Polynomial Precise Interval Analysis Revisited

  • Authors:
  • Thomas Gawlitza;Jérôme Leroux;Jan Reineke;Helmut Seidl;Grégoire Sutre;Reinhard Wilhelm

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut für Informatik, I2, TU München, München, Germany 80333;LaBRI, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Talence Cedex, France 33405;Universität des Saarlandes, Germany;Institut für Informatik, I2, TU München, München, Germany 80333;LaBRI, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Talence Cedex, France 33405;Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Efficient Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We consider a class of arithmetic equations over the complete lattice of integers (extended with -驴 and 驴) and provide a polynomial time algorithm for computing least solutions. For systems of equations with addition and least upper bounds, this algorithm is a smooth generalization of the Bellman-Ford algorithm for computing the single source shortest path in presence of positive and negative edge weights. The method then is extended to deal with more general forms of operations as well as minima with constants. For the latter, a controlled widening is applied at loops where unbounded increase occurs. We apply this algorithm to construct a cubic time algorithm for the class of interval equations using least upper bounds, addition, intersection with constant intervals as well as multiplication.