---
_id: '3345'
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:
- LNCS
arxiv: 1
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.
    In: Vol 6907. Springer; 2011:206-218. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21">10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., &#38; Doyen, L. (2011). Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov
    Decision Processes (Vol. 6907, pp. 206–218). Presented at the MFCS: Mathematical
    Foundations of Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland: Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. “Energy and Mean-Payoff Parity
    Markov Decision Processes,” 6907:206–18. Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee and L. Doyen, “Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov Decision
    Processes,” presented at the MFCS: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science,
    Warsaw, Poland, 2011, vol. 6907, pp. 206–218.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Doyen L. 2011. Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov Decision
    Processes. MFCS: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, LNCS, vol. 6907,
    206–218.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Laurent Doyen. <i>Energy and Mean-Payoff Parity
    Markov Decision Processes</i>. Vol. 6907, Springer, 2011, pp. 206–18, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21">10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, L. Doyen, in:, Springer, 2011, pp. 206–218.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-08-26
  location: Warsaw, Poland
  name: 'MFCS: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science'
  start_date: 2011-08-22
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:48Z
date_published: 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T12:23:59Z
day: '28'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_21
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '1104.2909'
intvolume: '      6907'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.2909
month: '09'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 206 - 218
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '3276'
quality_controlled: '1'
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  - id: '5387'
    relation: earlier_version
    status: public
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Energy and mean-payoff parity Markov Decision Processes
type: conference
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 6907
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3346'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We study Markov decision processes (MDPs) with multiple limit-average (or
    mean-payoff) functions. We consider two different objectives, namely, expectation
    and satisfaction objectives. Given an MDP with k reward functions, in the expectation
    objective the goal is to maximize the expected limit-average value, and in the
    satisfaction objective the goal is to maximize the probability of runs such that
    the limit-average value stays above a given vector. We show that under the expectation
    objective, in contrast to the single-objective case, both randomization and memory
    are necessary for strategies, and that finite-memory randomized strategies are
    sufficient. Under the satisfaction objective, in contrast to the single-objective
    case, infinite memory is necessary for strategies, and that randomized memoryless
    strategies are sufficient for epsilon-approximation, for all epsilon&gt;;0. We
    further prove that the decision problems for both expectation and satisfaction
    objectives can be solved in polynomial time and the trade-off curve (Pareto curve)
    can be epsilon-approximated in time polynomial in the size of the MDP and 1/epsilon,
    and exponential in the number of reward functions, for all epsilon&gt;;0. Our
    results also reveal flaws in previous work for MDPs with multiple mean-payoff
    functions under the expectation objective, correct the flaws and obtain improved
    results.
article_number: '5970225'
author:
- first_name: Tomáš
  full_name: Brázdil, Tomáš
  last_name: Brázdil
- first_name: Václav
  full_name: Brožek, Václav
  last_name: Brožek
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
  orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Vojtěch
  full_name: Forejt, Vojtěch
  last_name: Forejt
- first_name: Antonín
  full_name: Kučera, Antonín
  last_name: Kučera
citation:
  ama: 'Brázdil T, Brožek V, Chatterjee K, Forejt V, Kučera A. Two views on multiple
    mean payoff objectives in Markov Decision Processes. In: IEEE; 2011. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.10">10.1109/LICS.2011.10</a>'
  apa: 'Brázdil, T., Brožek, V., Chatterjee, K., Forejt, V., &#38; Kučera, A. (2011).
    Two views on multiple mean payoff objectives in Markov Decision Processes. Presented
    at the LICS: Logic in Computer Science, Toronto, Canada: IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.10">https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.10</a>'
  chicago: Brázdil, Tomáš, Václav Brožek, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Vojtěch Forejt, and
    Antonín Kučera. “Two Views on Multiple Mean Payoff Objectives in Markov Decision
    Processes.” IEEE, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.10">https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.10</a>.
  ieee: 'T. Brázdil, V. Brožek, K. Chatterjee, V. Forejt, and A. Kučera, “Two views
    on multiple mean payoff objectives in Markov Decision Processes,” presented at
    the LICS: Logic in Computer Science, Toronto, Canada, 2011.'
  ista: 'Brázdil T, Brožek V, Chatterjee K, Forejt V, Kučera A. 2011. Two views on
    multiple mean payoff objectives in Markov Decision Processes. LICS: Logic in Computer
    Science, 5970225.'
  mla: Brázdil, Tomáš, et al. <i>Two Views on Multiple Mean Payoff Objectives in Markov
    Decision Processes</i>. 5970225, IEEE, 2011, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.10">10.1109/LICS.2011.10</a>.
  short: T. Brázdil, V. Brožek, K. Chatterjee, V. Forejt, A. Kučera, in:, IEEE, 2011.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-06-24
  location: Toronto, Canada
  name: 'LICS: Logic in Computer Science'
  start_date: 2011-06-21
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:48Z
date_published: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:49Z
day: '21'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1109/LICS.2011.10
ec_funded: 1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3489
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
project:
- _id: 2584A770-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: P 23499-N23
  name: Modern Graph Algorithmic Techniques in Formal Verification
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 2581B60A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '279307'
  name: 'Quantitative Graph Games: Theory and Applications'
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
publist_id: '3275'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Two views on multiple mean payoff objectives in Markov Decision Processes
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3347'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'The class of omega-regular languages provides a robust specification language
    in verification. Every omega-regular condition can be decomposed into a safety
    part and a liveness part. The liveness part ensures that something good happens
    &quot;eventually&quot;. Finitary liveness was proposed by Alur and Henzinger as
    a stronger formulation of liveness. It requires that there exists an unknown,
    fixed bound b such that something good happens within b transitions. In this work
    we consider automata with finitary acceptance conditions defined by finitary Buchi,
    parity and Streett languages. We study languages expressible by such automata:
    we give their topological complexity and present a regular-expression characterization.
    We compare the expressive power of finitary automata and give optimal algorithms
    for classical decisions questions. We show that the finitary languages are Sigma
    2-complete; we present a complete picture of the expressive power of various classes
    of automata with finitary and infinitary acceptance conditions; we show that the
    languages defined by finitary parity automata exactly characterize the star-free
    fragment of omega B-regular languages; and we show that emptiness is NLOGSPACE-complete
    and universality as well as language inclusion are PSPACE-complete for finitary
    parity and Streett automata.'
alternative_title:
- LNCS
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
  orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Nathanaël
  full_name: Fijalkow, Nathanaël
  id: A1B5DD72-E997-11E9-8398-E808B6C6ADC0
  last_name: Fijalkow
citation:
  ama: 'Chatterjee K, Fijalkow N. Finitary languages. In: Vol 6638. Springer; 2011:216-226.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16">10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., &#38; Fijalkow, N. (2011). Finitary languages (Vol. 6638,
    pp. 216–226). Presented at the LATA: Language and Automata Theory and Applications,
    Tarragona, Spain: Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Nathanaël Fijalkow. “Finitary Languages,” 6638:216–26.
    Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee and N. Fijalkow, “Finitary languages,” presented at the LATA:
    Language and Automata Theory and Applications, Tarragona, Spain, 2011, vol. 6638,
    pp. 216–226.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Fijalkow N. 2011. Finitary languages. LATA: Language and Automata
    Theory and Applications, LNCS, vol. 6638, 216–226.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Nathanaël Fijalkow. <i>Finitary Languages</i>.
    Vol. 6638, Springer, 2011, pp. 216–26, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16">10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, N. Fijalkow, in:, Springer, 2011, pp. 216–226.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-05-31
  location: Tarragona, Spain
  name: 'LATA: Language and Automata Theory and Applications'
  start_date: 2011-05-26
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:48Z
date_published: 2011-06-16T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:50Z
day: '16'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_16
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '1101.1727'
intvolume: '      6638'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1727
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 216 - 226
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '3274'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Finitary languages
type: conference
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 6638
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3348'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We study synthesis of controllers for real-time systems, where the objective
    is to stay in a given safe set. The problem is solved by obtaining winning strategies
    in the setting of concurrent two-player timed automaton games with safety objectives.
