures that provide different tradeoffs between high fixation probability
and short fixation time.'
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chicago: Tkadlec, Josef. “A Role of Graphs in Evolutionary Processes.” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7196.
ieee: J. Tkadlec, “A role of graphs in evolutionary processes,” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2020.
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Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Tkadlec, Josef. A Role of Graphs in Evolutionary Processes. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7196.
short: J. Tkadlec, A Role of Graphs in Evolutionary Processes, Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2020.
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Data and mathematica notebooks for plotting figures from Language learning
with communication between learners
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author:
- first_name: Rasmus
full_name: Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus
id: 3B699956-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ibsen-Jensen
orcid: 0000-0003-4783-0389
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkadlec
orcid: 0000-0002-1097-9684
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
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last_name: Chatterjee
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citation:
ama: Ibsen-Jensen R, Tkadlec J, Chatterjee K, Nowak M. Data and mathematica notebooks
for plotting figures from language learning with communication between learners
from language acquisition with communication between learners. 2020. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5973013.v1
apa: Ibsen-Jensen, R., Tkadlec, J., Chatterjee, K., & Nowak, M. (2020). Data
and mathematica notebooks for plotting figures from language learning with communication
between learners from language acquisition with communication between learners.
Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5973013.v1
chicago: Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus, Josef Tkadlec, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Martin
Nowak. “Data and Mathematica Notebooks for Plotting Figures from Language Learning
with Communication between Learners from Language Acquisition with Communication
between Learners.” Royal Society, 2020. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5973013.v1.
ieee: R. Ibsen-Jensen, J. Tkadlec, K. Chatterjee, and M. Nowak, “Data and mathematica
notebooks for plotting figures from language learning with communication between
learners from language acquisition with communication between learners.” Royal
Society, 2020.
ista: Ibsen-Jensen R, Tkadlec J, Chatterjee K, Nowak M. 2020. Data and mathematica
notebooks for plotting figures from language learning with communication between
learners from language acquisition with communication between learners, Royal
Society, 10.6084/m9.figshare.5973013.v1.
mla: Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus, et al. Data and Mathematica Notebooks for Plotting
Figures from Language Learning with Communication between Learners from Language
Acquisition with Communication between Learners. Royal Society, 2020, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5973013.v1.
short: R. Ibsen-Jensen, J. Tkadlec, K. Chatterjee, M. Nowak, (2020).
date_created: 2021-08-06T13:09:57Z
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The notion of program sensitivity (aka Lipschitz continuity) specifies that
changes in the program input result in proportional changes to the program output.
For probabilistic programs the notion is naturally extended to expected sensitivity.
A previous approach develops a relational program logic framework for proving
expected sensitivity of probabilistic while loops, where the number of iterations
is fixed and bounded. In this work, we consider probabilistic while loops where
the number of iterations is not fixed, but randomized and depends on the initial
input values. We present a sound approach for proving expected sensitivity of
such programs. Our sound approach is martingale-based and can be automated through
existing martingale-synthesis algorithms. Furthermore, our approach is compositional
for sequential composition of while loops under a mild side condition. We demonstrate
the effectiveness of our approach on several classical examples from Gambler's
Ruin, stochastic hybrid systems and stochastic gradient descent. We also present
experimental results showing that our automated approach can handle various probabilistic
programs in the literature.
acknowledgement: We thank anonymous reviewers for helpful comments, especially for
pointing to us a scenario of piecewise-linear approximation (Remark5). The research
was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
under Grant No. 61802254, 61672229, 61832015,61772336,11871221 and Austrian Science
Fund (FWF) NFN under Grant No. S11407-N23 (RiSE/SHiNE). We thank Prof. Yuxi Fu,
director of the BASICS Lab at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, for his support.
article_number: '25'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Peixin
full_name: Wang, Peixin
last_name: Wang
- first_name: Hongfei
full_name: Fu, Hongfei
last_name: Fu
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Yuxin
full_name: Deng, Yuxin
last_name: Deng
- first_name: Ming
full_name: Xu, Ming
last_name: Xu
citation:
ama: 'Wang P, Fu H, Chatterjee K, Deng Y, Xu M. Proving expected sensitivity of
probabilistic programs with randomized variable-dependent termination time. In:
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. Vol 4. ACM; 2020. doi:10.1145/3371093'
apa: Wang, P., Fu, H., Chatterjee, K., Deng, Y., & Xu, M. (2020). Proving expected
sensitivity of probabilistic programs with randomized variable-dependent termination
time. In Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages (Vol. 4). ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3371093
chicago: Wang, Peixin, Hongfei Fu, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Yuxin Deng, and Ming Xu.
