Jobs/M2 ADL 2015 General Acceptance Condition
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| Algorithms for automata over infinite words using a general acceptance condition | |
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M2 ADL 2015 General Acceptance Condition |
| Dates |
5-6 months in 2015 |
| Research field |
Automata Theory |
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| General presentation of the field |
The formal method community uses several types of automata over infinite words (called "omega-automata"): Büchi automata, Streett automata, Rabin automata... These automata differ by their acceptance condition, i.e., the condition under which an infinite run of the automaton is accepted. For each of these different acceptance conditions there exist specialized algorithms, for instance to decide if an automaton is accepting, or to change an acceptance condition into another, or to determinize an automaton... We have recently defined file format for exchanging omega-automata between tools. This format can represent all the above types of automata thanks to a very general way to to represent the acceptance condition. In fact the acceptance condition specification is so general that it allows us to represent combination of existing conditions. |
| Prerequisites |
Automata Theory |
| Objectives |
The goal of this internship is to survey existing algorithms that differ from one acceptance condition to the other, and develop algorithms that will work with the generalized acceptance condition. The first algorithms we would like to have are:
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| Benefit for the candidate |
This internship targets students who would like to do some theory, and might be interested into continuing on a Ph.D thesis. |
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| Place | LRDE: How to get to us |
| Compensation |
1000 € gross/month |
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