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A library for manipulating and evaluating metric temporal logic.
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# About
Python library for working with Metric Temporal Logic (MTL). Metric
Temporal Logic is an extension of Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) for
specifying properties over time series (See [Alur][1]). Some practical examples are
given in the usage.
# Installation
`$ pip install metric-temporal-logic`
# Usage
To begin, we import `mtl`.
```python
import mtl
```
## Propositional logic (using parse api)
```python
# - Lowercase strings denote atomic predicates.
phi0 = mtl.parse('atomicpred')
# - Binary operators need to be surrounded by parens.
phi1 = mtl.parse('((a & b & c) | d | e)')
phi2 = mtl.parse('(a -> b) & (~a -> c)')
phi3 = mtl.parse('(a -> b -> c)')
phi4 = mtl.parse('(a <-> b <-> c)')
phi5 = mtl.parse('(x ^ y ^ z)')
# - Unary operators (negation)
phi6 = mtl.parse('~a')
phi7 = mtl.parse('~(a)')
```
## Propositional logic (using python syntax)
```python
a, b = mtl.parse('a'), mtl.parse('b')
phi0 = ~a
phi1 = a & b
phi2 = a | b
# TODO: add
phi3 = a ^ b
phi4 = a.iff(b)
phi5 = a.implies(b)
```
## Modal Logic (parser api)
```python
# Eventually `x` will hold.
phi1 = mtl.parse('F x')
# `x & y` will always hold.
phi2 = mtl.parse('G(x & y)')
# `x` holds until `y` holds.
# Note that since `U` is binary, it requires parens.
phi3 = mtl.parse('(x U y)')
# Whenever `x` holds, then `y` holds in the next two time units.
phi4 = mtl.parse('G(x -> F[0, 2] y)')
# We also support timed until.
phi5 = mtl.parse('(a U[0, 2] b)')
# Finally, if time is discretized, we also support the next operator.
# Thus, LTL can also be modeled.
# `a` holds in two time steps.
phi6 = mtl.parse('XX a')
```
[1]: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/BFb0031988