“Proving Expected Sensitivity of Probabilistic Programs with Randomized Variable-Dependent
Termination Time.” In Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages,
Vol. 4. ACM, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371093.
ieee: P. Wang, H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, Y. Deng, and M. Xu, “Proving expected sensitivity
of probabilistic programs with randomized variable-dependent termination time,”
in Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 2020, vol. 4, no. POPL.
ista: Wang P, Fu H, Chatterjee K, Deng Y, Xu M. 2020. Proving expected sensitivity
of probabilistic programs with randomized variable-dependent termination time.
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. vol. 4, 25.
mla: Wang, Peixin, et al. “Proving Expected Sensitivity of Probabilistic Programs
with Randomized Variable-Dependent Termination Time.” Proceedings of the ACM
on Programming Languages, vol. 4, no. POPL, 25, ACM, 2020, doi:10.1145/3371093.
short: P. Wang, H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, Y. Deng, M. Xu, in:, Proceedings of the ACM
on Programming Languages, ACM, 2020.
date_created: 2020-08-30T22:01:12Z
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doi: 10.1145/3371093
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abstract:
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text: Markov decision processes (MDPs) are the defacto framework for sequential
decision making in the presence of stochastic uncertainty. A classical optimization
criterion for MDPs is to maximize the expected discounted-sum payoff, which ignores
low probability catastrophic events with highly negative impact on the system.
On the other hand, risk-averse policies require the probability of undesirable
events to be below a given threshold, but they do not account for optimization
of the expected payoff. We consider MDPs with discounted-sum payoff with failure
states which represent catastrophic outcomes. The objective of risk-constrained
planning is to maximize the expected discounted-sum payoff among risk-averse policies
that ensure the probability to encounter a failure state is below a desired threshold.
Our main contribution is an efficient risk-constrained planning algorithm that
combines UCT-like search with a predictor learned through interaction with the
MDP (in the style of AlphaZero) and with a risk-constrained action selection via
linear programming. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach with experiments
on classical MDPs from the literature, including benchmarks with an order of 106
states.
acknowledgement: Krishnendu Chatterjee is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
NFN Grant No. S11407-N23 (RiSE/SHiNE), and COST Action GAMENET. Tomas Brazdil is
supported by the Grant Agency of Masaryk University grant no. MUNI/G/0739/2017 and
by the Czech Science Foundation grant No. 18-11193S. Petr Novotny and Jirı Vahala
are supported by the Czech Science Foundation grant No. GJ19-15134Y.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Tomáš
full_name: Brázdil, Tomáš
last_name: Brázdil
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
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- first_name: Petr
full_name: Novotný, Petr
last_name: Novotný
- first_name: Jiří
full_name: Vahala, Jiří
last_name: Vahala
citation:
ama: Brázdil T, Chatterjee K, Novotný P, Vahala J. Reinforcement learning of risk-constrained
policies in Markov decision processes. Proceedings of the 34th AAAI Conference
on Artificial Intelligence. 2020;34(06):9794-9801. doi:10.1609/aaai.v34i06.6531
apa: 'Brázdil, T., Chatterjee, K., Novotný, P., & Vahala, J. (2020). Reinforcement
learning of risk-constrained policies in Markov decision processes. Proceedings
of the 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. New York, NY, United
States: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v34i06.6531'
chicago: Brázdil, Tomáš, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Petr Novotný, and Jiří Vahala. “Reinforcement
Learning of Risk-Constrained Policies in Markov Decision Processes.” Proceedings
of the 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v34i06.6531.
ieee: T. Brázdil, K. Chatterjee, P. Novotný, and J. Vahala, “Reinforcement learning
of risk-constrained policies in Markov decision processes,” Proceedings of
the 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 34, no. 06. Association
for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 9794–9801, 2020.
ista: Brázdil T, Chatterjee K, Novotný P, Vahala J. 2020. Reinforcement learning
of risk-constrained policies in Markov decision processes. Proceedings of the
34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 34(06), 9794–9801.
mla: Brázdil, Tomáš, et al. “Reinforcement Learning of Risk-Constrained Policies
in Markov Decision Processes.” Proceedings of the 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, vol. 34, no. 06, Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence, 2020, pp. 9794–801, doi:10.1609/aaai.v34i06.6531.
short: T. Brázdil, K. Chatterjee, P. Novotný, J. Vahala, Proceedings of the 34th
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 34 (2020) 9794–9801.
conference:
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location: New York, NY, United States
name: 'AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence'
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date_published: 2020-04-03T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-03-04T08:30:16Z
day: '03'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1609/aaai.v34i06.6531
external_id:
arxiv:
- '2002.12086'
intvolume: ' 34'
issue: '06'
keyword:
- General Medicine
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2002.12086
month: '04'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 9794-9801
project:
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S11407
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publication: Proceedings of the 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
publication_identifier:
issn:
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publication_status: published
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quality_controlled: '1'
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title: Reinforcement learning of risk-constrained policies in Markov decision processes
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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...
