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* doc/org/tut04.org: This tests equivalence, not equality.
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#+TITLE: Testing the equivalence of two formulas
#+DESCRIPTION: Code example for testing the equivalence of two LTL or PSL formulas
#+SETUPFILE: setup.org
#+HTML_LINK_UP: tut.html
This page shows how to test whether two LTL/PSL formulas are
equivalent, i.e., if they denote the same languages.
* Shell
Using a =ltlfilt= you can use =--equivalent-to=f= to filter a list of
LTL formula and retain only those equivalent to =f=. So this gives an easy
way to test the equivalence of two formulas:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results verbatim :exports both
ltlfilt -f '(a U b) U a' --equivalent-to 'b U a'
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: (a U b) U a
Since the input formula was output, it means it is equivalent to =b U
a=. You may want to add =-c= to count the number of formula output if
you prefer a 1/0 answer:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results verbatim :exports both
ltlfilt -c -f '(a U b) U a' --equivalent-to 'b U a'
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: 1
Or use =-q= if you only care about the exit status of =ltlfilt=: the
exist status is =0= if some formula matched, and =1= if no formula
matched. (The effect of these =-c= and =-q= options should be
familiar to =grep= users.)
* Python
In Python, we can test this via a =language_containment_checker=
object:
#+BEGIN_SRC python :results output :exports both
import spot
f = spot.formula("(a U b) U a")
g = spot.formula("b U a")
c = spot.language_containment_checker()
print("Equivalent" if c.equal(f, g) else "Not equivalent")
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: Equivalent
The equivalence check is done by converting the formulas $f$ and $g$
and their negation into four automata $A_f$, $A_{\lnot f}$, $A_g$, and
$A_{\lnot g}$, and then making sure that $A_f\otimes A_{\lnot g}$ and
$A_g\otimes A_{\lnot f}$ are empty.
We could also write this check by doing [[file:tut10.org][the translation]] and emptiness
check ourselves. For instance:
#+BEGIN_SRC python :results output :exports both
import spot
def implies(f, g):
a_f = f.translate()
a_ng = spot.formula_Not(g).translate()
return spot.product(a_f, a_ng).is_empty()
def equiv(f, g):
return implies(f, g) and implies(g, f)
f = spot.formula("(a U b) U a")
g = spot.formula("b U a")
print("Equivalent" if equiv(f, g) else "Not equivalent")
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: Equivalent
The =language_containment_checker= object essentially performs the
same work, but it also implements a cache to avoid translating the
same formulas multiple times when it is used to test multiple
equivalences.
* C++
Here is a C++ translation of the first Python example.
#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results verbatim :exports both
#include <iostream>
#include <spot/tl/parse.hh>
#include <spot/tl/contain.hh>
int main()
{
spot::formula f = spot::parse_formula("(a U b) U a");
spot::formula g = spot::parse_formula("b U a");
spot::language_containment_checker c;
std::cout << (c.equal(f, g) ? "Equivalent\n" : "Not equivalent\n");
}
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: Equivalent