spot/spot/twaalgos/ltl2tgba_fm.hh

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#pragma once

#include <spot/tl/formula.hh>
#include <spot/twa/twagraph.hh>
#include <spot/tl/apcollect.hh>
#include <spot/tl/simplify.hh>

namespace spot
{
  /// \ingroup twa_ltl
  /// \brief Build a spot::twa_graph_ptr from an LTL formula.
  ///
  /// This is based on the following paper.
  /** \verbatim
      @InProceedings{couvreur.99.fm,
        author    = {Jean-Michel Couvreur},
        title     = {On-the-fly Verification of Temporal Logic},
        pages     = {253--271},
        editor          = {Jeannette M. Wing and Jim Woodcock and Jim Davies},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the World Congress on Formal Methods in the
                           Development of Computing Systems (FM'99)},
        publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
        series          = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
        volume          = {1708},
        year      = {1999},
        address          = {Toulouse, France},
        month          = {September},
        isbn      = {3-540-66587-0}
      }
      \endverbatim */
  ///
  /// \param f The formula to translate into an automaton.
  ///
  /// \param dict The spot::bdd_dict the constructed automata should use.
  ///
  /// \param exprop When set, the algorithm will consider all properties
  /// combinations possible on each state, in an attempt to reduce
  /// the non-determinism.  The automaton will have the same size as
  /// without this option, but because the transition will be more
  /// deterministic, the product automaton will be smaller (or, at worse,
  /// equal).
  ///
  /// \param symb_merge When false, states with the same symbolic
  /// representation (these are equivalent formulae) will not be
  /// merged.
  ///
  /// \param branching_postponement When set, several transitions leaving
  /// from the same state with the same label (i.e., condition + acceptance
  /// conditions) will be merged.  This correspond to an optimization
  /// described in the following paper.
  /** \verbatim
      @InProceedings{          sebastiani.03.charme,
        author    = {Roberto Sebastiani and Stefano Tonetta},
        title     = {"More Deterministic" vs. "Smaller" B{\"u}chi Automata for
                           Efficient LTL Model Checking},
        booktitle = {Proceedings for the 12th Advanced Research Working
                       Conference on Correct Hardware Design and Verification
                       Methods (CHARME'03)},
        pages     = {126--140},
        year      = {2003},
        editor          = {G. Goos and J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen},
        volume          = {2860},
        series          = {Lectures Notes in Computer Science},
        month     = {October},
        publisher = {Springer-Verlag}
      }
      \endverbatim */
  ///
  /// \param fair_loop_approx When set, a really simple characterization of
  /// unstable state is used to suppress all acceptance conditions from
  /// incoming transitions.
  ///
  /// \param unobs When non-zero, the atomic propositions in the LTL formula
  /// are interpreted as events that exclude each other.  The events in the
  /// formula are observable events, and \c unobs can be filled with
  /// additional unobservable events.
  ///
  /// \param simplifier If this parameter is set, the LTL formulae
  /// representing each state of the automaton will be simplified
  /// before computing the successor.  \a simpl should be configured
  /// for the type of reduction you want, see
  /// spot::tl_simplifier.  This idea is taken from the
  /// following paper.
  /** \verbatim
      @InProceedings{          thirioux.02.fmics,
        author    = {Xavier Thirioux},
        title     = {Simple and Efficient Translation from {LTL} Formulas to
                       {B\"u}chi Automata},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th International ERCIM Workshop in
                     Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS'02)},
        series    = {Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science},
        volume    = {66(2)},
        publisher = {Elsevier},
        editor    = {Rance Cleaveland and Hubert Garavel},
        year      = {2002},
        month     = jul,
        address   = {M{\'a}laga, Spain}
      }
      \endverbatim */
  ///
  /// \param unambiguous When true, unambigous TGBA will be produced using
  /// the trick described in the following paper.
  /** \verbatim
      @InProceedings{          benedikt.13.tacas,
        author    = {Michael Benedikt and Rastislav Lenhardt and James
                       Worrell},
        title     = {{LTL} Model Checking of Interval Markov Chains},
        booktitle = {19th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for
                           the Construction and Analysis of Systems (TACAS'13)},
        year      = {2013},
        pages     = {32--46},
        series    = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
        volume    = {7795},
        editor    = {Nir Piterman and Scott A. Smolka},
        publisher = {Springer}
      }
      \endverbatim */
  ///
  /// \return A spot::twa_graph that recognizes the language of \a f.
  SPOT_API twa_graph_ptr
  ltl_to_tgba_fm(formula f, const bdd_dict_ptr& dict,
                 bool exprop = false, bool symb_merge = true,
                 bool branching_postponement = false,
                 bool fair_loop_approx = false,
                 const atomic_prop_set* unobs = nullptr,
                 tl_simplifier* simplifier = nullptr,
                 bool unambiguous = false);
}