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Testing and refinement for nondeterministic and probabilistic processes

  • Bengt Jonsson
  • , Chris Ho-Stuart
  • , Wang Yi
  • Uppsala University
  • Queensland University of Technology

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Abstract

Transition systems are a basic semantic model for formal description, specification, and analysis of concurrent and distributed systems. In order to describe and analyze aspects of reliability, such as the likelihood of trace and failure, this model has been extended in various ways to handle probabilistic behavior. To use these models for specification and stepwise development of systems, it is important to develop appropriate refinement preorders. In the paper, we develop refinement preorders based on a framework of testing for a model that represents both nondeterministic and probabilistic choices as independent concepts [YL92]. Our main contribution is a notion of reward testing, and a denotational characterization of a testing preorder, which corresponds to a natural probabilistic extension of the trace model [Hoa85].

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFormal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems - 3rd International Symposium Organized Jointly with the Working Group Provably Correct Systems - ProCoS, Proceedings
EditorsHans Langmaack, Willem-Paul de Roever, Jan Vytopil, Jan Vytopil
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages418-430
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783540584681
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Symposium on Formal Techniques in Real Time and Fault Tolerance Organized Jointly with Working Group Provably Correct Systems, ProCoS 1994 - Lubeck, Germany
Duration: 19 Sep 199423 Sep 1994

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume863 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Symposium on Formal Techniques in Real Time and Fault Tolerance Organized Jointly with Working Group Provably Correct Systems, ProCoS 1994
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityLubeck
Period19/09/9423/09/94

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