Refined Probabilistic Abstraction
Refined Probabilistic Abstraction

Author: Björn Wachter

Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 3832527648

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Computer networks and embedded systems are ubiquitous and critical parts of our daily life. Therefore performance and reliability guarantees for these systems are crucial. To this end, versatile probabilistic modelling and analysis techniques have been developed. However existing probabilistic analysis methods are inherently limited to small systems. This dissertation introduces a new probabilistic analysis method that scales to large and even infinite systems which are far out of reach of previous methods. The key idea is to approximate a given system by a smaller abstraction which is refined automatically until sufficient precision has been achieved. The thesis discusses the various foundational and practical challenges involved in developing this method, as well as its effectiveness in practice.

Abstraction, Refinement and Proof for Probabilistic Systems
Abstraction, Refinement and Proof for Probabilistic Systems

Author: Annabelle McIver

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-10-27

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 038727006X

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Illustrates by example the typical steps necessary in computer science to build a mathematical model of any programming paradigm . Presents results of a large and integrated body of research in the area of 'quantitative' program logics.

Abstraction, Refinement and Proof for Probabilistic Systems
Abstraction, Refinement and Proof for Probabilistic Systems

Author: Annabelle McIver

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780387401157

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Provides an integrated coverage of random/probabilistic algorithms, assertion-based program reasoning, and refinement programming models, providing a focused survey on probabilistic program semantics. This book illustrates, by examples, the typical steps necessary to build a mathematical model of any programming paradigm.

Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation
Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation

Author: Neil D. Jones

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-02-13

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 3540938990

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The book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation, VMCAI 2009, held in Savannah, GA, USA, in January 2009 - co-located with POPL 2009, the 36th Annual Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks and 2 invited tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers address all current issues from the communities of verification, model checking, and abstract interpretation, facilitating interaction, cross-fertilization, and advancement of hybrid methods that combine the three areas.

Software Safety and Security
Software Safety and Security

Author: NATO Emerging Security Challenges Division

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1614990271

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Recent decades have seen major advances in methods and tools for checking the safety and security of software systems. Automatic tools can now detect security flaws not only in programs of the order of a million lines of code, but also in high-level protocol descriptions. There has also been something of a breakthrough in the area of operating system verification. This book presents the lectures from the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Tools for Analysis and Verification of Software Safety and Security; a summer school held at Bayrischzell, Germany, in 2011. This Advanced Study Institute was divided into three integrated modules: Foundations of Safety and Security, Applications of Safety Analysis and Security Analysis. Subjects covered include mechanized game-based proofs of security protocols, formal security proofs, model checking, using and building an automatic program verifier and a hands-on introduction to interactive proofs. Bringing together many leading international experts in the field, this NATO Advanced Study Institute once more proved invaluable in facilitating the connections which will influence the quality of future research and the potential to transfer research into practice. This book will be of interest to all those whose work depends on the safety and security of software systems.

Process Algebra and Probabilistic Methods. Performance Modelling and Verification
Process Algebra and Probabilistic Methods. Performance Modelling and Verification

Author: Luca de Alfaro

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-06-30

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 3540448047

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Process Algebra and Performance Modeling and Probabilistic Methods in Verification, PAPM-PROBMIV 2001, held in Aachen, Germany in September 2001. The 12 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. Among the topics addressed are model representation, model checking, probabilistic systems analysis, refinement, Markov chains, random variables, stochastic timed systems, Max-Plus algebra, process algebra, system modeling, and the Mobius modeling framework.

Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation
Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation

Author: Deepak D'Souza

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-11

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 3662460815

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation, VMCAI 2015, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2015. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics including program verification, model checking, abstract interpretation, abstract domains, program synthesis, static analysis, deductive methods, program certification, error diagnosis, program transformation, and hybrid and cyberphysical systems.

Static Analysis
Static Analysis

Author: Eran Yahav

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 3642237029

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Static Analysis, SAS 2011, held in Venice, Italy, in September 2011. The 22 revised full papers were selected from 67 submissions. Also included in this volume are the abstracts of the invited talks that were given at the symposium by renowned experts in the field. The papers address all aspects of static analysis, including abstract domains, abstract interpretation, abstract testing, data flow analysis, bug detection, program transformation, program verification, security analysis and type checking.

Stochastic Model Checking
Stochastic Model Checking

Author: Anne Remke

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-03

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3662454890

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The use of stochastic models in computer science is wide spread, for instance in performance modeling, analysis of randomized algorithms and communication protocols which form the structure of the Internet. Stochastic model checking is an important field in stochastic analysis. It has rapidly gained popularity, due to its powerful and systematic methods to model and analyze stochastic systems. This book presents 7 tutorial lectures given by leading scientists at the ROCKS Autumn School on Stochastic Model Checking, held in Vahrn, Italy, in October 2012. The 7 chapters of this tutorial went through two rounds of reviewing and improvement and are summarizing the state-of-the-art in the field, centered around the tree areas of stochastic models, abstraction techniques and stochastic model checking.

Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems

Author: Javier Esparza

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-03-17

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 3642120016

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2010, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in March 2010, as part of ETAPS 2010, the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. The 35 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The topics covered are probabilistic systems and optimization, decision procedures, tools, automata theory, liveness, software verification, real time and information flow, and testing.