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Verifying automata specifications of probabilistic real-time systems

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Real-Time: Theory in Practice (REX 1991)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 600))

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We present a model-checking algorithm for a system presented as a generalized semi-Markov process and a specification given as a deterministic timed automaton. This leads to a method for automatic verification of timing properties of finite-state probabilistic real-time systems.

Supported by ESPRIT BRA project SPEC.

Supported by the NSF under grant MIP-8858807.

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J. W. de Bakker C. Huizing W. P. de Roever G. Rozenberg

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Alur, R., Courcoubetis, C., Dill, D. (1992). Verifying automata specifications of probabilistic real-time systems. In: de Bakker, J.W., Huizing, C., de Roever, W.P., Rozenberg, G. (eds) Real-Time: Theory in Practice. REX 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 600. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0031986

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