State-density functions over DBM domains in the analysis of non-Markovian models

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 178-194

  Carnevali, Laura ^a   Grassi, Leonardo ^a   Vicario, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Approximate state space representation; Bernstein polynomials; Correctness verification; Dense time state space analysis; Density function approximation; Difference Bounds Matrix; Markov Renewal Theory; Performance and dependability; Quantitative evaluation; Stochastic Time Petri nets

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE STATE-SPACE REPRESENTATION; BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIALS; CORRECTNESS VERIFICATION; DENSE-TIME STATE-SPACE ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTION APPROXIMATION; DIFFERENCE BOUNDS MATRIX; MARKOV RENEWAL THEORY; PERFORMANCE AND DEPENDABILITY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; STOCHASTIC TIME PETRI NETS;

AMBER; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GRAPH THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; PETRI NETS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 67349135044     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2008.101     Document Type: Article

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