    To prevent a player from winning by blocking time, we restrict each player to
    strategies that ensure that the player cannot be responsible for causing a zeno
    run. We construct winning strategies for the controller which require access only
    to (1) the system clocks (thus, controllers which require their own internal infinitely
    precise clocks are not necessary), and (2) a linear (in the number of clocks)
    number of memory bits. Precisely, we show that for safety objectives, a memory
    of size (3 · |C|+lg(|C|+1)) bits suffices for winning controller strategies, where
    C is the set of clocks of the timed automaton game, significantly improving the
    previous known exponential bound. We also settle the open question of whether
    winning region controller strategies require memory for safety objectives by showing
    with an example the necessity of memory for region strategies to win for safety
    objectives.
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
  orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Vinayak
  full_name: Prabhu, Vinayak
  last_name: Prabhu
citation:
  ama: 'Chatterjee K, Prabhu V. Synthesis of memory efficient real time controllers
    for safety objectives. In: Springer; 2011:221-230. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1967701.1967734">10.1145/1967701.1967734</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., &#38; Prabhu, V. (2011). Synthesis of memory efficient real
    time controllers for safety objectives (pp. 221–230). Presented at the HSCC: Hybrid
    Systems - Computation and Control, Chicago, USA: Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1967701.1967734">https://doi.org/10.1145/1967701.1967734</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Vinayak Prabhu. “Synthesis of Memory Efficient
    Real Time Controllers for Safety Objectives,” 221–30. Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1967701.1967734">https://doi.org/10.1145/1967701.1967734</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee and V. Prabhu, “Synthesis of memory efficient real time controllers
    for safety objectives,” presented at the HSCC: Hybrid Systems - Computation and
    Control, Chicago, USA, 2011, pp. 221–230.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Prabhu V. 2011. Synthesis of memory efficient real time controllers
    for safety objectives. HSCC: Hybrid Systems - Computation and Control, 221–230.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Vinayak Prabhu. <i>Synthesis of Memory Efficient
    Real Time Controllers for Safety Objectives</i>. Springer, 2011, pp. 221–30, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1967701.1967734">10.1145/1967701.1967734</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, V. Prabhu, in:, Springer, 2011, pp. 221–230.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-04-14
  location: Chicago, USA
  name: 'HSCC: Hybrid Systems - Computation and Control'
  start_date: 2011-04-12
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:49Z
date_published: 2011-01-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:50Z
day: '31'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1145/1967701.1967734
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5842
month: '01'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 221 - 230
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '3273'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Synthesis of memory efficient real time controllers for safety objectives
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3349'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Games on graphs provide a natural model for reactive non-terminating systems.
    In such games, the interaction of two players on an arena results in an infinite
    path that describes a run of the system. Different settings are used to model
    various open systems in computer science, as for instance turn-based or concurrent
    moves, and deterministic or stochastic transitions. In this paper, we are interested
    in turn-based games, and specifically in deterministic parity games and stochastic
    reachability games (also known as simple stochastic games). We present a simple,
    direct and efficient reduction from deterministic parity games to simple stochastic
    games: it yields an arena whose size is linear up to a logarithmic factor in size
    of the original arena.'
alternative_title:
- EPTCS
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
  orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Nathanaël
  full_name: Fijalkow, Nathanaël
  last_name: Fijalkow
citation:
  ama: 'Chatterjee K, Fijalkow N. A reduction from parity games to simple stochastic
    games. In: Vol 54. EPTCS; 2011:74-86. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.54.6">10.4204/EPTCS.54.6</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., &#38; Fijalkow, N. (2011). A reduction from parity games to
    simple stochastic games (Vol. 54, pp. 74–86). Presented at the GandALF: Games,
    Automata, Logic, and Formal Verification, Minori, Italy: EPTCS. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.54.6">https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.54.6</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Nathanaël Fijalkow. “A Reduction from Parity
    Games to Simple Stochastic Games,” 54:74–86. EPTCS, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.54.6">https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.54.6</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee and N. Fijalkow, “A reduction from parity games to simple stochastic
    games,” presented at the GandALF: Games, Automata, Logic, and Formal Verification,
    Minori, Italy, 2011, vol. 54, pp. 74–86.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Fijalkow N. 2011. A reduction from parity games to simple stochastic
    games. GandALF: Games, Automata, Logic, and Formal Verification, EPTCS, vol. 54,
    74–86.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Nathanaël Fijalkow. <i>A Reduction from Parity
    Games to Simple Stochastic Games</i>. Vol. 54, EPTCS, 2011, pp. 74–86, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.54.6">10.4204/EPTCS.54.6</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, N. Fijalkow, in:, EPTCS, 2011, pp. 74–86.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-06-17
  location: Minori, Italy
  name: 'GandALF: Games, Automata, Logic, and Formal Verification'
  start_date: 2011-06-15
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:49Z
date_published: 2011-06-04T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:51Z
day: '04'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.4204/EPTCS.54.6
intvolume: '        54'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1232
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 74 - 86
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
publication_status: published
publisher: EPTCS
publist_id: '3272'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: A reduction from parity games to simple stochastic games
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 54
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '335'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Recently reported synthetic routes for the production of hollow nanoparticles
    have stimulated significant interest for the possibilities this novel geometry
    offers. While advantageous properties have been found and innovative applications
    have been proposed, the development of the full potential of these new nanostructures
    is still strongly tied to the extent of control that can be accomplished over
    their characteristics (e.g., composition, size, shell thickness, and nanocrystalline
    structure). In the present work, we investigate the means and limits of control
    over these parameters that can be obtained by the Kirkendall effect synthetic
    route on cadmium chalcogenide nanocrystalline shells. We demonstrate that the
    selection of the reactants and oxidation conditions allows some extent of control
    of the nanocrystalline structure and thickness of the shell. However, the tuning
    range is limited by the intrinsic restrictions of the synthetic procedure and
    by the dependence of the particle geometry on the same reaction conditions. Thus,
    we further explore the range of control over the shell parameters that can be
    accomplished through post-synthesis processes, such as chemical etching and thermal
    annealing. '
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Maria
  full_name: Ibáñez, Maria
  id: 43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Ibáñez
  orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843
- first_name: Jiandong
  full_name: Fan, Jiandong
  last_name: Fan
- first_name: Wenhua
  full_name: Li, Wenhua
  last_name: Li
- first_name: Doris
  full_name: Cadavid, Doris
  last_name: Cadavid
- first_name: Raquel
  full_name: Nafria, Raquel
  last_name: Nafria
- first_name: Alex
  full_name: Carrete, Alex
  last_name: Carrete
- first_name: Andreu
  full_name: Cabot, Andreu
  last_name: Cabot
citation:
  ama: Ibáñez M, Fan J, Li W, et al. Means and limits of control of the shell parameters
    in hollow nanoparticles obtained by the Kirkendall effect. <i>Chemistry of Materials</i>.
    2011;23(12):3095-3104. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2006633">10.1021/cm2006633</a>
  apa: Ibáñez, M., Fan, J., Li, W., Cadavid, D., Nafria, R., Carrete, A., &#38; Cabot,
    A. (2011). Means and limits of control of the shell parameters in hollow nanoparticles
    obtained by the Kirkendall effect. <i>Chemistry of Materials</i>. American Chemical
    Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2006633">https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2006633</a>
  chicago: Ibáñez, Maria, Jiandong Fan, Wenhua Li, Doris Cadavid, Raquel Nafria, Alex
    Carrete, and Andreu Cabot. “Means and Limits of Control of the Shell Parameters
    in Hollow Nanoparticles Obtained by the Kirkendall Effect.” <i>Chemistry of Materials</i>.
