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Hybrid Logics: Characterization, Interpolation and Complexity
- Journal of Symbolic Logic
, 1999
"... Hybrid languages are expansions of propositional modal languages which can refer to (or even quantify over) worlds. The use of strong hybrid languages dates back to at least [Pri67], but recent work (for example [BS98, BT98a, BT99]) has focussed on a more constrained system called H(#; @). We sho ..."
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Hybrid languages are expansions of propositional modal languages which can refer to (or even quantify over) worlds. The use of strong hybrid languages dates back to at least [Pri67], but recent work (for example [BS98, BT98a, BT99]) has focussed on a more constrained system called H(#; @). We show in detail that H(#; @) is modally natural. We begin by studying its expressivity, and provide model theoretic characterizations (via a restricted notion of Ehrenfeucht-Frasse game, and an enriched notion of bisimulation) and a syntactic characterization (in terms of bounded formulas). The key result to emerge is that H(#; @) corresponds to the fragment of rst-order logic which is invariant for generated submodels. We then show that H(#; @) enjoys (strong) interpolation, provide counterexamples for its nite variable fragments, and show that weak interpolation holds for the sublanguage H(@). Finally, we provide complexity results for H(@) and other fragments and variants, and sh...
Automatic Structures
- IN PROC. 15TH IEEE SYMP. ON LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
, 1999
"... We study definability and complexity issues for automatic and w-automatic structures. These are, in general, infinite structures but they can be finitely presented by a collection of automata. Moreover, they admit effective (in fact automatic) evaluation of all first-order queries. Therefore, automa ..."
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We study definability and complexity issues for automatic and w-automatic structures. These are, in general, infinite structures but they can be finitely presented by a collection of automata. Moreover, they admit effective (in fact automatic) evaluation of all first-order queries. Therefore, automatic structures provide an interesting framework for extending many algorithmic and logical methods from finite structures to infinite ones. We explain the notion of (w-)automatic structures, give examples, and discuss the relationship to automatic groups. We determine the complexity of model checking and query evaluation on automatic structures for fragments of first-order logic. Further, we study closure properties and definability issues on automatic structures and present a technique for proving that a structure is not automatic. We give model-theoretic characterisations for automatic structures via interpretations. Finally we discuss the composition theory of automatic structures and pro...
Turbulence, amalgamation, and generic automorphisms of homogeneous structures
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On the Decision Problem for Two-Variable First-Order Logic
, 1997
"... We identify the computational complexity of the satisfiability problem for FO², the fragment of first-order logic consisting of all relational first-order sentences with at most two distinct variables. Although this fragment was shown to be decidable a long time ago, the computational complexity ..."
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We identify the computational complexity of the satisfiability problem for FO², the fragment of first-order logic consisting of all relational first-order sentences with at most two distinct variables. Although this fragment was shown to be decidable a long time ago, the computational complexity of its decision problem has not been pinpointed so far. In 1975 Mortimer proved that FO² has the finite-model property, which means that if an FO²-sentence is satisfiable, then it has a finite model. Moreover, Mortimer showed that every satisfiable FO²-sentence has a model whose size is at most doubly exponential in the size of the sentence. In this paper, we improve Mortimer's bound by one exponential and show that every satisfiable FO²-sentence has a model whose size is at most exponential in the size of the sentence. As a consequence, we establish that the satisfiability problem for FO² is NEXPTIME-complete.
Team Theory
, 1987
"... Contemporary or modern (mathematical) logic was born at the end of the 19th century. Its origin is connected with mathematics rather than philosophy, and my article will likewise be informed by a mathematical culture although I will try make connections with philosophy and the philosophy of ..."
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Contemporary or modern (mathematical) logic was born at the end of the 19th century. Its origin is connected with mathematics rather than philosophy, and my article will likewise be informed by a mathematical culture although I will try make connections with philosophy and the philosophy of
Weighted automata and weighted logics
- In Automata, Languages and Programming – 32nd International Colloquium, ICALP 2005
, 2005
"... Abstract. Weighted automata are used to describe quantitative properties in various areas such as probabilistic systems, image compression, speech-to-text processing. The behaviour of such an automaton is a mapping, called a formal power series, assigning to each word a weight in some semiring. We g ..."
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Abstract. Weighted automata are used to describe quantitative properties in various areas such as probabilistic systems, image compression, speech-to-text processing. The behaviour of such an automaton is a mapping, called a formal power series, assigning to each word a weight in some semiring. We generalize Büchi’s and Elgot’s fundamental theorems to this quantitative setting. We introduce a weighted version of MSO logic and prove that, for commutative semirings, the behaviours of weighted automata are precisely the formal power series definable with our weighted logic. We also consider weighted first-order logic and show that aperiodic series coincide with the first-order definable ones, if the semiring is locally finite, commutative and has some aperiodicity property. 1
The rational numbers as an abstract data type
, 2007
"... We give an equational specification of the field operations on the rational numbers under initial algebra semantics using just total field operations and 12 equations. A consequence of this specification is that 0−1 = 0, an interesting equation consistent with the ring axioms and many properties of ..."
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We give an equational specification of the field operations on the rational numbers under initial algebra semantics using just total field operations and 12 equations. A consequence of this specification is that 0−1 = 0, an interesting equation consistent with the ring axioms and many properties of division. The existence of an equational specification of the rationals without hidden functions was an open question. We also give an axiomatic examination of the divisibility operator, from which some interesting new axioms emerge along with equational specifications of algebras of rationals, including one with the modulus function. Finally, we state some open problems, including: Does there exist an equational specification of the field operations on the rationals without hidden functions that is a complete term rewriting system?
On Logics with Two Variables
- Theoretical Computer Science
, 1999
"... This paper is a survey and systematic presentation of decidability and complexity issues for modal and non-modal two-variable logics. A classical result due to Mortimer says that the two-variable fragment of firstorder logic, denoted FO 2 , has the finite model property and is therefore decidable ..."
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This paper is a survey and systematic presentation of decidability and complexity issues for modal and non-modal two-variable logics. A classical result due to Mortimer says that the two-variable fragment of firstorder logic, denoted FO 2 , has the finite model property and is therefore decidable for satisfiability. One of the reasons for the significance of this result is that many propositional modal logics can be embedded into FO 2 . Logics that are of interest for knowledge representation, for the specification and verification of concurrent systems and for other areas of computer science are often defined (or can be viewed) as extensions of modal logics by features like counting constructs, path quantifiers, transitive closure operators, least and greatest fixed points etc. Examples of such logics are computation tree logic CTL, the modal ¯-calculus L¯ , or popular description logics used in artificial intelligence. Although the additional features are usually not first-order...
