Taking it to the limit: approximate reasoning for markov processes

  • Authors:
  • Kim Guldstrand Larsen;Radu Mardare;Prakash Panangaden

  • Affiliations:
  • Aalborg University, Denmark;Aalborg University, Denmark;McGill University, Canada

  • Venue:
  • MFCS'12 Proceedings of the 37th international conference on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We develop a fusion of logical and metrical principles for reasoning about Markov processes. More precisely, we lift metrics from processes to sets of processes satisfying a formula and explore how the satisfaction relation behaves as sequences of processes and sequences of formulas approach limits. A key new concept is dynamically-continuous metric bisimulation which is a property of (pseudo)metrics. We prove theorems about satisfaction in the limit, robustness theorems as well as giving a topological characterization of various classes of formulas. This work is aimed at providing approximate reasoning principles for Markov processes.