Title :
Temporal logic with predicate λ-abstraction
Author :
Lisitsa, Alexei ; Potapov, Igor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Liverpool Univ., UK
Abstract :
A predicate linear temporal logic LTLλ= without quantifiers but with predicate λ-abstraction mechanism and equality is considered. The models of LTLλ= can be naturally seen as the systems of pebbles (flexible constants) moving over the elements of some (possibly infinite) domain. This allows to use LTLλ= for the specification of dynamic systems using some resources, such as processes using memory locations, mobile agents occupying some sites, etc. On the other hand we show that LTLλ= is not recursively axiomatizable and, therefore, fully automated verification of LTLλ= specifications via validity checking is not, in general, possible. The result is based on computational universality of the above abstract computational model of pebble systems, which is of independent interest due to the range of possible interpretations of such systems.
Keywords :
formal specification; mobile agents; temporal logic; computational universality; dynamic system specification; flexible constants; mobile agents; predicate abstraction; predicate linear; temporal logic; Chromium; Logic;
Conference_Titel :
Temporal Representation and Reasoning, 2005. TIME 2005. 12th International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2370-6
DOI :
10.1109/TIME.2005.34