Enabling Preserving Bisimulation Equivalence

Rob van Glabbeek, Peter Höfner, Weiyou Wang

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Abstract / Description of output

Most fairness assumptions used for verifying liveness properties are criticised for being too strong or unrealistic. On the other hand, justness, arguably the minimal fairness assumption required for the verification of liveness properties, is not preserved by classical semantic equivalences, such as strong bisimilarity. To overcome this deficiency, we introduce a finer alternative to strong bisimilarity, called enabling preserving bisimilarity. We prove that this equivalence is justness-preserving and a congruence for all standard operators, including parallel composition.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2021)
EditorsSerge Haddad, Daniele Varacca
Place of PublicationDagstuhl, Germany
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
Number of pages20
Volume203
ISBN (Print)978-3-95977-203-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Aug 2021
Event32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory - Online, Paris, France
Duration: 23 Aug 202127 Aug 2021
https://qonfest2021.lacl.fr/concur21.php

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
Volume203
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory
Abbreviated titleCONCUR 2021
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period23/08/2127/08/21
Internet address

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • bisimilarity
  • liveness properties
  • fairness assumptions
  • process algebra

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