# LTL to Deterministic Emerson-Lei Automata

@inproceedings{Mller2017LTLTD,
title={LTL to Deterministic Emerson-Lei Automata},
author={David M{\"u}ller and Salomon Sickert},
booktitle={GandALF},
year={2017}
}
• Published in GandALF 7 September 2017
• Computer Science
We introduce a new translation from linear temporal logic (LTL) to deterministic Emerson-Lei automata, which are omega-automata with a Muller acceptance condition symbolically expressed as a Boolean formula. The richer acceptance condition structure allows the shift of complexity from the state space to the acceptance condition. Conceptually the construction is an enhanced product construction that exploits knowledge of its components to reduce the number of states. We identify two fragments of…

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