Browsing by Author "Stefanescu, Alin"

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Automatic synthesis of distributed transition systems
(2006) Stefanescu, Alin; Esparza, Javier (Prof. Dr.)
This thesis investigates the synthesis problem for two classes of distributed transition systems: synchronous products and asynchronous automata. The underlying structure of these models consist of local automata synchronizing on common actions. The synthesis problem discussed is as follows: Given a global specification as a transition system TS and a distribution pattern D, find a distributed transition system over D whose global state space is equivalent' to TS. As criteria for the correctness of the (distributed) implementation vs. the specification (i.e., their equivalence') we use: transition system isomorphism, language equivalence, and bisimilarity respectively. In particular, the synthesis of asynchronous automata modulo language equivalence is a notoriously hard problem solved by Zielonka at the end of the 80s. One of the motivations behind our work was to bring this theory closer to practical applications. From the theoretical point of view, we conduct a detailed analysis of the synthesis problem for both models of distributed systems, look at effective algorithmic approaches and draw a map of computational complexity results. E.g., we provide several matching lower and upper complexity bounds for the distributed implementability problem. From the practical perspective, we provide prototype implementations for most of the synthesis algorithms discussed in the thesis. Moreover, we offer assistance when a given specification is not distributable by trying to modify this specification such that distributed synthesis can be applied. By using several heuristics to overcome the classical state space explosion, we are able to automatically generate small distributed algorithms for problems such as mutual exclusion.
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Complexity results for checking distributed implementability
(2004) Heljanko, Keijo; Stefanescu, Alin
We consider the distributed implementability problem as: Given a labelled transition system TS together with a distribution D of its actions over a set of processes, does there exist a distributed system over D such that its global transition system is equivalent' to TS? We consider the distributed system models of synchronous products of transition systems and Zielonka's asynchronous automata. In this paper we provide complexity bounds for the above problem with three interpretations of equivalent': as transition system isomorphism, as language equivalence, and as bisimilarity. In particular, we solve two problems left open in the literature. We also describe a logic programming implementation which complements the existing implementation for the synthesis of asynchronous automata initiated by the second author.