Theory Equivalence_Checking

section ‹Deciding Regular Expression Equivalence›

theory Equivalence_Checking
imports
  NDerivative
  "HOL-Library.While_Combinator"
begin


subsection ‹Bisimulation between languages and regular expressions›

coinductive bisimilar :: "'a lang  'a lang  bool" where
"([]  K  []  L) 
  (x. bisimilar (Deriv x K) (Deriv x L))
  bisimilar K L"

lemma equal_if_bisimilar:
assumes "bisimilar K L" shows "K = L"
proof (rule set_eqI)
  fix w
  from bisimilar K L show "w  K  w  L"
  proof (induct w arbitrary: K L)
    case Nil thus ?case by (auto elim: bisimilar.cases)
  next
    case (Cons a w K L)
    from bisimilar K L have "bisimilar (Deriv a K) (Deriv a L)"
      by (auto elim: bisimilar.cases)
    then have "w  Deriv a K  w  Deriv a L" by (rule Cons(1))
    thus ?case by (auto simp: Deriv_def)
  qed
qed

lemma language_coinduct:
fixes R (infixl "" 50)
assumes "K  L"
assumes "K L. K  L  ([]  K  []  L)"
assumes "K L x. K  L  Deriv x K  Deriv x L"
shows "K = L"
apply (rule equal_if_bisimilar)
apply (rule bisimilar.coinduct[of R, OF K  L])
apply (auto simp: assms)
done

type_synonym 'a rexp_pair = "'a rexp * 'a rexp"
type_synonym 'a rexp_pairs = "'a rexp_pair list"

definition is_bisimulation ::  "'a::order list  'a rexp_pair set  bool"
where
"is_bisimulation as R =
  ((r,s) R. (atoms r  atoms s  set as)  (nullable r  nullable s) 
    (aset as. (nderiv a r, nderiv a s)  R))"

lemma bisim_lang_eq:
assumes bisim: "is_bisimulation as ps"
assumes "(r, s)  ps"
shows "lang r = lang s"
proof -
  define ps' where "ps' = insert (Zero, Zero) ps"
  from bisim have bisim': "is_bisimulation as ps'"
    by (auto simp: ps'_def is_bisimulation_def)
  let ?R = "λK L. ((r,s)ps'. K = lang r  L = lang s)"
  show ?thesis
  proof (rule language_coinduct[where R="?R"])
    from (r, s)  ps 
    have "(r, s)  ps'" by (auto simp: ps'_def)
    thus "?R (lang r) (lang s)" by auto
  next
    fix K L assume "?R K L"
    then obtain r s where rs: "(r, s)  ps'"
      and KL: "K = lang r" "L = lang s" by auto
    with bisim' have "nullable r  nullable s"
      by (auto simp: is_bisimulation_def)
    thus "[]  K  []  L" by (auto simp: nullable_iff KL)
    fix a
    show "?R (Deriv a K) (Deriv a L)"
    proof cases
      assume "a  set as"
      with rs bisim'
      have "(nderiv a r, nderiv a s)  ps'"
        by (auto simp: is_bisimulation_def)
      thus ?thesis by (force simp: KL lang_nderiv)
    next
      assume "a  set as"
      with bisim' rs
      have "a  atoms r" "a  atoms s" by (auto simp: is_bisimulation_def)
      then have "nderiv a r = Zero" "nderiv a s = Zero"
        by (auto intro: deriv_no_occurrence)
      then have "Deriv a K = lang Zero" 
        "Deriv a L = lang Zero" 
        unfolding KL lang_nderiv[symmetric] by auto
      thus ?thesis by (auto simp: ps'_def)
    qed
  qed  
qed

subsection ‹Closure computation›

definition closure ::
  "'a::order list  'a rexp_pair  ('a rexp_pairs * 'a rexp_pair set) option"
where
"closure as = rtrancl_while (%(r,s). nullable r = nullable s)
  (%(r,s). map (λa. (nderiv a r, nderiv a s)) as)"

definition pre_bisim :: "'a::order list  'a rexp  'a rexp 
 'a rexp_pairs * 'a rexp_pair set  bool"
where
"pre_bisim as r s = (λ(ws,R).
 (r,s)  R  set ws  R 
 ((r,s) R. atoms r  atoms s  set as) 
 ((r,s) R - set ws. (nullable r  nullable s) 
   (aset as. (nderiv a r, nderiv a s)  R)))"

