The Complexity of Model Checking (Collapsible) Higher-Order Pushdown Systems
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چکیده
We study (collapsible) higher-order pushdown systems — theoretically robust and wellstudied models of higher-order programs — along with their natural subclass called (collapsible) higher-order basic process algebras. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the model checking complexity of a range of both branching-time and linear-time temporal logics. We obtain tight bounds on data, expression, and combined-complexity for both (collapsible) higher-order pushdown systems and (collapsible) higher-order basic process algebra. At order-k, results range from polynomial to (k + 1)-exponential time. 1998 ACM Subject Classification D.2.4
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