Hybrid Spatiotemporal Logic for Automotive Applications: Modeling and Model-Checking

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Main Authors: Tulcan, Radu-Florin, Bohrer, Rose, Montacute, Yoàv, Zhou, Kevin, Kawamoto, Yusuke, Hasuo, Ichiro
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Published: 2026
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author Tulcan, Radu-Florin
Bohrer, Rose
Montacute, Yoàv
Zhou, Kevin
Kawamoto, Yusuke
Hasuo, Ichiro
author_facet Tulcan, Radu-Florin
Bohrer, Rose
Montacute, Yoàv
Zhou, Kevin
Kawamoto, Yusuke
Hasuo, Ichiro
contents We introduce a hybrid spatiotemporal logic for automotive safety applications (HSTL), focused on highway driving. Spatiotemporal logic features specifications about vehicles throughout space and time, while hybrid logic enables precise references to individual vehicles and their historical positions. We define the semantics of HSTL and provide a baseline model-checking algorithm for it. We propose two optimized model-checking algorithms, which reduce the search space based on the reachable states and possible transitions from one state to another. All three model-checking algorithms are evaluated on a series of common driving scenarios such as safe following, safe crossings, overtaking, and platooning. An exponential performance improvement is observed for the optimized algorithms.
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spellingShingle Hybrid Spatiotemporal Logic for Automotive Applications: Modeling and Model-Checking
Tulcan, Radu-Florin
Bohrer, Rose
Montacute, Yoàv
Zhou, Kevin
Kawamoto, Yusuke
Hasuo, Ichiro
Logic in Computer Science
We introduce a hybrid spatiotemporal logic for automotive safety applications (HSTL), focused on highway driving. Spatiotemporal logic features specifications about vehicles throughout space and time, while hybrid logic enables precise references to individual vehicles and their historical positions. We define the semantics of HSTL and provide a baseline model-checking algorithm for it. We propose two optimized model-checking algorithms, which reduce the search space based on the reachable states and possible transitions from one state to another. All three model-checking algorithms are evaluated on a series of common driving scenarios such as safe following, safe crossings, overtaking, and platooning. An exponential performance improvement is observed for the optimized algorithms.
title Hybrid Spatiotemporal Logic for Automotive Applications: Modeling and Model-Checking
topic Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24443