Using stochastic state classes in quantitative evaluation of dense-time reactive systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 703-719

  Vicario, Enrico ^a   Sassoli, Luigi ^a   Carnevali, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correctness verification; Dense time state space analysis; Difference Bounds Matrix; Markov Renewal Theory; Non Markovian Stochastic Petri Nets; Performance and dependability evaluation; Stochastic Time Petri nets

Indexed keywords

DENSE-TIME; DEPENDABILITY EVALUATION; MARKOV RENEWAL THEORY; MATRIX; NON-MARKOVIAN; STATE-SPACE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PETRI NETS; TIME PETRI NETS;

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; GRAPH THEORY; PETRI NETS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SET THEORY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 73449145954     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2009.36     Document Type: Article

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