    American Chemical Society, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2006633">https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2006633</a>.
  ieee: M. Ibáñez <i>et al.</i>, “Means and limits of control of the shell parameters
    in hollow nanoparticles obtained by the Kirkendall effect,” <i>Chemistry of Materials</i>,
    vol. 23, no. 12. American Chemical Society, pp. 3095–3104, 2011.
  ista: Ibáñez M, Fan J, Li W, Cadavid D, Nafria R, Carrete A, Cabot A. 2011. Means
    and limits of control of the shell parameters in hollow nanoparticles obtained
    by the Kirkendall effect. Chemistry of Materials. 23(12), 3095–3104.
  mla: Ibáñez, Maria, et al. “Means and Limits of Control of the Shell Parameters
    in Hollow Nanoparticles Obtained by the Kirkendall Effect.” <i>Chemistry of Materials</i>,
    vol. 23, no. 12, American Chemical Society, 2011, pp. 3095–104, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2006633">10.1021/cm2006633</a>.
  short: M. Ibáñez, J. Fan, W. Li, D. Cadavid, R. Nafria, A. Carrete, A. Cabot, Chemistry
    of Materials 23 (2011) 3095–3104.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:53Z
date_published: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:51Z
day: '24'
doi: 10.1021/cm2006633
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        23'
issue: '12'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '05'
oa_version: None
page: 3095 - 3104
publication: Chemistry of Materials
publication_status: published
publisher: American Chemical Society
publist_id: '7492'
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Means and limits of control of the shell parameters in hollow nanoparticles
  obtained by the Kirkendall effect
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 23
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3350'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: A controller for a discrete game with ω-regular objectives requires attention
    if, intuitively, it requires measuring the state and switching from the current
    control action. Minimum attention controllers are preferable in modern shared
    implementations of cyber-physical systems because they produce the least burden
    on system resources such as processor time or communication bandwidth. We give
    algorithms to compute minimum attention controllers for ω-regular objectives in
    imperfect information discrete two-player games. We show a polynomial-time reduction
    from minimum attention controller synthesis to synthesis of controllers for mean-payoff
    parity objectives in games of incomplete information. This gives an optimal EXPTIME-complete
    synthesis algorithm. We show that the minimum attention controller problem is
    decidable for infinite state systems with finite bisimulation quotients. In particular,
    the problem is decidable for timed and rectangular automata.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
  orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Ritankar
  full_name: Majumdar, Ritankar
  last_name: Majumdar
citation:
  ama: 'Chatterjee K, Majumdar R. Minimum attention controller synthesis for omega
    regular objectives. In: Fahrenberg U, Tripakis S, eds. Vol 6919. Springer; 2011:145-159.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11">10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., &#38; Majumdar, R. (2011). Minimum attention controller synthesis
    for omega regular objectives. In U. Fahrenberg &#38; S. Tripakis (Eds.) (Vol.
    6919, pp. 145–159). Presented at the FORMATS: Formal Modeling and Analysis of
    Timed Systems, Aalborg, Denmark: Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Ritankar Majumdar. “Minimum Attention Controller
    Synthesis for Omega Regular Objectives.” edited by Uli Fahrenberg and Stavros
    Tripakis, 6919:145–59. Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee and R. Majumdar, “Minimum attention controller synthesis for
    omega regular objectives,” presented at the FORMATS: Formal Modeling and Analysis
    of Timed Systems, Aalborg, Denmark, 2011, vol. 6919, pp. 145–159.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Majumdar R. 2011. Minimum attention controller synthesis for
    omega regular objectives. FORMATS: Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems,
    LNCS, vol. 6919, 145–159.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, and Ritankar Majumdar. <i>Minimum Attention Controller
    Synthesis for Omega Regular Objectives</i>. Edited by Uli Fahrenberg and Stavros
    Tripakis, vol. 6919, Springer, 2011, pp. 145–59, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11">10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, R. Majumdar, in:, U. Fahrenberg, S. Tripakis (Eds.), Springer,
    2011, pp. 145–159.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-09-23
  location: Aalborg, Denmark
  name: 'FORMATS: Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems'
  start_date: 2011-09-21
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:49Z
date_published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:51Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-24310-3_11
editor:
- first_name: Uli
  full_name: Fahrenberg, Uli
  last_name: Fahrenberg
- first_name: Stavros
  full_name: Tripakis, Stavros
  last_name: Tripakis
intvolume: '      6919'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 145 - 159
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- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '3271'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Minimum attention controller synthesis for omega regular objectives
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 6919
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3351'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In two-player games on graph, the players construct an infinite path through
    the game graph and get a reward computed by a payoff function over infinite paths.
    Over weighted graphs, the typical and most studied payoff functions compute the
    limit-average or the discounted sum of the rewards along the path. Besides their
    simple definition, these two payoff functions enjoy the property that memoryless
    optimal strategies always exist. In an attempt to construct other simple payoff
    functions, we define a class of payoff functions which compute an (infinite) weighted
    average of the rewards. This new class contains both the limit-average and the
    discounted sum functions, and we show that they are the only members of this class
    which induce memoryless optimal strategies, showing that there is essentially
    no other simple payoff functions.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
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
- first_name: Rohit
  full_name: Singh, Rohit
  last_name: Singh
citation:
  ama: 'Chatterjee K, Doyen L, Singh R. On memoryless quantitative objectives. In:
    Owe O, Steffen M, Telle JA, eds. Vol 6914. Springer; 2011:148-159. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13">10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Doyen, L., &#38; Singh, R. (2011). On memoryless quantitative
    objectives. In O. Owe, M. Steffen, &#38; J. A. Telle (Eds.) (Vol. 6914, pp. 148–159).
    Presented at the FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory, Oslo, Norway: Springer.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Laurent Doyen, and Rohit Singh. “On Memoryless
    Quantitative Objectives.” edited by Olaf Owe, Martin Steffen, and Jan Arne Telle,
    6914:148–59. Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee, L. Doyen, and R. Singh, “On memoryless quantitative objectives,”
    presented at the FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory, Oslo, Norway, 2011,
    vol. 6914, pp. 148–159.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Doyen L, Singh R. 2011. On memoryless quantitative objectives.
    FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory, LNCS, vol. 6914, 148–159.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. <i>On Memoryless Quantitative Objectives</i>.
    Edited by Olaf Owe et al., vol. 6914, Springer, 2011, pp. 148–59, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13">10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, L. Doyen, R. Singh, in:, O. Owe, M. Steffen, J.A. Telle (Eds.),
    Springer, 2011, pp. 148–159.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-08-25
  location: Oslo, Norway
  name: 'FCT: Fundamentals of Computation Theory'
  start_date: 2011-08-22
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:50Z
date_published: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:52Z
day: '16'
department:
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-22953-4_13
editor:
- first_name: Olaf
  full_name: Owe, Olaf
  last_name: Owe
- first_name: Martin
  full_name: Steffen, Martin
  last_name: Steffen
- first_name: Jan Arne
  full_name: Telle, Jan Arne
  last_name: Telle
intvolume: '      6914'
language:
- iso: eng
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  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3211
month: '04'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 148 - 159
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '3270'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: On memoryless quantitative objectives
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 6914
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3352'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Exploring the connection of biology with reactive systems to better understand
    living systems.
author:
- first_name: Jasmin
  full_name: Fisher, Jasmin
  last_name: Fisher
- first_name: David
  full_name: Harel, David
  last_name: Harel
- first_name: Thomas A
  full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
  id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Henzinger
  orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
citation:
  ama: Fisher J, Harel D, Henzinger TA. Biology as reactivity. <i>Communications of
    the ACM</i>. 2011;54(10):72-82. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2001269.2001289">10.1145/2001269.2001289</a>
  apa: Fisher, J., Harel, D., &#38; Henzinger, T. A. (2011). Biology as reactivity.
    <i>Communications of the ACM</i>. ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2001269.2001289">https://doi.org/10.1145/2001269.2001289</a>
  chicago: Fisher, Jasmin, David Harel, and Thomas A Henzinger. “Biology as Reactivity.”
