JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 12(5): 482-498, doi: 10.3217/jucs-012-05-0482
On-line Monitoring of Metric Temporal Logic with Time-Series Constraints Using Alternating Finite Automata
expand article infoDoron Drusinsky‡
‡ Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, United States of America

Corresponding author: Doron Drusinsky ( ddrusins@nps.edu )

© Doron Drusinsky.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Drusinsky D (2006) On-line Monitoring of Metric Temporal Logic with Time-Series Constraints Using Alternating Finite Automata. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 12(5): 482-498. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-012-05-0482
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Abstract
In this paper we describe a technique for monitoring and checking temporal logic assertions augmented with real-time and time-series constraints, or Metric Temporal Logic Series (MTLS). The method is based on Remote Execution and Monitoring (REM) of temporal logic assertions. We describe the syntax and semantics of MTLS and a monitoring technique based on alternating finite automata that is efficient for a large set of frequently used formulae and is also an on-line technique. We investigate the run-time data-structure size for several interesting assertions taken from the Kansas State specification patterns.
Keywords
formal specification, temporal logic, run-time monitoring, run-time verification, alternating automata, time series, assertions, reactive systems