%0 Journal Article
%@ 0004-5411
%A De Nicola, Rocco
%A Vaandrager, Frits W.
%D 1995
%F eprints:365
%I ACM
%J J. ACM
%K CTL*, Hennessy-Milner logic, Kripke structures, backward modalities, branching bisimulation equivalence, concurrency, doubly labeled transition systems, labeled transition systems, reactive systems, semantics, stuttering equivalence, until operations
%N 2
%P 458-487
%T Three Logics for Branching Bisimulation
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/365/
%V 42
%X Three temporal logics are introduced that induce on labeled transition systems the same identifications as branching bisimulation, a behavioral equivalence that aims at ignoring invisible transitions while preserving the branching structure of systems. The first logic is an extension of Hennessy-Milner Logic with an “until” operator. The second one is another extension of Hennessy-Milner Logic, which exploits the power of backward modalities. The third logic is CTL* without the next-time operator. A relevant side-effect of the last characterization is that it sets a bridge between the state- and action-based approaches to the semantics of concurrent systems.
%Z ACM id: 201032