    <i>Communications of the ACM</i>. ACM, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2001269.2001289">https://doi.org/10.1145/2001269.2001289</a>.
  ieee: J. Fisher, D. Harel, and T. A. Henzinger, “Biology as reactivity,” <i>Communications
    of the ACM</i>, vol. 54, no. 10. ACM, pp. 72–82, 2011.
  ista: Fisher J, Harel D, Henzinger TA. 2011. Biology as reactivity. Communications
    of the ACM. 54(10), 72–82.
  mla: Fisher, Jasmin, et al. “Biology as Reactivity.” <i>Communications of the ACM</i>,
    vol. 54, no. 10, ACM, 2011, pp. 72–82, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2001269.2001289">10.1145/2001269.2001289</a>.
  short: J. Fisher, D. Harel, T.A. Henzinger, Communications of the ACM 54 (2011)
    72–82.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:50Z
date_published: 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:52Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1145/2001269.2001289
ec_funded: 1
intvolume: '        54'
issue: '10'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '10'
oa_version: None
page: 72 - 82
project:
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '267989'
  name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
publication: Communications of the ACM
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '3267'
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Biology as reactivity
type: journal_article
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 54
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3353'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Compositional theories are crucial when designing large and complex systems
    from smaller components. In this work we propose such a theory for synchronous
    concurrent systems. Our approach follows so-called interface theories, which use
    game-theoretic interpretations of composition and refinement. These are appropriate
    for systems with distinct inputs and outputs, and explicit conditions on inputs
    that must be enforced during composition. Our interfaces model systems that execute
    in an infinite sequence of synchronous rounds. At each round, a contract must
    be satisfied. The contract is simply a relation specifying the set of valid input/output
    pairs. Interfaces can be composed by parallel, serial or feedback composition.
    A refinement relation between interfaces is defined, and shown to have two main
    properties: (1) it is preserved by composition, and (2) it is equivalent to substitutability,
    namely, the ability to replace an interface by another one in any context. Shared
    refinement and abstraction operators, corresponding to greatest lower and least
    upper bounds with respect to refinement, are also defined. Input-complete interfaces,
    that impose no restrictions on inputs, and deterministic interfaces, that produce
    a unique output for any legal input, are discussed as special cases, and an interesting
    duality between the two classes is exposed. A number of illustrative examples
    are provided, as well as algorithms to compute compositions, check refinement,
    and so on, for finite-state interfaces.'
article_number: '14'
author:
- first_name: Stavros
  full_name: Tripakis, Stavros
  last_name: Tripakis
- first_name: Ben
  full_name: Lickly, Ben
  last_name: Lickly
- 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: Edward
  full_name: Lee, Edward
  last_name: Lee
citation:
  ama: Tripakis S, Lickly B, Henzinger TA, Lee E. A theory of synchronous relational
    interfaces. <i>ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)</i>.
    2011;33(4). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1985342.1985345">10.1145/1985342.1985345</a>
  apa: Tripakis, S., Lickly, B., Henzinger, T. A., &#38; Lee, E. (2011). A theory
    of synchronous relational interfaces. <i>ACM Transactions on Programming Languages
    and Systems (TOPLAS)</i>. ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1985342.1985345">https://doi.org/10.1145/1985342.1985345</a>
  chicago: Tripakis, Stavros, Ben Lickly, Thomas A Henzinger, and Edward Lee. “A Theory
    of Synchronous Relational Interfaces.” <i>ACM Transactions on Programming Languages
    and Systems (TOPLAS)</i>. ACM, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1985342.1985345">https://doi.org/10.1145/1985342.1985345</a>.
  ieee: S. Tripakis, B. Lickly, T. A. Henzinger, and E. Lee, “A theory of synchronous
    relational interfaces,” <i>ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
    (TOPLAS)</i>, vol. 33, no. 4. ACM, 2011.
  ista: Tripakis S, Lickly B, Henzinger TA, Lee E. 2011. A theory of synchronous relational
    interfaces. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS). 33(4),
    14.
  mla: Tripakis, Stavros, et al. “A Theory of Synchronous Relational Interfaces.”
    <i>ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)</i>, vol. 33,
    no. 4, 14, ACM, 2011, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1985342.1985345">10.1145/1985342.1985345</a>.
  short: S. Tripakis, B. Lickly, T.A. Henzinger, E. Lee, ACM Transactions on Programming
    Languages and Systems (TOPLAS) 33 (2011).
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:51Z
date_published: 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:52Z
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- '000'
- '005'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1145/1985342.1985345
ec_funded: 1
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- _id: 25EFB36C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '215543'
  name: COMponent-Based Embedded Systems design Techniques
- _id: 25F1337C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '214373'
  name: Design for Embedded Systems
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '267989'
  name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25F5A88A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S11402-N23
  name: Moderne Concurrency Paradigms
publication: ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '3263'
pubrep_id: '85'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: A theory of synchronous relational interfaces
type: journal_article
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volume: 33
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3354'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'We consider two-player games played on a finite state space for an infinite
    number of rounds. The games are concurrent: in each round, the two players (player
    1 and player 2) choose their moves independently and simultaneously; the current
    state and the two moves determine the successor state. We consider ω-regular winning
    conditions specified as parity objectives. Both players are allowed to use randomization
    when choosing their moves. We study the computation of the limit-winning set of
    states, consisting of the states where the sup-inf value of the game for player
    1 is 1: in other words, a state is limit-winning if player 1 can ensure a probability
    of winning arbitrarily close to 1. We show that the limit-winning set can be computed
    in O(n2d+2) time, where n is the size of the game structure and 2d is the number
    of priorities (or colors). The membership problem of whether a state belongs to
    the limit-winning set can be decided in NP ∩ coNP. While this complexity is the
    same as for the simpler class of turn-based parity games, where in each state
    only one of the two players has a choice of moves, our algorithms are considerably
    more involved than those for turn-based games. This is because concurrent games
    do not satisfy two of the most fundamental properties of turn-based parity games.
    First, in concurrent games limit-winning strategies require randomization; and
    second, they require infinite memory.'
article_number: '28'
author:
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
  orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X
- first_name: Luca
  full_name: De Alfaro, Luca
  last_name: De Alfaro
- first_name: Thomas A
  full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
  id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Henzinger
  orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
citation:
  ama: Chatterjee K, De Alfaro L, Henzinger TA. Qualitative concurrent parity games.
    <i>ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)</i>. 2011;12(4). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1970398.1970404">10.1145/1970398.1970404</a>
  apa: Chatterjee, K., De Alfaro, L., &#38; Henzinger, T. A. (2011). Qualitative concurrent
    parity games. <i>ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)</i>. ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1970398.1970404">https://doi.org/10.1145/1970398.1970404</a>
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Luca De Alfaro, and Thomas A Henzinger. “Qualitative
    Concurrent Parity Games.” <i>ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)</i>.
    ACM, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1970398.1970404">https://doi.org/10.1145/1970398.1970404</a>.
  ieee: K. Chatterjee, L. De Alfaro, and T. A. Henzinger, “Qualitative concurrent
    parity games,” <i>ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)</i>, vol. 12,
    no. 4. ACM, 2011.
  ista: Chatterjee K, De Alfaro L, Henzinger TA. 2011. Qualitative concurrent parity
    games. ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL). 12(4), 28.
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. “Qualitative Concurrent Parity Games.” <i>ACM
    Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)</i>, vol. 12, no. 4, 28, ACM, 2011,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1970398.1970404">10.1145/1970398.1970404</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, L. De Alfaro, T.A. Henzinger, ACM Transactions on Computational
    Logic (TOCL) 12 (2011).
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:51Z
date_published: 2011-07-04T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T10:26:18Z
day: '04'
department:
- _id: KrCh
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1145/1970398.1970404
intvolume: '        12'
issue: '4'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '07'
oa_version: None
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication: ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '3262'
quality_controlled: '1'
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title: Qualitative concurrent parity games
type: journal_article
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 12
year: '2011'
...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) protocols aim to improve the reliability of
    distributed systems. They enable systems to tolerate arbitrary failures in a bounded
    number of nodes. BFT protocols are usually proven correct for certain safety and
    liveness properties. However, recent studies have shown that the performance of
    state-of-the-art BFT protocols decreases drastically in the presence of even a
    single malicious node. This motivates a formal quantitative analysis of BFT protocols
    to investigate their performance characteristics under different scenarios. We
    present HyPerf, a new hybrid methodology based on model checking and simulation
    techniques for evaluating the performance of BFT protocols. We build a transition
    system corresponding to a BFT protocol and systematically explore the set of behaviors
    allowed by the protocol. We associate certain timing information with different
    operations in the protocol, like cryptographic operations and message transmission.
