Purpose - This paper presents a framework for ontology evolution tailored to Digital Libraries, which makes use of two different sources for change detection and propagation, the usage of ontologies by users and the c...
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We consider the distributed implementability problem: Given a labeled transition system TS together with a distribution /spl Delta/ of its actions over a set of processes, does there exist a distributed system over /s...
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We consider the distributed implementability problem: Given a labeled transition system TS together with a distribution /spl Delta/ of its actions over a set of processes, does there exist a distributed system over /spl Delta/ such that its global transition system is 'equivalent' to TS? We work with the distributed system models of synchronous products of transition systems (Arnold, 1994) and asynchronous automata (Zielonka, 1987). In this paper we provide complexity bounds for the above problem with three interpretations of 'equivalent': as transition system isomorphism, as language equivalence, and as bisimilarity. In particular, we solve problems left open in Castellani et al. (1999) and Morin (1999).
The planning process of a building is very complex. Many participants with different technical disciplines are involved and work on certain tasks. To manage the planning process the project leader has to organize part...
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The planning process of a building is very complex. Many participants with different technical disciplines are involved and work on certain tasks. To manage the planning process the project leader has to organize participants, tasks and building data. For this purpose modern information and communication technologies can be used very efficiently. But these technologies require a formal description of the planning process. Within the research project "Relation Based Process Modelling of Co-operative Building Planning" we have defined a consistent mathematical process model for planning processes and have developed a prototype implementation of an application for modelling these processes. Our project is embedded in the priority program 1103 "Network-based Co-operative Planning Processes in Structural Engineering" promoted by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In this paper we present the mathematical concept of our relational process model and the tool for building up the model and checking the structural consistency and correctness.
We present a generic approach for the analysis of concurrent programs with (unbounded) dynamic creation of threads and recursive procedure calls. We define a model for such programs based on a set of term rewrite rule...
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We introduce a family of long-run average properties of Markov chains that are useful for purposes of performance and reliability analysis, and show that these properties can effectively be checked for a subclass of i...
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We introduce a family of long-run average properties of Markov chains that are useful for purposes of performance and reliability analysis, and show that these properties can effectively be checked for a subclass of infinite-state Markov chains generated by probabilistic programs with recursive procedures. We also show how to predict these properties by analyzing finite prefixes of runs, and present an efficient prediction algorithm for the mentioned subclass of Markov chains.
Probabilistic pushdown automata (pPDA) have been identified as a natural model for probabilistic programs with recursive procedure calls. Previous works considered the decidability and complexity of the model-checking...
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Probabilistic pushdown automata (pPDA) have been identified as a natural model for probabilistic programs with recursive procedure calls. Previous works considered the decidability and complexity of the model-checking problem for pPDA and various probabilistic temporal logics. In this paper we concentrate on computing the expected values and variances of various random variables defined over runs of a given probabilistic pushdown automaton. In particular, we show how to compute the expected accumulated reward and the expected gain for certain classes of reward functions. Using these results, we show how to analyze various quantitative properties of pPDA that are not expressible in conventional probabilistic temporal logics.
Charge transport processes in disordered complex media are accompanied by anomalously slow relaxation for which usually a broad distribution of relaxation times is adopted. To account for those properties of the envir...
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Charge transport processes in disordered complex media are accompanied by anomalously slow relaxation for which usually a broad distribution of relaxation times is adopted. To account for those properties of the environment, a standard kinetic approach in description of the system is addressed either in the framework of continuous-time random walks (CTRWs) or fractional diffusion. In this paper the power of the CTRW approach is illustrated by use of the probabilistic formalism and limit theorems that allow one to rigorously predict the limiting distributions of the paths traversed by charges and to derive effective relaxation properties of the entire system of interest. In particular, the standard CTRW scenario is generalized to a new class of coupled memory CTRWs that effectivly can lead to the well known Havriliak-Negami response. Application of the method is discussed for nonexponential electron-transfer processes controlled by dynamics of the surrounding medium.
Monolithic finite-state probabilistic programs have been abstractly modeled by finite Markov chains, and the algorithmic verification problems for them have been investigated very extensively. In this paper we survey ...
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We consider the model checking problem for probabilistic pushdown automata (pPDA) and properties expressible in various probabilistic logics. We start with properties that can be formulated as instances of a generaliz...
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We consider the model checking problem for probabilistic pushdown automata (pPDA) and properties expressible in various probabilistic logics. We start with properties that can be formulated as instances of a generalized random walk problem. We prove that both qualitative and quantitative model checking for this class of properties and pPDA is decidable. Then, we show that model checking for the qualitative fragment of the logic PCTL and pPDA is also decidable. Moreover, we develop an error-tolerant model checking algorithm for general PCTL and the subclass of stateless pPDA. Finally, we consider the class of properties definable by deterministic Buchi automata, and show that both qualitative and quantitative model checking for pPDA is decidable.
UML has emerged as the industry standard for object-oriented modeling. However, it still lacks a well-defined semantic base enabling it to perform formal verification tasks. Our goal is to provide system designers a l...
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UML has emerged as the industry standard for object-oriented modeling. However, it still lacks a well-defined semantic base enabling it to perform formal verification tasks. Our goal is to provide system designers a life cycle of software development integrating the UML user-friendliness and the Petri nets rigor and reliability. For this purpose, we propose a methodology to specify using UML and then to systematically verify and validate by way of the Petri nets. This methodology is based on a technique which derives colored Petri nets from UML object, statechart, collaboration and sequence diagrams. The proposed approach associates the formalization of the dynamics and the behavior of objects identified by identities and attribute values. A case study is provided to illustrate this technique.
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