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Two plane drawings of geometric graphs on the same set of points are called
disjoint compatible if their union is plane and they do not have an edge in common.
For a given set S of 2n points two plane drawings of perfect matchings M1 and
M2 (which do not need to be disjoint nor compatible) are disjoint tree-compatible
if there exists a plane drawing of a spanning tree T on S which is disjoint compatible
to both M1 and M2.\r\nWe show that the graph of all disjoint tree-compatible perfect
geometric matchings on 2n points in convex position is connected if and only if
2n ≥ 10. Moreover, in that case the diameter\r\nof this graph is either 4 or 5,
independent of n."
acknowledgement: Research on this work was initiated at the 6th Austrian-Japanese-Mexican-Spanish
Workshop on Discrete Geometry and continued during the 16th European Geometric Graph-Week,
both held near Strobl, Austria. We are grateful to the participants for the inspiring
atmosphere. We especially thank Alexander Pilz for bringing this class of problems
to our attention and Birgit Vogtenhuber for inspiring discussions. D.P. is partially
supported by the FWF grant I 3340-N35 (Collaborative DACH project Arrangements and
Drawings). The research stay of P.P. at IST Austria is funded by the project CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/17_050/0008466
Improvement of internationalization in the field of research and development at
Charles University, through the support of quality projects MSCA-IF. This project
has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 734922.
article_number: '56'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Oswin
full_name: Aichholzer, Oswin
last_name: Aichholzer
- first_name: Julia
full_name: Obmann, Julia
last_name: Obmann
- first_name: Pavel
full_name: Patak, Pavel
id: B593B804-1035-11EA-B4F1-947645A5BB83
last_name: Patak
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Perz, Daniel
last_name: Perz
- first_name: Josef
full_name: Tkadlec, Josef
id: 3F24CCC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkadlec
orcid: 0000-0002-1097-9684
citation:
ama: 'Aichholzer O, Obmann J, Patak P, Perz D, Tkadlec J. Disjoint tree-compatible
plane perfect matchings. In: 36th European Workshop on Computational Geometry.
; 2020.'
apa: Aichholzer, O., Obmann, J., Patak, P., Perz, D., & Tkadlec, J. (2020).
Disjoint tree-compatible plane perfect matchings. In 36th European Workshop
on Computational Geometry. Würzburg, Germany, Virtual.
chicago: Aichholzer, Oswin, Julia Obmann, Pavel Patak, Daniel Perz, and Josef Tkadlec.
“Disjoint Tree-Compatible Plane Perfect Matchings.” In 36th European Workshop
on Computational Geometry, 2020.
ieee: O. Aichholzer, J. Obmann, P. Patak, D. Perz, and J. Tkadlec, “Disjoint tree-compatible
plane perfect matchings,” in 36th European Workshop on Computational Geometry,
Würzburg, Germany, Virtual, 2020.
ista: 'Aichholzer O, Obmann J, Patak P, Perz D, Tkadlec J. 2020. Disjoint tree-compatible
plane perfect matchings. 36th European Workshop on Computational Geometry. EuroCG:
European Workshop on Computational Geometry, 56.'
mla: Aichholzer, Oswin, et al. “Disjoint Tree-Compatible Plane Perfect Matchings.”
36th European Workshop on Computational Geometry, 56, 2020.
short: O. Aichholzer, J. Obmann, P. Patak, D. Perz, J. Tkadlec, in:, 36th European
Workshop on Computational Geometry, 2020.
conference:
end_date: 2020-03-18
location: Würzburg, Germany, Virtual
name: 'EuroCG: European Workshop on Computational Geometry'
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date_created: 2024-03-05T08:57:17Z
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abstract:
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text: "Interprocedural data-flow analyses form an expressive and useful paradigm
of numerous static analysis applications, such as live variables analysis, alias
analysis and null pointers analysis. The most widely-used framework for interprocedural
data-flow analysis is IFDS, which encompasses distributive data-flow functions
over a finite domain. On-demand data-flow analyses restrict the focus of the analysis
on specific program locations and data facts. This setting provides a natural
split between (i) an offline (or preprocessing) phase, where the program is partially
analyzed and analysis summaries are created, and (ii) an online (or query) phase,
where analysis queries arrive on demand and the summaries are used to speed up
answering queries.\r\nIn this work, we consider on-demand IFDS analyses where
the queries concern program locations of the same procedure (aka same-context
queries). We exploit the fact that flow graphs of programs have low treewidth
to develop faster algorithms that are space and time optimal for many common data-flow
analyses, in both the preprocessing and the query phase. We also use treewidth
to develop query solutions that are embarrassingly parallelizable, i.e. the total
work for answering each query is split to a number of threads such that each thread
performs only a constant amount of work. Finally, we implement a static analyzer
based on our algorithms, and perform a series of on-demand analysis experiments
on standard benchmarks. Our experimental results show a drastic speed-up of the
queries after only a lightweight preprocessing phase, which significantly outperforms
existing techniques."