    After an elaborate state exploration, we use the time information to evaluate
    the performance characteristics of the protocol using simulation techniques. We
    integrate our framework in Mace, a tool for building and verifying distributed
    systems. We evaluate the performance of PBFT using our framework. We describe
    two different use-cases of our methodology. For the benign operation of the protocol,
    we use the time information as random variables to compute the probability distribution
    of the execution times. In the presence of faults, we estimate the worst-case
    performance of the protocol for various attacks that can be employed by malicious
    nodes. Our results show the importance of hybrid techniques in systematically
    analyzing the performance of large-scale systems.
author:
- first_name: Raluca
  full_name: Halalai, Raluca
  id: 584C6850-E996-11E9-805B-F01764644770
  last_name: Halalai
- 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: Vasu
  full_name: Singh, Vasu
  id: 4DAE2708-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Singh
citation:
  ama: 'Halalai R, Henzinger TA, Singh V. Quantitative evaluation of BFT protocols.
    In: IEEE; 2011:255-264. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/QEST.2011.40">10.1109/QEST.2011.40</a>'
  apa: 'Halalai, R., Henzinger, T. A., &#38; Singh, V. (2011). Quantitative evaluation
    of BFT protocols (pp. 255–264). Presented at the QEST: Quantitative Evaluation
    of Systems, Aachen, Germany: IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/QEST.2011.40">https://doi.org/10.1109/QEST.2011.40</a>'
  chicago: Halalai, Raluca, Thomas A Henzinger, and Vasu Singh. “Quantitative Evaluation
    of BFT Protocols,” 255–64. IEEE, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/QEST.2011.40">https://doi.org/10.1109/QEST.2011.40</a>.
  ieee: 'R. Halalai, T. A. Henzinger, and V. Singh, “Quantitative evaluation of BFT
    protocols,” presented at the QEST: Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, Aachen,
    Germany, 2011, pp. 255–264.'
  ista: 'Halalai R, Henzinger TA, Singh V. 2011. Quantitative evaluation of BFT protocols.
    QEST: Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, 255–264.'
  mla: Halalai, Raluca, et al. <i>Quantitative Evaluation of BFT Protocols</i>. IEEE,
    2011, pp. 255–64, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/QEST.2011.40">10.1109/QEST.2011.40</a>.
  short: R. Halalai, T.A. Henzinger, V. Singh, in:, IEEE, 2011, pp. 255–264.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-09-08
  location: Aachen, Germany
  name: 'QEST: Quantitative Evaluation of Systems'
  start_date: 2011-09-05
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:51Z
date_published: 2011-10-13T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:53Z
day: '13'
ddc:
- '000'
- '004'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1109/QEST.2011.40
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  date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:09Z
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month: '10'
oa: 1
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page: 255 - 264
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
publist_id: '3260'
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title: Quantitative evaluation of BFT protocols
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...
---
_id: '3356'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: There is recently a significant effort to add quantitative objectives to formal
    verification and synthesis. We introduce and investigate the extension of temporal
    logics with quantitative atomic assertions, aiming for a general and flexible
    framework for quantitative-oriented specifications. In the heart of quantitative
    objectives lies the accumulation of values along a computation. It is either the
    accumulated summation, as with the energy objectives, or the accumulated average,
    as with the mean-payoff objectives. We investigate the extension of temporal logics
    with the prefix-accumulation assertions Sum(v) ≥ c and Avg(v) ≥ c, where v is
    a numeric variable of the system, c is a constant rational number, and Sum(v)
    and Avg(v) denote the accumulated sum and average of the values of v from the
    beginning of the computation up to the current point of time. We also allow the
    path-accumulation assertions LimInfAvg(v) ≥ c and LimSupAvg(v) ≥ c, referring
    to the average value along an entire computation. We study the border of decidability
    for extensions of various temporal logics. In particular, we show that extending
    the fragment of CTL that has only the EX, EF, AX, and AG temporal modalities by
    prefix-accumulation assertions and extending LTL with path-accumulation assertions,
    result in temporal logics whose model-checking problem is decidable. The extended
    logics allow to significantly extend the currently known energy and mean-payoff
    objectives. Moreover, the prefix-accumulation assertions may be refined with "controlled-accumulation",
    allowing, for example, to specify constraints on the average waiting time between
    a request and a grant. On the negative side, we show that the fragment we point
    to is, in a sense, the maximal logic whose extension with prefix-accumulation
    assertions permits a decidable model-checking procedure. Extending a temporal
    logic that has the EG or EU modalities, and in particular CTL and LTL, makes the
    problem undecidable.
article_number: '5970226'
author:
- first_name: Udi
  full_name: Boker, Udi
  id: 31E297B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Boker
- 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: Orna
  full_name: Kupferman, Orna
  last_name: Kupferman
citation:
  ama: 'Boker U, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Kupferman O. Temporal specifications
    with accumulative values. In: IEEE; 2011. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.33">10.1109/LICS.2011.33</a>'
  apa: 'Boker, U., Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., &#38; Kupferman, O. (2011). Temporal
    specifications with accumulative values. Presented at the LICS: Logic in Computer
    Science, Toronto, Canada: IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.33">https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.33</a>'
  chicago: Boker, Udi, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Thomas A Henzinger, and Orna Kupferman.
    “Temporal Specifications with Accumulative Values.” IEEE, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.33">https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.33</a>.
  ieee: 'U. Boker, K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, and O. Kupferman, “Temporal specifications
    with accumulative values,” presented at the LICS: Logic in Computer Science, Toronto,
    Canada, 2011.'
  ista: 'Boker U, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Kupferman O. 2011. Temporal specifications
    with accumulative values. LICS: Logic in Computer Science, 5970226.'
  mla: Boker, Udi, et al. <i>Temporal Specifications with Accumulative Values</i>.
    5970226, IEEE, 2011, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LICS.2011.33">10.1109/LICS.2011.33</a>.
  short: U. Boker, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, O. Kupferman, in:, IEEE, 2011.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-06-24
  location: Toronto, Canada
  name: 'LICS: Logic in Computer Science'
  start_date: 2011-06-21
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:52Z
date_published: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T12:23:54Z
day: '21'
ddc:
- '000'
- '004'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1109/LICS.2011.33
ec_funded: 1
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  creator: system
  date_created: 2018-12-12T10:12:42Z
  date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:09Z
  file_id: '4960'
  file_name: IST-2012-83-v1+1_Temporal_specifications_with_accumulative_values.pdf
  file_size: 225426
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language:
- iso: eng
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
project:
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 25EFB36C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '215543'
  name: COMponent-Based Embedded Systems design Techniques
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '267989'
  name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25F1337C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '214373'
  name: Design for Embedded Systems
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
publist_id: '3259'
pubrep_id: '83'
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scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Temporal specifications with accumulative values
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3357'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We consider two-player graph games whose objectives are request-response condition,
    i.e conjunctions of conditions of the form "if a state with property Rq is visited,
    then later a state with property Rp is visited". The winner of such games can
    be decided in EXPTIME and the problem is known to be NP-hard. In this paper, we
    close this gap by showing that this problem is, in fact, EXPTIME-complete. We
    show that the problem becomes PSPACE-complete if we only consider games played
    on DAGs, and NP-complete or PTIME-complete if there is only one player (depending
    on whether he wants to enforce or spoil the request-response condition). We also
    present near-optimal bounds on the memory needed to design winning strategies
    for each player, in each case.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
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: Florian
  full_name: Horn, Florian
  id: 37327ACE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Horn
citation:
  ama: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Horn F. The complexity of request-response games.