theorem closure_sound:
assumes result: "closure as (r,s) = Some([],R)"
and atoms: "atoms r  atoms s  set as"
shows "lang r = lang s"
proof-
  let ?test = "While_Combinator.rtrancl_while_test (%(r,s). nullable r = nullable s)"
  let ?step = "While_Combinator.rtrancl_while_step (%(r,s). map (λa. (nderiv a r, nderiv a s)) as)"
  { fix st assume inv: "pre_bisim as r s st" and test: "?test st"
    have "pre_bisim as r s (?step st)"
    proof (cases st)
      fix ws R assume "st = (ws, R)"
      with test obtain r s t where st: "st = ((r, s) # t, R)" and "nullable r = nullable s"
        by (cases ws) auto
      with inv show ?thesis using atoms_nderiv[of _ r] atoms_nderiv[of _ s]
        unfolding st rtrancl_while_test.simps rtrancl_while_step.simps pre_bisim_def Ball_def
        by simp_all blast+
    qed
 }
  moreover
  from atoms
  have "pre_bisim as r s ([(r,s)],{(r,s)})" by (simp add: pre_bisim_def)
  ultimately have pre_bisim_ps: "pre_bisim as r s ([],R)"
    by (rule while_option_rule[OF _ result[unfolded closure_def rtrancl_while_def]])
  then have "is_bisimulation as R" "(r, s)  R"
    by (auto simp: pre_bisim_def is_bisimulation_def)
  thus "lang r = lang s" by (rule bisim_lang_eq)
qed

subsection ‹Bisimulation-free proof of closure computation›

text‹The equivalence check can be viewed as the product construction
of two automata. The state space is the reflexive transitive closure of
the pair of next-state functions, i.e. derivatives.›

lemma rtrancl_nderiv_nderivs: defines "nderivs == foldl (%r a. nderiv a r)"
shows "{((r,s),(nderiv a r,nderiv a s))| r s a. a : A}^* =
       {((r,s),(nderivs r w,nderivs s w))| r s w. w : lists A}" (is "?L = ?R")
proof-
  note [simp] = nderivs_def
  { fix r s r' s'
    have "((r,s),(r',s')) : ?L  ((r,s),(r',s')) : ?R"
    proof(induction rule: converse_rtrancl_induct2)
      case refl show ?case by (force intro!: foldl.simps(1)[symmetric])
    next
      case step thus ?case by(force intro!: foldl.simps(2)[symmetric])
    qed
  } moreover
  { fix r s r' s'
    { fix w have "xset w. x  A  ((r, s), nderivs r w, nderivs s w) :?L"
      proof(induction w rule: rev_induct)
        case Nil show ?case by simp
      next
        case snoc thus ?case by (auto elim!: rtrancl_into_rtrancl)
      qed
    } 
    hence "((r,s),(r',s')) : ?R  ((r,s),(r',s')) : ?L" by auto
  } ultimately show ?thesis by (auto simp: in_lists_conv_set) blast
qed

lemma nullable_nderivs:
  "nullable (foldl (%r a. nderiv a r) r w) = (w : lang r)"
by (induct w arbitrary: r) (simp_all add: nullable_iff lang_nderiv Deriv_def)

theorem closure_sound_complete:
assumes result: "closure as (r,s) = Some(ws,R)"
and atoms: "set as = atoms r  atoms s"
shows "ws = []  lang r = lang s"
proof -
  have leq: "(lang r = lang s) =
  ((r',s')  {((r0,s0),(nderiv a r0,nderiv a s0))| r0 s0 a. a : set as}^* `` {(r,s)}.
    nullable r' = nullable s')"
    by(simp add: atoms rtrancl_nderiv_nderivs Ball_def lang_eq_ext imp_ex nullable_nderivs
         del:Un_iff)
  have "{(x,y). y  set ((λ(p,q). map (λa. (nderiv a p, nderiv a q)) as) x)} =
    {((r,s), nderiv a r, nderiv a s) |r s a. a  set as}"
    by auto
  with atoms rtrancl_while_Some[OF result[unfolded closure_def]]
  show ?thesis by (auto simp add: leq Ball_def split: if_splits)
qed

subsection ‹The overall procedure›

primrec add_atoms :: "'a rexp  'a list  'a list"
where
  "add_atoms Zero = id"
| "add_atoms One = id"
| "add_atoms (Atom a) = List.insert a"
| "add_atoms (Plus r s) = add_atoms s o add_atoms r"
| "add_atoms (Times r s) = add_atoms s o add_atoms r"
| "add_atoms (Star r) = add_atoms r"

lemma set_add_atoms: "set (add_atoms r as) = atoms r  set as"
by (induct r arbitrary: as) auto


definition check_eqv :: "nat rexp  nat rexp  bool" where
"check_eqv r s =
  (let nr = norm r; ns = norm s; as = add_atoms nr (add_atoms ns [])
   in case closure as (nr, ns) of
     Some([],_)  True | _  False)"

lemma soundness: 
assumes "check_eqv r s" shows "lang r = lang s"
proof -
  let ?nr = "norm r" let ?ns = "norm s"
  let ?as = "add_atoms ?nr (add_atoms ?ns [])"
  obtain R where 1: "closure ?as (?nr,?ns) = Some([],R)"
    using assms by (auto simp: check_eqv_def Let_def split:option.splits list.splits)
  then have "lang (norm r) = lang (norm s)"
    by (rule closure_sound) (auto simp: set_add_atoms dest!: subsetD[OF atoms_norm])
  thus "lang r = lang s" by simp
qed

text‹Test:›
lemma "check_eqv (Plus One (Times (Atom 0) (Star(Atom 0)))) (Star(Atom 0))"
by eval

end