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ama: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Ibsen-Jensen R, Pavlogiannis A. Optimal and perfectly
parallel algorithms for on-demand data-flow analysis. In: European Symposium
on Programming. Vol 12075. Springer Nature; 2020:112-140. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44914-8_5'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Goharshady, A. K., Ibsen-Jensen, R., & Pavlogiannis, A.
(2020). Optimal and perfectly parallel algorithms for on-demand data-flow analysis.
In European Symposium on Programming (Vol. 12075, pp. 112–140). Dublin,
Ireland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44914-8_5'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen,
and Andreas Pavlogiannis. “Optimal and Perfectly Parallel Algorithms for On-Demand
Data-Flow Analysis.” In European Symposium on Programming, 12075:112–40.
Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44914-8_5.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, A. K. Goharshady, R. Ibsen-Jensen, and A. Pavlogiannis, “Optimal
and perfectly parallel algorithms for on-demand data-flow analysis,” in European
Symposium on Programming, Dublin, Ireland, 2020, vol. 12075, pp. 112–140.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Ibsen-Jensen R, Pavlogiannis A. 2020. Optimal
and perfectly parallel algorithms for on-demand data-flow analysis. European Symposium
on Programming. ESOP: Programming Languages and Systems, LNCS, vol. 12075, 112–140.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Optimal and Perfectly Parallel Algorithms for
On-Demand Data-Flow Analysis.” European Symposium on Programming, vol.
12075, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 112–40, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44914-8_5.
short: K. Chatterjee, A.K. Goharshady, R. Ibsen-Jensen, A. Pavlogiannis, in:, European
Symposium on Programming, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 112–140.
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end_date: 2020-04-30
location: Dublin, Ireland
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text: Discrete-time Markov Chains (MCs) and Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) are
two standard formalisms in system analysis. Their main associated quantitative
objectives are hitting probabilities, discounted sum, and mean payoff. Although
there are many techniques for computing these objectives in general MCs/MDPs,
they have not been thoroughly studied in terms of parameterized algorithms, particularly
when treewidth is used as the parameter. This is in sharp contrast to qualitative
objectives for MCs, MDPs and graph games, for which treewidth-based algorithms
yield significant complexity improvements. In this work, we show that treewidth
can also be used to obtain faster algorithms for the quantitative problems. For
an MC with n states and m transitions, we show that each of the classical quantitative
objectives can be computed in O((n+m)⋅t2) time, given a tree decomposition
of the MC with width t. Our results also imply a bound of O(κ⋅(n+m)⋅t2) for
each objective on MDPs, where κ is the number of strategy-iteration refinements
required for the given input and objective. Finally, we make an experimental evaluation
of our new algorithms on low-treewidth MCs and MDPs obtained from the DaCapo benchmark
suite. Our experiments show that on low-treewidth MCs and MDPs, our algorithms
outperform existing well-established methods by one or more orders of magnitude.
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algorithms for quantitative analysis of MCs and MDPs with small treewidth. In:
Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis. Vol 12302. Springer
Nature; 2020:253-270. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59152-6_14'
apa: 'Asadi, A., Chatterjee, K., Goharshady, A. K., Mohammadi, K., & Pavlogiannis,
A. (2020). Faster algorithms for quantitative analysis of MCs and MDPs with small
treewidth. In Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis (Vol.
12302, pp. 253–270). Hanoi, Vietnam: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59152-6_14'
chicago: Asadi, Ali, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, Kiarash Mohammadi,
and Andreas Pavlogiannis. “Faster Algorithms for Quantitative Analysis of MCs
and MDPs with Small Treewidth.” In Automated Technology for Verification and
Analysis, 12302:253–70. Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59152-6_14.
ieee: A. Asadi, K. Chatterjee, A. K. Goharshady, K. Mohammadi, and A. Pavlogiannis,
“Faster algorithms for quantitative analysis of MCs and MDPs with small treewidth,”
in Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, Hanoi, Vietnam,
2020, vol. 12302, pp. 253–270.
ista: 'Asadi A, Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Mohammadi K, Pavlogiannis A. 2020.
Faster algorithms for quantitative analysis of MCs and MDPs with small treewidth.
Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis. ATVA: Automated Technology
for Verification and Analysis, LNCS, vol. 12302, 253–270.'
mla: Asadi, Ali, et al. “Faster Algorithms for Quantitative Analysis of MCs and
MDPs with Small Treewidth.” Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis,
vol. 12302, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 253–70, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59152-6_14.
short: A. Asadi, K. Chatterjee, A.K. Goharshady, K. Mohammadi, A. Pavlogiannis,
in:, Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, Springer Nature, 2020,
pp. 253–270.
conference:
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location: Hanoi, Vietnam
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abstract:
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text: "We consider the classical problem of invariant generation for programs with
polynomial assignments and focus on synthesizing invariants that are a conjunction
of strict polynomial inequalities. We present a sound and semi-complete method
based on positivstellensaetze, i.e. theorems in semi-algebraic geometry that characterize
positive polynomials over a semi-algebraic set.\r\n\r\nOn the theoretical side,
the worst-case complexity of our approach is subexponential, whereas the worst-case
complexity of the previous complete method (Kapur, ACA 2004) is doubly-exponential.
Even when restricted to linear invariants, the best previous complexity for complete
invariant generation is exponential (Colon et al, CAV 2003). On the practical
side, we reduce the invariant generation problem to quadratic programming (QCLP),
which is a classical optimization problem with many industrial solvers. We demonstrate
the applicability of our approach by providing experimental results on several
academic benchmarks. To the best of our knowledge, the only previous invariant
generation method that provides completeness guarantees for invariants consisting
of polynomial inequalities is (Kapur, ACA 2004), which relies on quantifier elimination
and cannot even handle toy programs such as our running example."
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ama: 'Chatterjee K, Fu H, Goharshady AK, Goharshady EK. Polynomial invariant generation
for non-deterministic recursive programs. In: Proceedings of the 41st ACM SIGPLAN
Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. Association
for Computing Machinery; 2020:672-687. doi:10.1145/3385412.3385969'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Fu, H., Goharshady, A. K., & Goharshady, E. K. (2020).
Polynomial invariant generation for non-deterministic recursive programs. In Proceedings
of the 41st ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation
(pp. 672–687). London, United Kingdom: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3385412.3385969'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Hongfei Fu, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, and Ehsan
Kafshdar Goharshady. “Polynomial Invariant Generation for Non-Deterministic Recursive
Programs.” In Proceedings of the 41st ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation, 672–87. Association for Computing Machinery,
2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3385412.3385969.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, H. Fu, A. K. Goharshady, and E. K. Goharshady, “Polynomial
invariant generation for non-deterministic recursive programs,” in Proceedings
of the 41st ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation,
London, United Kingdom, 2020, pp. 672–687.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Fu H, Goharshady AK, Goharshady EK. 2020. Polynomial invariant
generation for non-deterministic recursive programs. Proceedings of the 41st ACM
SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming
Language Design and Implementation, 672–687.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Polynomial Invariant Generation for Non-Deterministic
Recursive Programs.” Proceedings of the 41st ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming
Language Design and Implementation, Association for Computing Machinery, 2020,
pp. 672–87, doi:10.1145/3385412.3385969.
short: K. Chatterjee, H. Fu, A.K. Goharshady, E.K. Goharshady, in:, Proceedings
of the 41st ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation,
Association for Computing Machinery, 2020, pp. 672–687.
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text: "We consider the classic problem of Network Reliability. A network is given
together with a source vertex, one or more target vertices, and probabilities
assigned to each of the edges. Each edge of the network is operable with its associated
probability and the problem is to determine the probability of having at least
one source-to-target path that is entirely composed of operable edges. This problem
is known to be NP-hard.\r\n\r\nWe provide a novel scalable algorithm to solve
the Network Reliability problem when the treewidth of the underlying network is
small. We also show our algorithm’s applicability for real-world transit networks
that have small treewidth, including the metro networks of major cities, such
as London and Tokyo. Our algorithm leverages tree decompositions to shrink the
original graph into much smaller graphs, for which reliability can be efficiently
and exactly computed using a brute force method. To the best of our knowledge,
this is the first exact algorithm for Network Reliability that can scale to handle
real-world instances of the problem."
acknowledgement: We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their comments, which
significantly improved the present work. The research was partially supported by
the EPSRC Early Career Fellowship EP/R023379/1, grant no. SC7-1718-01 of the London
Mathematical Society, an IBM PhD Fellowship, and a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian
Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
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network reliability in small treewidth. Reliability Engineering and System
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chicago: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar, and Fatemeh Mohammadi. “An Efficient Algorithm
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reliability in small treewidth,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety,
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reliability in small treewidth. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 193,
106665.
mla: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar, and Fatemeh Mohammadi. “An Efficient Algorithm for
Computing Network Reliability in Small Treewidth.” Reliability Engineering
and System Safety, vol. 193, 106665, Elsevier, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.ress.2019.106665.
short: A.K. Goharshady, F. Mohammadi, Reliability Engineering and System Safety
193 (2020).
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user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8
volume: 193
year: '2020'
...
