---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We introduce TopoCut: a new way to integrate knowledge about topological
properties (TPs) into random field image segmentation model. Instead of including
TPs as additional constraints during minimization of the energy function, we devise
an efficient algorithm for modifying the unary potentials such that the resulting
segmentation is guaranteed with the desired properties. Our method is more flexible
in the sense that it handles more topology constraints than previous methods,
which were only able to enforce pairwise or global connectivity. In particular,
our method is very fast, making it for the first time possible to enforce global
topological properties in practical image segmentation tasks.'
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Chao
full_name: Chen, Chao
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last_name: Chen
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Freedman, Daniel
last_name: Freedman
- first_name: Christoph
full_name: Lampert, Christoph
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last_name: Lampert
orcid: 0000-0001-8622-7887
citation:
ama: Chen C, Freedman D, Lampert C. Enforcing Topological Constraints in Random
Field Image Segmentation. IST Austria; 2011. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0002
apa: Chen, C., Freedman, D., & Lampert, C. (2011). Enforcing topological
constraints in random field image segmentation. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0002
chicago: Chen, Chao, Daniel Freedman, and Christoph Lampert. Enforcing Topological
Constraints in Random Field Image Segmentation. IST Austria, 2011. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0002.
ieee: C. Chen, D. Freedman, and C. Lampert, Enforcing topological constraints
in random field image segmentation. IST Austria, 2011.
ista: Chen C, Freedman D, Lampert C. 2011. Enforcing topological constraints in
random field image segmentation, IST Austria, 69p.
mla: Chen, Chao, et al. Enforcing Topological Constraints in Random Field Image
Segmentation. IST Austria, 2011, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0002.
short: C. Chen, D. Freedman, C. Lampert, Enforcing Topological Constraints in Random
Field Image Segmentation, IST Austria, 2011.
date_created: 2018-12-12T11:39:02Z
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date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:22:48Z
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- 2664-1690
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---
_id: '5383'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We present a new decidable logic called TREX for expressing constraints about
imperative tree data structures. In particular, TREX supports a transitive closure
operator that can express reachability constraints, which often appear in data
structure invariants. We show that our logic is closed under weakest precondition
computation, which enables its use for automated software verification. We further
show that satisfiability of formulas in TREX is decidable in NP. The low complexity
makes it an attractive alternative to more expensive logics such as monadic second-order
logic (MSOL) over trees, which have been traditionally used for reasoning about
tree data structures.
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Wies, Thomas
id: 447BFB88-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Wies
- first_name: Marco
full_name: Muñiz, Marco
last_name: Muñiz
- first_name: Viktor
full_name: Kuncak, Viktor
last_name: Kuncak
citation:
ama: Wies T, Muñiz M, Kuncak V. On an Efficient Decision Procedure for Imperative
Tree Data Structures. IST Austria; 2011. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0005
apa: Wies, T., Muñiz, M., & Kuncak, V. (2011). On an efficient decision procedure
for imperative tree data structures. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0005
chicago: Wies, Thomas, Marco Muñiz, and Viktor Kuncak. On an Efficient Decision
Procedure for Imperative Tree Data Structures. IST Austria, 2011. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0005.
ieee: T. Wies, M. Muñiz, and V. Kuncak, On an efficient decision procedure for
imperative tree data structures. IST Austria, 2011.
ista: Wies T, Muñiz M, Kuncak V. 2011. On an efficient decision procedure for imperative
tree data structures, IST Austria, 25p.
mla: Wies, Thomas, et al. On an Efficient Decision Procedure for Imperative Tree
Data Structures. IST Austria, 2011, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0005.
short: T. Wies, M. Muñiz, V. Kuncak, On an Efficient Decision Procedure for Imperative
Tree Data Structures, IST Austria, 2011.
date_created: 2018-12-12T11:39:01Z
date_published: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:22:16Z
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- iso: eng
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oa_version: Published Version
page: '25'
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issn:
- 2664-1690
publication_status: published
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---
_id: '5384'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We consider probabilistic automata on infinite words with acceptance defined
by parity conditions. We consider three qualitative decision problems: (i) the
positive decision problem asks whether there is a word that is accepted with positive
probability; (ii) the almost decision problem asks whether there is a word that
is accepted with probability 1; and (iii) the limit decision problem asks whether
for every ε > 0 there is a word that is accepted with probability at least 1 −
ε. We unify and generalize several decidability results for probabilistic automata
over infinite words, and identify a robust (closed under union and intersection)
subclass of probabilistic automata for which all the qualitative decision problems
are decidable for parity conditions. We also show that if the input words are
restricted to lasso shape words, then the positive and almost problems are decidable
for all probabilistic automata with parity conditions.'
