Quantitative Model Checking of Continuous-Time Markov Chains Against Timed Automata Specifications

  • Authors:
  • Taolue Chen;Tingting Han;Joost-Pieter Katoen;Alexandru Mereacre

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • LICS '09 Proceedings of the 2009 24th Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic In Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We study the following problem: given a continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) C, and a linear real-time property provided as a deterministic timed automaton (DTA) A, what is the probability of the set of paths of C that are accepted by A (C satisfies A)? It is shown that this set of paths is measurable and computing its probability can be reduced to computing the reachability probability in a piecewise deterministic Markov process (PDP). The reachability probability is characterized as the least solution of a system of integral equations and is shown to be approximated by solving a system of partial differential equations. For the special case of single-clock \DTA, the system of integral equations can be transformed into a system of linear equations where the coefficients are solutions of ordinary differential equations.