Reducing the Complexity of Checking the Existence and Derivation of Adaptive Synchronizing Experiments for Nondeterministic FSMs

Natalia Kushik, Nina Yevtushenko, Husnu Yenigun

2016

Abstract

In this paper, we address the problem of setting a discrete system specified as a Finite State Machine (FSM) to a known initial state. As the system behavior can be nondeterministic, we discuss the complexity of problems related to deriving synchronizing sequences for nondeterministic FSMs and propose a way for decreasing such complexity. In fact, we suggest to use adaptive synchronizing sequences instead of preset ones, and prove that for non-initialized nondeterministic FSMs the problem of checking the existence of an adaptive synchronizing sequence is in P.

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Kushik N., Kushik N., Yevtushenko N., Yevtushenko N., Yenigun H. and Yenigun H. (2016). Reducing the Complexity of Checking the Existence and Derivation of Adaptive Synchronizing Experiments for Nondeterministic FSMs . In Proceedings of the International Workshop on domAin specific Model-based AppRoaches to vErificaTion and validaTiOn - Volume 1: AMARETTO, (MODELSWARD 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-166-3, pages 83-90. DOI: 10.5220/0005854500830090


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@conference{amaretto16,
author={Natalia Kushik and Natalia Kushik and Nina Yevtushenko and Nina Yevtushenko and Husnu Yenigun and Husnu Yenigun},
title={Reducing the Complexity of Checking the Existence and Derivation of Adaptive Synchronizing Experiments for Nondeterministic FSMs},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Workshop on domAin specific Model-based AppRoaches to vErificaTion and validaTiOn - Volume 1: AMARETTO, (MODELSWARD 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={83-90},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005854500830090},
isbn={978-989-758-166-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Workshop on domAin specific Model-based AppRoaches to vErificaTion and validaTiOn - Volume 1: AMARETTO, (MODELSWARD 2016)
TI - Reducing the Complexity of Checking the Existence and Derivation of Adaptive Synchronizing Experiments for Nondeterministic FSMs
SN - 978-989-758-166-3
AU - Kushik N.
AU - Kushik N.
AU - Yevtushenko N.
AU - Yevtushenko N.
AU - Yenigun H.
AU - Yenigun H.
PY - 2016
SP - 83
EP - 90
DO - 10.5220/0005854500830090