Quantitative Analysis With the Probabilistic Model Checker PRISM

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 153, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 5-31

  Kwiatkowska, Marta ^a   Norman, Gethin ^a   Parker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic verification; dependability; Markov models; performability; probabilistic model checking; reliability; temporal logic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION; PERFORMABILITY; PROBABILISTIC MODEL CHECKING; TEMPORAL LOGIC;

PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

EID: 33646404908     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2005.10.030     Document Type: Article

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