    In: Dediu A-H, Inenaga S, Martín-Vide C, eds. Vol 6638. Springer; 2011:227-237.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17">10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17</a>'
  apa: 'Chatterjee, K., Henzinger, T. A., &#38; Horn, F. (2011). The complexity of
    request-response games. In A.-H. Dediu, S. Inenaga, &#38; C. Martín-Vide (Eds.)
    (Vol. 6638, pp. 227–237). Presented at the LATA: Language and Automata Theory
    and Applications, Tarragona, Spain: Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17</a>'
  chicago: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Thomas A Henzinger, and Florian Horn. “The Complexity
    of Request-Response Games.” edited by Adrian-Horia Dediu, Shunsuke Inenaga, and
    Carlos Martín-Vide, 6638:227–37. Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17</a>.
  ieee: 'K. Chatterjee, T. A. Henzinger, and F. Horn, “The complexity of request-response
    games,” presented at the LATA: Language and Automata Theory and Applications,
    Tarragona, Spain, 2011, vol. 6638, pp. 227–237.'
  ista: 'Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Horn F. 2011. The complexity of request-response
    games. LATA: Language and Automata Theory and Applications, LNCS, vol. 6638, 227–237.'
  mla: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, et al. <i>The Complexity of Request-Response Games</i>.
    Edited by Adrian-Horia Dediu et al., vol. 6638, Springer, 2011, pp. 227–37, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17">10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17</a>.
  short: K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, F. Horn, in:, A.-H. Dediu, S. Inenaga, C.
    Martín-Vide (Eds.), Springer, 2011, pp. 227–237.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-05-31
  location: Tarragona, Spain
  name: 'LATA: Language and Automata Theory and Applications'
  start_date: 2011-05-26
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:52Z
date_published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:54Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: KrCh
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-21254-3_17
editor:
- first_name: Adrian-Horia
  full_name: Dediu, Adrian-Horia
  last_name: Dediu
- first_name: Shunsuke
  full_name: Inenaga, Shunsuke
  last_name: Inenaga
- first_name: Carlos
  full_name: Martín-Vide, Carlos
  last_name: Martín-Vide
intvolume: '      6638'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 227 - 237
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '3258'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: The complexity of request-response games
type: conference
user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 6638
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3358'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The static scheduling problem often arises as a fundamental problem in real-time
    systems and grid computing. We consider the problem of statically scheduling a
    large job expressed as a task graph on a large number of computing nodes, such
    as a data center. This paper solves the large-scale static scheduling problem
    using abstraction refinement, a technique commonly used in formal verification
    to efficiently solve computationally hard problems. A scheduler based on abstraction
    refinement first attempts to solve the scheduling problem with abstract representations
    of the job and the computing resources. As abstract representations are generally
    small, the scheduling can be done reasonably fast. If the obtained schedule does
    not meet specified quality conditions (like data center utilization or schedule
    makespan) then the scheduler refines the job and data center abstractions and,
    again solves the scheduling problem. We develop different schedulers based on
    abstraction refinement. We implemented these schedulers and used them to schedule
    task graphs from various computing domains on simulated data centers with realistic
    topologies. We compared the speed of scheduling and the quality of the produced
    schedules with our abstraction refinement schedulers against a baseline scheduler
    that does not use any abstraction. We conclude that abstraction refinement techniques
    give a significant speed-up compared to traditional static scheduling heuristics,
    at a reasonable cost in the quality of the produced schedules. We further used
    our static schedulers in an actual system that we deployed on Amazon EC2 and compared
    it against the Hadoop dynamic scheduler for large MapReduce jobs. Our experiments
    indicate that there is great potential for static scheduling techniques.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- 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: Vasu
  full_name: Singh, Vasu
  id: 4DAE2708-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Singh
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Wies, Thomas
  id: 447BFB88-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Wies
- first_name: Damien
  full_name: Zufferey, Damien
  id: 4397AC76-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Zufferey
  orcid: 0000-0002-3197-8736
citation:
  ama: 'Henzinger TA, Singh V, Wies T, Zufferey D. Scheduling large jobs by abstraction
    refinement. In: ACM; 2011:329-342. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1966445.1966476">10.1145/1966445.1966476</a>'
  apa: 'Henzinger, T. A., Singh, V., Wies, T., &#38; Zufferey, D. (2011). Scheduling
    large jobs by abstraction refinement (pp. 329–342). Presented at the EuroSys,
    Salzburg, Austria: ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1966445.1966476">https://doi.org/10.1145/1966445.1966476</a>'
  chicago: Henzinger, Thomas A, Vasu Singh, Thomas Wies, and Damien Zufferey. “Scheduling
    Large Jobs by Abstraction Refinement,” 329–42. ACM, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1966445.1966476">https://doi.org/10.1145/1966445.1966476</a>.
  ieee: T. A. Henzinger, V. Singh, T. Wies, and D. Zufferey, “Scheduling large jobs
    by abstraction refinement,” presented at the EuroSys, Salzburg, Austria, 2011,
    pp. 329–342.
  ista: Henzinger TA, Singh V, Wies T, Zufferey D. 2011. Scheduling large jobs by
    abstraction refinement. EuroSys, 329–342.
  mla: Henzinger, Thomas A., et al. <i>Scheduling Large Jobs by Abstraction Refinement</i>.
    ACM, 2011, pp. 329–42, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/1966445.1966476">10.1145/1966445.1966476</a>.
  short: T.A. Henzinger, V. Singh, T. Wies, D. Zufferey, in:, ACM, 2011, pp. 329–342.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-04-13
  location: Salzburg, Austria
  name: EuroSys
  start_date: 2011-04-10
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:53Z
date_published: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:55Z
day: '10'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1145/1966445.1966476
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://cs.nyu.edu/wies/publ/scheduling_large_jobs_by_abstraction_refinement.pdf
month: '04'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 329 - 342
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '3257'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Scheduling large jobs by abstraction refinement
type: conference
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2011'
...
---
_id: '3359'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Motivated by improvements in constraint-solving technology and by the increase
    of routinely available computational power, partial-program synthesis is emerging
    as an effective approach for increasing programmer productivity. The goal of the
    approach is to allow the programmer to specify a part of her intent imperatively
    (that is, give a partial program) and a part of her intent declaratively, by specifying
    which conditions need to be achieved or maintained. The task of the synthesizer
    is to construct a program that satisfies the specification. As an example, consider
    a partial program where threads access shared data without using any synchronization
    mechanism, and a declarative specification that excludes data races and deadlocks.
    The task of the synthesizer is then to place locks into the program code in order
    for the program to meet the specification.\r\n\r\nIn this paper, we argue that
    quantitative objectives are needed in partial-program synthesis in order to produce
    higher-quality programs, while enabling simpler specifications. Returning to the
    example, the synthesizer could construct a naive solution that uses one global
    lock for shared data. This can be prevented either by constraining the solution
    space further (which is error-prone and partly defeats the point of synthesis),
    or by optimizing a quantitative objective that models performance. Other quantitative
    notions useful in synthesis include fault tolerance, robustness, resource (memory,
    power) consumption, and information flow."
acknowledgement: This work was partially supported by the ERC Advanced Grant QUAREM,
  the FWF NFN Grant S11402-N23 (RiSE), and the EU NOE Grant ArtistDesign.
author:
- first_name: Pavol
  full_name: Cerny, Pavol
  id: 4DCBEFFE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cerny
- first_name: Thomas A
  full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
  id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Henzinger
  orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
citation:
  ama: 'Cerny P, Henzinger TA. From boolean to quantitative synthesis. In: ACM; 2011:149-154.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2038642.2038666">10.1145/2038642.2038666</a>'
  apa: 'Cerny, P., &#38; Henzinger, T. A. (2011). From boolean to quantitative synthesis
    (pp. 149–154). Presented at the EMSOFT: Embedded Software , Taipei; Taiwan: ACM.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2038642.2038666">https://doi.org/10.1145/2038642.2038666</a>'
  chicago: Cerny, Pavol, and Thomas A Henzinger. “From Boolean to Quantitative Synthesis,”
    149–54. ACM, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2038642.2038666">https://doi.org/10.1145/2038642.2038666</a>.
  ieee: 'P. Cerny and T. A. Henzinger, “From boolean to quantitative synthesis,” presented
    at the EMSOFT: Embedded Software , Taipei; Taiwan, 2011, pp. 149–154.'
  ista: 'Cerny P, Henzinger TA. 2011. From boolean to quantitative synthesis. EMSOFT:
    Embedded Software , 149–154.'
  mla: Cerny, Pavol, and Thomas A. Henzinger. <i>From Boolean to Quantitative Synthesis</i>.
