A comparison of succinctly represented finite-state systems
CONCUR'12 Proceedings of the 23rd international conference on Concurrency Theory
TACAS'13 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
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Hierarchical graph definitions allow a modular description of graphs using modules for the specification of repeated substructures. Beside this modularity, hierarchical graph definitions also allow to specify graphs of exponential size using polynomial size descriptions. In many cases, this succinctness increases the computational complexity of decision problems. In this paper, the model-checking problem for the modal μ-calculus and (monadic) least fixpoint logic on hierarchically defined input graphs is investigated. In order to analyze the modal μ-calculus, parity games on hierarchically defined input graphs are investigated. Precise upper and lower complexity bounds are derived. A restriction on hierarchical graph definitions that leads to more efficient model-checking algorithms is presented.