Vector Addition Tree Automata

  • Authors:
  • Philippe de Groote;Bruno Guillaume;Sylvain Salvati

  • Affiliations:
  • INRIA, France;INRIA, France;INRIA, France

  • Venue:
  • LICS '04 Proceedings of the 19th Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We introduce a new class of automata, which we call vector addition tree automata. These automata are a natural generalization of vector addition systems with states, which are themselves equivalent to Petri nets. Then, we prove that the decidability of provability inmultiplicative exponential linear logic (which is an open problem)is equivalent to the decidability of the reachability relation for vector addition tree automata. This result generalizes the well-known connection existingbetween Petri nets and the !-Horn fragment of multiplicative exponential linear logic.