    ACM, 2011, pp. 149–54, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2038642.2038666">10.1145/2038642.2038666</a>.
  short: P. Cerny, T.A. Henzinger, in:, ACM, 2011, pp. 149–154.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-10-14
  location: Taipei; Taiwan
  name: 'EMSOFT: Embedded Software '
  start_date: 2011-10-09
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:53Z
date_published: 2011-10-09T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:55Z
day: '09'
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- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1145/2038642.2038666
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month: '10'
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  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '267989'
  name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25F5A88A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S11402-N23
  name: Moderne Concurrency Paradigms
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  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '214373'
  name: Design for Embedded Systems
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publist_id: '3256'
quality_controlled: '1'
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title: From boolean to quantitative synthesis
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'The growth kinetics of colloidal Bi2S3 nanorods was investigated. After nucleation,
    the length distribution of the growing Bi 2S3 nanorods narrows with the reaction
    time until a bimodal length distribution appears. From this critical reaction
    time on, the smallest nanorods of the ensemble dissolve, feeding with monomer
    the growth of the largest ones. A comprehensive characterization of the size-distribution
    evolution of Bi2S3 nanorods is used here to illustrate the dependences of the
    anisotropic growth rates of cylindrical nanoparticles on the nanoparticle dimensions
    and the monomer concentration in solution. With this goal in mind, a diffusion-reaction
    model is presented to explain the origin of the experimentally obtained length
    distribution focusing mechanism. The model is able to reproduce the decrease of
    the growth rate in the nanorod axial direction with both its thickness and length.
    On the other hand, low lateral reaction rates prevent the nanorod thickness distribution
    to be focused. In both crystallographic growth directions, a concentration-dependent
    critical thickness exists, which discriminates between nanorods with positive
    growth rates and those dissolving in the reaction solution. '
acknowledgement: This work was supported by the Spanish MICINN Projects MAT2008-05779,
  MAT2008-03400-E/MAT, and ENE2008-03277-E/CON. Maria Ibáñez thanks the Ph.D. grant
  from the Spanish MICINN.
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- first_name: Maria
  full_name: Ibáñez, Maria
  id: 43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Ibáñez
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- first_name: Pablo
  full_name: Guardia, Pablo
  last_name: Guardia
- first_name: Alexey
  full_name: Shavel, Alexey
  last_name: Shavel
- first_name: Doris
  full_name: Cadavid, Doris
  last_name: Cadavid
- first_name: Jordi
  full_name: Arbiol, Jordi
  last_name: Arbiol
- first_name: Joan
  full_name: Morante, Joan
  last_name: Morante
- first_name: Andreu
  full_name: Cabot, Andreu
  last_name: Cabot
citation:
  ama: 'Ibáñez M, Guardia P, Shavel A, et al. Growth kinetics of asymmetric Bi2S3
    nanocrystals: Size distribution focusing in nanorods. <i>Journal of Physical Chemistry
    C</i>. 2011;115(16):7947-7955. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2002904">10.1021/jp2002904</a>'
  apa: 'Ibáñez, M., Guardia, P., Shavel, A., Cadavid, D., Arbiol, J., Morante, J.,
    &#38; Cabot, A. (2011). Growth kinetics of asymmetric Bi2S3 nanocrystals: Size
    distribution focusing in nanorods. <i>Journal of Physical Chemistry C</i>. American
    Chemical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2002904">https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2002904</a>'
  chicago: 'Ibáñez, Maria, Pablo Guardia, Alexey Shavel, Doris Cadavid, Jordi Arbiol,
    Joan Morante, and Andreu Cabot. “Growth Kinetics of Asymmetric Bi2S3 Nanocrystals:
    Size Distribution Focusing in Nanorods.” <i>Journal of Physical Chemistry C</i>.
    American Chemical Society, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2002904">https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2002904</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Ibáñez <i>et al.</i>, “Growth kinetics of asymmetric Bi2S3 nanocrystals:
    Size distribution focusing in nanorods,” <i>Journal of Physical Chemistry C</i>,
    vol. 115, no. 16. American Chemical Society, pp. 7947–7955, 2011.'
  ista: 'Ibáñez M, Guardia P, Shavel A, Cadavid D, Arbiol J, Morante J, Cabot A. 2011.
    Growth kinetics of asymmetric Bi2S3 nanocrystals: Size distribution focusing in
    nanorods. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(16), 7947–7955.'
  mla: 'Ibáñez, Maria, et al. “Growth Kinetics of Asymmetric Bi2S3 Nanocrystals: Size
    Distribution Focusing in Nanorods.” <i>Journal of Physical Chemistry C</i>, vol.
    115, no. 16, American Chemical Society, 2011, pp. 7947–55, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2002904">10.1021/jp2002904</a>.'
  short: M. Ibáñez, P. Guardia, A. Shavel, D. Cadavid, J. Arbiol, J. Morante, A. Cabot,
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (2011) 7947–7955.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:53Z
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- iso: eng
month: '04'
oa_version: None
page: 7947 - 7955
publication: Journal of Physical Chemistry C
publication_status: published
publisher: American Chemical Society
publist_id: '7493'
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Growth kinetics of asymmetric Bi2S3 nanocrystals: Size distribution focusing
  in nanorods'
type: journal_article
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year: '2011'
...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'A discounted-sum automaton (NDA) is a nondeterministic finite automaton with
    edge weights, which values a run by the discounted sum of visited edge weights.
    More precisely, the weight in the i-th position of the run is divided by lambda^i,
    where the discount factor lambda is a fixed rational number greater than 1. Discounted
    summation is a common and useful measuring scheme, especially for infinite sequences,
    which reflects the assumption that earlier weights are more important than later
    weights. Determinizing automata is often essential, for example, in formal verification,
    where there are polynomial algorithms for comparing two deterministic NDAs, while
    the equivalence problem for NDAs is not known to be decidable. Unfortunately,
    however, discounted-sum automata are, in general, not determinizable: it is currently
    known that for every rational discount factor 1 &lt; lambda &lt; 2, there is an
    NDA with lambda (denoted lambda-NDA) that cannot be determinized. We provide positive
    news, showing that every NDA with an integral factor is determinizable. We also
    complete the picture by proving that the integers characterize exactly the discount
    factors that guarantee determinizability: we show that for every non-integral
    rational factor lambda, there is a nondeterminizable lambda-NDA. Finally, we prove
    that the class of NDAs with integral discount factors enjoys closure under the
    algebraic operations min, max, addition, and subtraction, which is not the case
    for general NDAs nor for deterministic NDAs. This shows that for integral discount
    factors, the class of NDAs forms an attractive specification formalism in quantitative
    formal verification. All our results hold equally for automata over finite words
    and for automata over infinite words. '
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- LIPIcs
author:
- first_name: Udi
  full_name: Boker, Udi
  id: 31E297B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Boker
- first_name: Thomas A
  full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
  id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Henzinger
  orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
citation:
  ama: 'Boker U, Henzinger TA. Determinizing discounted-sum automata. In: Vol 12.