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'The fundamental model-checking problem, given as input a model and a specification,
asks for the algorithmic verification of whether the model satisfies the specification.
Two classical models for reactive systems are graphs and Markov decision processes
(MDPs). A basic specification formalism in the verification of reactive systems
is the strong fairness (aka Streett) objective, where given different types of
requests and corresponding grants, the requirement is that for each type, if the
request event happens infinitely often, then the corresponding grant event must
also happen infinitely often. All omega-regular objectives can be expressed as
Streett objectives and hence they are canonical in verification. Consider graphs/MDPs
with n vertices, m edges, and a Streett objectives with k pairs, and let b denote
the size of the description of the Streett objective for the sets of requests
and grants. The current best-known algorithm for the problem requires time O(min(n^2,
m sqrt{m log n}) + b log n). In this work we present randomized near-linear time
algorithms, with expected running time O~(m + b), where the O~ notation hides
poly-log factors. Our randomized algorithms are near-linear in the size of the
input, and hence optimal up to poly-log factors. '
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '7'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Wolfgang
full_name: Dvorák, Wolfgang
last_name: Dvorák
- first_name: Monika H
full_name: Henzinger, Monika H
id: 540c9bbd-f2de-11ec-812d-d04a5be85630
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000-0002-5008-6530
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: Svozil, Alexander
last_name: Svozil
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Dvorák W, Henzinger MH, Svozil A. Near-linear time algorithms
for Streett objectives in graphs and MDPs. In: Leibniz International Proceedings
in Informatics. Vol 140. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2019. doi:10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.7'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Dvorák, W., Henzinger, M. H., & Svozil, A. (2019). Near-linear
time algorithms for Streett objectives in graphs and MDPs. In Leibniz International
Proceedings in Informatics (Vol. 140). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Schloss Dagstuhl
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.7'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Wolfgang Dvorák, Monika H Henzinger, and Alexander
Svozil. “Near-Linear Time Algorithms for Streett Objectives in Graphs and MDPs.”
In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, Vol. 140. Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.7.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, W. Dvorák, M. H. Henzinger, and A. Svozil, “Near-linear time
algorithms for Streett objectives in graphs and MDPs,” in Leibniz International
Proceedings in Informatics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019, vol. 140.
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Dvorák W, Henzinger MH, Svozil A. 2019. Near-linear time algorithms
for Streett objectives in graphs and MDPs. Leibniz International Proceedings in
Informatics. CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency Theory, LIPIcs, vol.
140, 7.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Near-Linear Time Algorithms for Streett Objectives
in Graphs and MDPs.” Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics,
vol. 140, 7, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019, doi:10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.7.
short: K. Chatterjee, W. Dvorák, M.H. Henzinger, A. Svozil, in:, Leibniz International
Proceedings in Informatics, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2019.
conference:
end_date: 2019-08-30
location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
name: 'CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency Theory'
start_date: 2019-08-27
date_created: 2019-09-18T08:07:58Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-12T10:54:34Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.7
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publication: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
publication_status: published
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_id: '6885'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'A vector addition system with states (VASS) consists of a finite set of states
and counters. A configuration is a state and a value for each counter; a transition
changes the state and each counter is incremented, decremented, or left unchanged.
While qualitative properties such as state and configuration reachability have
been studied for VASS, we consider the long-run average cost of infinite computations
of VASS. The cost of a configuration is for each state, a linear combination of
the counter values. In the special case of uniform cost functions, the linear
combination is the same for all states. The (regular) long-run emptiness problem
is, given a VASS, a cost function, and a threshold value, if there is a (lasso-shaped)
computation such that the long-run average value of the cost function does not
exceed the threshold. For uniform cost functions, we show that the regular long-run
emptiness problem is (a) decidable in polynomial time for integer-valued VASS,
and (b) decidable but nonelementarily hard for natural-valued VASS (i.e., nonnegative
counters). For general cost functions, we show that the problem is (c) NP-complete
for integer-valued VASS, and (d) undecidable for natural-valued VASS. Our most
interesting result is for (c) integer-valued VASS with general cost functions,
where we establish a connection between the regular long-run emptiness problem
and quadratic Diophantine inequalities. The general (nonregular) long-run emptiness
problem is equally hard as the regular problem in all cases except (c), where
it remains open. '
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '27'
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Otop, Jan
last_name: Otop
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Otop J. Long-run average behavior of vector addition
systems with states. In: Vol 140. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2019. doi:10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.27'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., & Otop, J. (2019). Long-run average
behavior of vector addition systems with states (Vol. 140). Presented at the CONCUR:
International Conference on Concurrency Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.27'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Thomas A Henzinger, and Jan Otop. “Long-Run Average
Behavior of Vector Addition Systems with States,” Vol. 140. Schloss Dagstuhl -
Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.27.
ieee: 'K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, and J. Otop, “Long-run average behavior of
vector addition systems with states,” presented at the CONCUR: International Conference
on Concurrency Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019, vol. 140.'
