Causality-Based Game Solving

Baier, Christel and Coenen, Norine and Finkbeiner, Bernd and Funke, Florian and Jantsch, Simon and Siber, Julian
(2021) Causality-Based Game Solving.
In: 33rd International Conference, CAV 2021, July 20–23, 2021, Virtual Event.
Conference: CAV Computer Aided Verification

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81685-8_42

Abstract

We present a causality-based algorithm for solving two-player reachability games represented by logical constraints. These games are a useful formalism to model a wide array of problems arising, e.g., in program synthesis. Our technique for solving these games is based on the notion of subgoals, which are slices of the game that the reachability player necessarily needs to pass through in order to reach the goal. We use Craig interpolation to identify these necessary sets of moves and recursively slice the game along these subgoals. Our approach allows us to infer winning strategies that are structured along the subgoals. If the game is won by the reachability player, this is a strategy that progresses through the subgoals towards the final goal; if the game is won by the safety player, it is a permissive strategy that completely avoids a single subgoal. We evaluate our prototype implementation on a range of different games. On multiple benchmark families, our prototype scales dramatically better than previously available tools.

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