    Springer; 2011:82-96. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82">10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82</a>'
  apa: 'Boker, U., &#38; Henzinger, T. A. (2011). Determinizing discounted-sum automata
    (Vol. 12, pp. 82–96). Presented at the CSL: Computer Science Logic, Bergen, Norway:
    Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82">https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82</a>'
  chicago: Boker, Udi, and Thomas A Henzinger. “Determinizing Discounted-Sum Automata,”
    12:82–96. Springer, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82">https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82</a>.
  ieee: 'U. Boker and T. A. Henzinger, “Determinizing discounted-sum automata,” presented
    at the CSL: Computer Science Logic, Bergen, Norway, 2011, vol. 12, pp. 82–96.'
  ista: 'Boker U, Henzinger TA. 2011. Determinizing discounted-sum automata. CSL:
    Computer Science Logic, LIPIcs, vol. 12, 82–96.'
  mla: Boker, Udi, and Thomas A. Henzinger. <i>Determinizing Discounted-Sum Automata</i>.
    Vol. 12, Springer, 2011, pp. 82–96, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82">10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82</a>.
  short: U. Boker, T.A. Henzinger, in:, Springer, 2011, pp. 82–96.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-09-15
  location: Bergen, Norway
  name: 'CSL: Computer Science Logic'
  start_date: 2011-09-12
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:53Z
date_published: 2011-08-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:56Z
day: '31'
ddc:
- '004'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2011.82
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  call_identifier: FWF
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  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '215543'
  name: COMponent-Based Embedded Systems design Techniques
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '267989'
  name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25F1337C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '214373'
  name: Design for Embedded Systems
publication_status: published
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title: Determinizing discounted-sum automata
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---
_id: '3361'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In this paper, we investigate the computational complexity of quantitative
    information flow (QIF) problems. Information-theoretic quantitative relaxations
    of noninterference (based on Shannon entropy)have been introduced to enable more
    fine-grained reasoning about programs in situations where limited information
    flow is acceptable. The QIF bounding problem asks whether the information flow
    in a given program is bounded by a constant $d$. Our first result is that the
    QIF bounding problem is PSPACE-complete. The QIF memoryless synthesis problem
    asks whether it is possible to resolve nondeterministic choices in a given partial
    program in such a way that in the resulting deterministic program, the quantitative
    information flow is bounded by a given constant $d$. Our second result is that
    the QIF memoryless synthesis problem is also EXPTIME-complete. The QIF memoryless
    synthesis problem generalizes to QIF general synthesis problem which does not
    impose the memoryless requirement (that is, by allowing the synthesized program
    to have more variables then the original partial program). Our third result is
    that the QIF general synthesis problem is EXPTIME-hard.
author:
- first_name: Pavol
  full_name: Cerny, Pavol
  id: 4DCBEFFE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cerny
- first_name: Krishnendu
  full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
  id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Chatterjee
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- first_name: Thomas A
  full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
  id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Henzinger
  orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
citation:
  ama: 'Cerny P, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. The complexity of quantitative information
    flow problems. In: IEEE; 2011:205-217. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CSF.2011.21">10.1109/CSF.2011.21</a>'
  apa: 'Cerny, P., Chatterjee, K., &#38; Henzinger, T. A. (2011). The complexity of
    quantitative information flow problems (pp. 205–217). Presented at the CSF: Computer
    Security Foundations, Cernay-la-Ville, France: IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CSF.2011.21">https://doi.org/10.1109/CSF.2011.21</a>'
  chicago: Cerny, Pavol, Krishnendu Chatterjee, and Thomas A Henzinger. “The Complexity
    of Quantitative Information Flow Problems,” 205–17. IEEE, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CSF.2011.21">https://doi.org/10.1109/CSF.2011.21</a>.
  ieee: 'P. Cerny, K. Chatterjee, and T. A. Henzinger, “The complexity of quantitative
    information flow problems,” presented at the CSF: Computer Security Foundations,
    Cernay-la-Ville, France, 2011, pp. 205–217.'
  ista: 'Cerny P, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2011. The complexity of quantitative
    information flow problems. CSF: Computer Security Foundations, 205–217.'
  mla: Cerny, Pavol, et al. <i>The Complexity of Quantitative Information Flow Problems</i>.
    IEEE, 2011, pp. 205–17, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CSF.2011.21">10.1109/CSF.2011.21</a>.
  short: P. Cerny, K. Chatterjee, T.A. Henzinger, in:, IEEE, 2011, pp. 205–217.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-06-29
  location: Cernay-la-Ville, France
  name: 'CSF: Computer Security Foundations'
  start_date: 2011-06-27
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:54Z
date_published: 2011-06-27T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:56Z
day: '27'
ddc:
- '000'
- '005'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: KrCh
doi: 10.1109/CSF.2011.21
ec_funded: 1
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month: '06'
oa: 1
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page: 205 - 217
project:
- _id: 25EE3708-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '267989'
  name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
- _id: 25F5A88A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S11402-N23
  name: Moderne Concurrency Paradigms
- _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FWF
  grant_number: S 11407_N23
  name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
- _id: 2587B514-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  name: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
publication_status: published
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title: The complexity of quantitative information flow problems
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...
---
_id: '3362'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: State-transition systems communicating by shared variables have been the underlying
    model of choice for applications of model checking. Such formalisms, however,
    have difficulty with modeling process creation or death and communication reconfigurability.
    Here, we introduce “dynamic reactive modules” (DRM), a state-transition modeling
    formalism that supports dynamic reconfiguration and creation/death of processes.
    The resulting formalism supports two types of variables, data variables and reference
    variables. Reference variables enable changing the connectivity between processes
    and referring to instances of processes. We show how this new formalism supports
    parallel composition and refinement through trace containment. DRM provide a natural
    language for modeling (and ultimately reasoning about) biological systems and
    multiple threads communicating through shared variables.
alternative_title:
- LNCS
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author:
- first_name: Jasmin
  full_name: Fisher, Jasmin
  last_name: Fisher
- 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: Dejan
  full_name: Nickovic, Dejan
  id: 41BCEE5C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Nickovic
- first_name: Nir
  full_name: Piterman, Nir
  last_name: Piterman
- first_name: Anmol
  full_name: Singh, Anmol
  last_name: Singh
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  full_name: Vardi, Moshe
  last_name: Vardi
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  ama: 'Fisher J, Henzinger TA, Nickovic D, Piterman N, Singh A, Vardi M. Dynamic
    reactive modules. In: Vol 6901. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik;
    2011:404-418. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27">10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27</a>'
  apa: 'Fisher, J., Henzinger, T. A., Nickovic, D., Piterman, N., Singh, A., &#38;
    Vardi, M. (2011). Dynamic reactive modules (Vol. 6901, pp. 404–418). Presented
    at the CONCUR: Concurrency Theory, Aachen, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum
    für Informatik. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27</a>'
  chicago: Fisher, Jasmin, Thomas A Henzinger, Dejan Nickovic, Nir Piterman, Anmol
    Singh, and Moshe Vardi. “Dynamic Reactive Modules,” 6901:404–18. Schloss Dagstuhl
    - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27</a>.
  ieee: 'J. Fisher, T. A. Henzinger, D. Nickovic, N. Piterman, A. Singh, and M. Vardi,
    “Dynamic reactive modules,” presented at the CONCUR: Concurrency Theory, Aachen,
    Germany, 2011, vol. 6901, pp. 404–418.'
  ista: 'Fisher J, Henzinger TA, Nickovic D, Piterman N, Singh A, Vardi M. 2011. Dynamic
    reactive modules. CONCUR: Concurrency Theory, LNCS, vol. 6901, 404–418.'
  mla: Fisher, Jasmin, et al. <i>Dynamic Reactive Modules</i>. Vol. 6901, Schloss
    Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2011, pp. 404–18, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27">10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27</a>.
  short: J. Fisher, T.A. Henzinger, D. Nickovic, N. Piterman, A. Singh, M. Vardi,
    in:, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2011, pp. 404–418.
conference:
  end_date: 2011-09-09
  location: Aachen, Germany
  name: 'CONCUR: Concurrency Theory'
  start_date: 2011-09-06
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:54Z
date_published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:42:57Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
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doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23217-6_27
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