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Otop J. 2019. Long-run average behavior of vector
addition systems with states. CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency
Theory, LIPIcs, vol. 140, 27.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. Long-Run Average Behavior of Vector Addition
Systems with States. Vol. 140, 27, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für
Informatik, 2019, doi:10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.27.
short: K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, J. Otop, in:, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2019.
conference:
end_date: 2019-08-30
location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
name: 'CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency Theory'
start_date: 2019-08-27
date_created: 2019-09-18T08:06:14Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:09:27Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.27
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publication_status: published
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title: Long-run average behavior of vector addition systems with states
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...
---
_id: '6889'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We study Markov decision processes and turn-based stochastic games with parity
conditions. There are three qualitative winning criteria, namely, sure winning,
which requires all paths to satisfy the condition, almost-sure winning, which
requires the condition to be satisfied with probability 1, and limit-sure winning,
which requires the condition to be satisfied with probability arbitrarily close
to 1. We study the combination of two of these criteria for parity conditions,
e.g., there are two parity conditions one of which must be won surely, and the
other almost-surely. The problem has been studied recently by Berthon et al. for
MDPs with combination of sure and almost-sure winning, under infinite-memory strategies,
and the problem has been established to be in NP cap co-NP. Even in MDPs there
is a difference between finite-memory and infinite-memory strategies. Our main
results for combination of sure and almost-sure winning are as follows: (a) we
show that for MDPs with finite-memory strategies the problem is in NP cap co-NP;
(b) we show that for turn-based stochastic games the problem is co-NP-complete,
both for finite-memory and infinite-memory strategies; and (c) we present algorithmic
results for the finite-memory case, both for MDPs and turn-based stochastic games,
by reduction to non-stochastic parity games. In addition we show that all the
above complexity results also carry over to combination of sure and limit-sure
winning, and results for all other combinations can be derived from existing results
in the literature. Thus we present a complete picture for the study of combinations
of two qualitative winning criteria for parity conditions in MDPs and turn-based
stochastic games. '
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '6'
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Nir
full_name: Piterman, Nir
last_name: Piterman
citation:
ama: 'Chatterjee K, Piterman N. Combinations of Qualitative Winning for Stochastic
Parity Games. In: Vol 140. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
2019. doi:10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.6'
apa: 'Chatterjee, K., & Piterman, N. (2019). Combinations of Qualitative Winning
for Stochastic Parity Games (Vol. 140). Presented at the CONCUR: International
Conference on Concurrency Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.6'
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Nir Piterman. “Combinations of Qualitative
Winning for Stochastic Parity Games,” Vol. 140. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.6.
ieee: 'K. Chatterjee and N. Piterman, “Combinations of Qualitative Winning for Stochastic
Parity Games,” presented at the CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency
Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019, vol. 140.'
ista: 'Chatterjee K, Piterman N. 2019. Combinations of Qualitative Winning for Stochastic
Parity Games. CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency Theory, LIPIcs,
vol. 140, 6.'
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Nir Piterman. Combinations of Qualitative Winning
for Stochastic Parity Games. Vol. 140, 6, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2019, doi:10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.6.
short: K. Chatterjee, N. Piterman, in:, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik,
2019.
conference:
end_date: 2019-08-30
location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
name: 'CONCUR: International Conference on Concurrency Theory'
start_date: 2019-08-27
date_created: 2019-09-18T08:11:43Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:09:28Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPICS.CONCUR.2019.6
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call_identifier: FWF
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- _id: 25892FC0-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
grant_number: ICT15-003
name: Efficient Algorithms for Computer Aided Verification
publication_status: published
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...
---
_id: '6884'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'In two-player games on graphs, the players move a token through a graph to
produce a finite or infinite path, which determines the qualitative winner or
quantitative payoff of the game. We study bidding games in which the players bid
for the right to move the token. Several bidding rules were studied previously.
In Richman bidding, in each round, the players simultaneously submit bids, and
the higher bidder moves the token and pays the other player. Poorman bidding is
similar except that the winner of the bidding pays the "bank" rather than the
other player. Taxman bidding spans the spectrum between Richman and poorman bidding.
