pbesparelm

The purpose of this tool is to find those parameters in parameterised Boolean equation sytems that do not affect the solution, and remove those in a similar fashion as lpsparelm.

Example:

\[\begin{split}\begin{array}{l} \nu V(n{:}\mathbb{N}, b{:}\mathbb{B}) = (b \Rightarrow V(n + 1, b)) \land W(n, b)\\ \mu W(n{:}\mathbb{N}, b{:}\mathbb{B}) = b \lor (b \land W(n+1, b))\\ ~\\ \mathbf{init}\ V(0,\mathit{true}) \end{array}\end{split}\]

Instantiation of this PBES using tools such as pbes2bool or pbessolve does not terminate. However, in this PBES, parameter \(n\) of both equations is redundant (it does not appear positively in any equation), and can be removed. The resulting PBES will be:

\[\begin{split}\begin{array}{l} \nu V(b{:}\mathbb{B}) = (b \Rightarrow V(b)) \land W(b)\\ \mu W(b{:}\mathbb{B}) = b \lor (b \land W(b))\\ ~\\ \mathbf{init}\ V(0,\mathit{true}) \end{array}\end{split}\]

The algorithm underlying the tool is described in detail in [OWW09].

Manual page for pbesparelm

Usage

pbesparelm   [OPTION]... [INFILE [OUTFILE]]

Description

Reads a file containing a PBES, and applies parameter elimination to it. If OUTFILE is not present, standard output is used. If INFILE is not present, standard input is used.

Command line options

-iFORMAT , --in=FORMAT

use input format FORMAT:

bes

BES in internal format

pbes

PBES in internal format

pgsolver

BES in PGSolver format

text

PBES in textual (mCRL2) format

-oFORMAT , --out=FORMAT

use output format FORMAT:

bes

BES in internal format

pbes

PBES in internal format

pgsolver

BES in PGSolver format

text

PBES in textual (mCRL2) format

--timings[=FILE]

append timing measurements to FILE. Measurements are written to standard error if no FILE is provided

Standard options

-q , --quiet

do not display warning messages

-v , --verbose

display short intermediate messages

-d , --debug

display detailed intermediate messages

--log-level=LEVEL

display intermediate messages up to and including level

-h , --help

display help information

--version

display version information

--help-all

display help information, including hidden and experimental options

Author

Wieger Wesselink; Simon Janssen and Tim Willemse