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A Comparison of Succinctly Represented Finite-State Systems

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We study the succinctness of different classes of succinctly presented finite transition systems with respect to bisimulation equivalence. Our results show that synchronized product of finite automata, hierarchical graphs, and timed automata are pairwise incomparable in this sense. We moreover study the computational complexity of deciding simulation preorder and bisimulation equivalence on these classes.

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  • Model Check
  • Transition System
  • Contact State
  • Hierarchical System
  • Winning Strategy

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This work has been partly supported by project ImpRo (ANR-10-BLAN-0317).

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Brenguier, R., Göller, S., Sankur, O. (2012). A Comparison of Succinctly Represented Finite-State Systems. In: Koutny, M., Ulidowski, I. (eds) CONCUR 2012 – Concurrency Theory. CONCUR 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7454. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32940-1_12

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