They are parameterized by a constant tau in [0,1]: portion tau of the winning
bid is paid to the other player, and portion 1-tau to the bank. While finite-duration
(reachability) taxman games have been studied before, we present, for the first
time, results on infinite-duration taxman games. It was previously shown that
both Richman and poorman infinite-duration games with qualitative objectives reduce
to reachability games, and we show a similar result here. Our most interesting
results concern quantitative taxman games, namely mean-payoff games, where poorman
and Richman bidding differ significantly. A central quantity in these games is
the ratio between the two players'' initial budgets. While in poorman mean-payoff
games, the optimal payoff of a player depends on the initial ratio, in Richman
bidding, the payoff depends only on the structure of the game. In both games the
optimal payoffs can be found using (different) probabilistic connections with
random-turn games in which in each turn, instead of bidding, a coin is tossed
to determine which player moves. While the value with Richman bidding equals the
value of a random-turn game with an un-biased coin, with poorman bidding, the
bias in the coin is the initial ratio of the budgets. We give a complete classification
of mean-payoff taxman games that is based on a probabilistic connection: the value
of a taxman bidding game with parameter tau and initial ratio r, equals the value
of a random-turn game that uses a coin with bias F(tau, r) = (r+tau * (1-r))/(1+tau).
Thus, we show that Richman bidding is the exception; namely, for every tau <1,
the value of the game depends on the initial ratio. Our proof technique simplifies
and unifies the previous proof techniques for both Richman and poorman bidding. '
alternative_title:
- LIPIcs
article_number: '11'
author:
- first_name: Guy
full_name: Avni, Guy
id: 463C8BC2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Avni
orcid: 0000-0001-5588-8287
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Dorde
full_name: Zikelic, Dorde
id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Zikelic
citation:
ama: 'Avni G, Henzinger TA, Zikelic D. Bidding mechanisms in graph games. In: Vol
138. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik; 2019. doi:10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11'
apa: 'Avni, G., Henzinger, T. A., & Zikelic, D. (2019). Bidding mechanisms in
graph games (Vol. 138). Presented at the MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science, Aachen, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11'
chicago: Avni, Guy, Thomas A Henzinger, and Dorde Zikelic. “Bidding Mechanisms in
Graph Games,” Vol. 138. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11.
ieee: 'G. Avni, T. A. Henzinger, and D. Zikelic, “Bidding mechanisms in graph games,”
presented at the MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer
Science, Aachen, Germany, 2019, vol. 138.'
ista: 'Avni G, Henzinger TA, Zikelic D. 2019. Bidding mechanisms in graph games.
MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
LIPIcs, vol. 138, 11.'
mla: Avni, Guy, et al. Bidding Mechanisms in Graph Games. Vol. 138, 11, Schloss
Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019, doi:10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11.
short: G. Avni, T.A. Henzinger, D. Zikelic, in:, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
für Informatik, 2019.
conference:
end_date: 2019-08-30
location: Aachen, Germany
name: 'MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science'
start_date: 2019-08-26
date_created: 2019-09-18T08:04:26Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-07T14:08:34Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '004'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1905.03835'
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name: International IST Doctoral Program
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_id: '5948'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We study the termination problem for nondeterministic probabilistic programs.
We consider the bounded termination problem that asks whether the supremum of
the expected termination time over all schedulers is bounded. First, we show that
ranking supermartingales (RSMs) are both sound and complete for proving bounded
termination over nondeterministic probabilistic programs. For nondeterministic
probabilistic programs a previous result claimed that RSMs are not complete for
bounded termination, whereas our result corrects the previous flaw and establishes
completeness with a rigorous proof. Second, we present the first sound approach
to establish lower bounds on expected termination time through RSMs.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Hongfei
full_name: Fu, Hongfei
last_name: Fu
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
citation:
ama: 'Fu H, Chatterjee K. Termination of nondeterministic probabilistic programs.
In: International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract
Interpretation. Vol 11388. Springer Nature; 2019:468-490. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11245-5_22'
apa: 'Fu, H., & Chatterjee, K. (2019). Termination of nondeterministic probabilistic
programs. In International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and
Abstract Interpretation (Vol. 11388, pp. 468–490). Cascais, Portugal: Springer
Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11245-5_22'
chicago: Fu, Hongfei, and Krishnendu Chatterjee. “Termination of Nondeterministic
Probabilistic Programs.” In International Conference on Verification, Model
Checking, and Abstract Interpretation, 11388:468–90. Springer Nature, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11245-5_22.
ieee: H. Fu and K. Chatterjee, “Termination of nondeterministic probabilistic programs,”
in International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation,
Cascais, Portugal, 2019, vol. 11388, pp. 468–490.
ista: 'Fu H, Chatterjee K. 2019. Termination of nondeterministic probabilistic programs.
International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation.
VMCAI: Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation, LNCS, vol. 11388,
468–490.'
mla: Fu, Hongfei, and Krishnendu Chatterjee. “Termination of Nondeterministic Probabilistic
Programs.” International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract
Interpretation, vol. 11388, Springer Nature, 2019, pp. 468–90, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11245-5_22.
short: H. Fu, K. Chatterjee, in:, International Conference on Verification, Model
Checking, and Abstract Interpretation, Springer Nature, 2019, pp. 468–490.
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