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Mathieu
full_name: Tracol, Mathieu
id: 3F54FA38-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tracol
citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Tracol M. Decidable Problems for Probabilistic Automata on
Infinite Words. IST Austria; 2011. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0004
apa: Chatterjee, K., & Tracol, M. (2011). Decidable problems for probabilistic
automata on infinite words. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0004
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Mathieu Tracol. Decidable Problems for Probabilistic
Automata on Infinite Words. IST Austria, 2011. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0004.
ieee: K. Chatterjee and M. Tracol, Decidable problems for probabilistic automata
on infinite words. IST Austria, 2011.
ista: Chatterjee K, Tracol M. 2011. Decidable problems for probabilistic automata
on infinite words, IST Austria, 30p.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Mathieu Tracol. Decidable Problems for Probabilistic
Automata on Infinite Words. IST Austria, 2011, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0004.
short: K. Chatterjee, M. Tracol, Decidable Problems for Probabilistic Automata on
Infinite Words, IST Austria, 2011.
date_created: 2018-12-12T11:39:01Z
date_published: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:05:53Z
day: '11'
ddc:
- '000'
- '005'
department:
- _id: KrCh
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- 2664-1690
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---
_id: '5387'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We consider Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) with mean-payoff parity and energy
parity objectives. In system design, the parity objective is used to encode ω-regular
specifications, and the mean-payoff and energy objectives can be used to model
quantitative resource constraints. The energy condition re- quires that the resource
level never drops below 0, and the mean-payoff condi- tion requires that the limit-average
value of the resource consumption is within a threshold. While these two (energy
and mean-payoff) classical conditions are equivalent for two-player games, we
show that they differ for MDPs. We show that the problem of deciding whether a
state is almost-sure winning (i.e., winning with probability 1) in energy parity
MDPs is in NP ∩ coNP, while for mean- payoff parity MDPs, the problem is solvable
in polynomial time, improving a recent PSPACE bound.
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
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. Energy and Mean-Payoff Parity Markov Decision Processes.
IST Austria; 2011. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0001
apa: Chatterjee, K., & Doyen, L. (2011). Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov
decision processes. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0001
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. Energy and Mean-Payoff Parity
Markov Decision Processes. IST Austria, 2011. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0001.
ieee: K. Chatterjee and L. Doyen, Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov decision
processes. IST Austria, 2011.
ista: Chatterjee K, Doyen L. 2011. Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov decision
processes, IST Austria, 20p.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. Energy and Mean-Payoff Parity
Markov Decision Processes. IST Austria, 2011, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2011-0001.
short: K. Chatterjee, L. Doyen, Energy and Mean-Payoff Parity Markov Decision Processes,
IST Austria, 2011.
date_created: 2018-12-12T11:39:02Z
date_published: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:23:11Z
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- '005'
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- _id: KrCh
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oa: 1
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issn:
- 2664-1690
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---
_id: '5388'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "We present an algorithmic method for the synthesis of concurrent programs
that are optimal with respect to quantitative performance measures. The input
consists of a sequential sketch, that is, a program that does not contain synchronization
constructs, and of a parametric performance model that assigns costs to actions
such as locking, context switching, and idling. The quantitative synthesis problem
is to automatically introduce synchronization constructs into the sequential sketch
so that both correctness is guaranteed and worst-case (or average-case) performance
is optimized. Correctness is formalized as race freedom or linearizability.\r\n\r\nWe
show that for worst-case performance, the problem can be modeled\r\nas a 2-player
graph game with quantitative (limit-average) objectives, and\r\nfor average-case
performance, as a 2 1/2 -player graph game (with probabilistic transitions). In
both cases, the optimal correct program is derived from an optimal strategy in
the corresponding quantitative game. We prove that the respective game problems
are computationally expensive (NP-complete), and present several techniques that
overcome the theoretical difficulty in cases of concurrent programs of practical
interest.\r\n\r\nWe have implemented a prototype tool and used it for the automatic
syn- thesis of programs that access a concurrent list. For certain parameter val-
ues, our method automatically synthesizes various classical synchronization schemes
for implementing a concurrent list, such as fine-grained locking or a lazy algorithm.
For other parameter values, a new, hybrid synchronization style is synthesized,
which uses both the lazy approach and coarse-grained locks (instead of standard
fine-grained locks). The trade-off occurs because while fine-grained locking tends
to decrease the cost that is due to waiting for locks, it increases cache size
requirements."
alternative_title:
- IST Austria Technical Report
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Chatterjee
orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Pavol
full_name: Cerny, Pavol
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last_name: Cerny
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
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last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
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full_name: Radhakrishna, Arjun
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last_name: Radhakrishna
- first_name: Rohit
full_name: Singh, Rohit
last_name: Singh
citation:
ama: Chatterjee K, Cerny P, Henzinger TA, Radhakrishna A, Singh R. Quantitative
Synthesis for Concurrent Programs. IST Austria; 2010. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2010-0004
apa: Chatterjee, K., Cerny, P., Henzinger, T. A., Radhakrishna, A., & Singh,
R. (2010). Quantitative synthesis for concurrent programs. IST Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2010-0004
chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Pavol Cerny, Thomas A Henzinger, Arjun Radhakrishna,
and Rohit Singh. Quantitative Synthesis for Concurrent Programs. IST Austria,
2010. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2010-0004.
ieee: K. Chatterjee, P. Cerny, T. A. Henzinger, A. Radhakrishna, and R. Singh, Quantitative
synthesis for concurrent programs. IST Austria, 2010.
ista: Chatterjee K, Cerny P, Henzinger TA, Radhakrishna A, Singh R. 2010. Quantitative
synthesis for concurrent programs, IST Austria, 17p.
mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. Quantitative Synthesis for Concurrent Programs.
IST Austria, 2010, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2010-0004.
short: K. Chatterjee, P. Cerny, T.A. Henzinger, A. Radhakrishna, R. Singh, Quantitative
Synthesis for Concurrent Programs, IST Austria, 2010.
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