Recursive parametric automata and ε-removal

Abstract

This work is motivated by and arose from the parametric verification of communication protocols over unbounded channels, where the channel capacity is the parameter. Verification required the use of finite state automata (FSA) reduction, including ε-removal, for a specific infinite family of FSA. This paper generalises this work by introducing Recursive Parametric FSA (RP-FSA), an infinite family of FSA that can be represented recursively in a single parameter. Further, the paper states and proves a necessary and sufficient condition regarding the transformation of a RP-FSA to its language equivalent ε-removed family of FSA that is also a RP-FSA in the same parameter. This condition also guarantees a further structural property regarding the RP-FSA and its ε-removed family. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.