Comparative branching-time semantics for Markov chains

Christel Baier; Holger Hermanns; Joost-Pieter Katoen; Verena Wolf

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-45187-7_32

Comparative branching-time semantics for Markov chains

Christel Baier, Holger Hermanns, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Verena Wolf

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This paper presents various semantics in the branching-time spectrum of discrete-time and continuous-time Markov chains (DTMCs and CTMCs). Strong and weak bisimulation equivalence and simulation pre-orders are covered and are logically characterised in terms of the temporal logics PCTL and CSL. Apart from presenting various existing branching-time relations in a uniform manner, our contributions are: (i) weak simulation for DTMCs is defined, (ii) weak bisimulation equivalence is shown to coincide with weak simulation equivalence, (iii) logical characterisation of weak (bi)simulations are provided, and (iv) a classification of branching-time relations is presented, elucidating the semantics of DTMCs, CTMCs and their interrelation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CONCUR 2003 - Concurrency Theory
Subtitle of host publication	14th International Conference, Marseille, France, September 3-5, 2003. Proceedings
Editors	Roberto Amadio, Denis Lugiez
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	492-507
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-45187-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-40753-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45187-7_32
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	14th International Conference on Concurrency Theory, CONCUR 2003 - Marseille, France Duration: 3 Sep 2003 → 5 Sep 2003 Conference number: 14

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	2761
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Concurrency Theory, CONCUR 2003
Abbreviated title	CONCUR
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	3/09/03 → 5/09/03

Keywords

FMT-FMPA: FORMAL METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
FMT-MC: MODEL CHECKING
FMT-PM: PROBABILISTIC METHODS

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Baier, C., Hermanns, H., Katoen, J-P., & Wolf, V. (2003). Comparative branching-time semantics for Markov chains. In R. Amadio, & D. Lugiez (Eds.), CONCUR 2003 - Concurrency Theory: 14th International Conference, Marseille, France, September 3-5, 2003. Proceedings (pp. 492-507). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 2761). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45187-7_32

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Baier, C, Hermanns, H, Katoen, J-P & Wolf, V 2003, Comparative branching-time semantics for Markov chains. in R Amadio & D Lugiez (eds), CONCUR 2003 - Concurrency Theory: 14th International Conference, Marseille, France, September 3-5, 2003. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2761, Springer, Berlin, pp. 492-507, 14th International Conference on Concurrency Theory, CONCUR 2003, Marseille, France, 3/09/03. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45187-7_32

Comparative branching-time semantics for Markov chains. / Baier, Christel; Hermanns, Holger; Katoen, Joost-Pieter; Wolf, Verena.

CONCUR 2003 - Concurrency Theory: 14th International Conference, Marseille, France, September 3-5, 2003. Proceedings. ed. / Roberto Amadio; Denis Lugiez. Berlin : Springer, 2003. p. 492-507 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 2761).

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