The 2019 Comparison of Tools for the Analysis of Quantitative Formal Models: (QComp 2019 Competition Report)

EM Hahn, A Hartmanns, C Hensel, M Klauck… - … Conference on Tools …, 2019 - Springer
Quantitative formal models capture probabilistic behaviour, real-time aspects, or general
continuous dynamics. A number of tools support their automatic analysis with respect to …

Optimizing Reachability Probabilities for a Restricted Class of Stochastic Hybrid Automata via Flowpipe Construction

C Da Silva, S Schupp, A Remke - ACM Transactions on Modeling and …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Stochastic hybrid automata (SHA) are a powerful tool to evaluate the dependability and
safety of critical infrastructures. However, the resolution of nondeterminism, which is present …

Tools at the frontiers of quantitative verification: QComp 2023 competition report

R Andriushchenko, A Bork, CE Budde, M Češka… - International …, 2024 - Springer
The analysis of formal models that include quantitative aspects such as timing or
probabilistic choices is performed by quantitative verification tools. Broad and mature tool …

The value of attack-defence diagrams

H Hermanns, J Krämer, J Krčál, M Stoelinga - … , POST 2016, Held as Part of …, 2016 - Springer
Success or failure of attacks on high-security systems, such as hacker attacks on sensitive
data, depend on various situational conditions, including the timing and success chances of …

Maximizing reachability probabilities in rectangular automata with random clocks

J Delicaris, S Schupp, E Ábrahám, A Remke - International Symposium on …, 2023 - Springer
This paper proposes an algorithm to maximize reachability probabilities for rectangular
automata with random clocks via a history-dependent prophetic scheduler. This model class …

Optimizing reachability probabilities for a restricted class of stochastic hybrid automata via flowpipe-construction

C Pilch, S Schupp, A Remke - International Conference on Quantitative …, 2021 - Springer
Stochastic Hybrid automata (SHA) are increasingly used to evaluate the dependability and
safety of critical infrastructures. Nondeterminism, which is present in many purely hybrid …

[HTML][HTML] Maximizing reachability probabilities in rectangular automata with random events

J Delicaris, A Remke, E Ábrahám, S Schupp… - Science of Computer …, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper introduces two stochastic variants of rectangular automata. First, rectangular
automata with random events (RAE) are introduced, which semantically embed random …

[HTML][HTML] Automated compositional importance splitting

CE Budde, PR D'Argenio, A Hartmanns - Science of Computer …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the formal verification of stochastic systems, statistical model checking uses simulation to
overcome the state space explosion problem of probabilistic model checking. Yet its runtime …

The modest state of learning, sampling, and verifying strategies

A Hartmanns, M Klauck - … on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, 2022 - Springer
Optimal decision-making under stochastic uncertainty is a core problem tackled in artificial
intelligence/machine learning (AI), planning, and verification. Planning and AI methods aim …

Better automated importance splitting for transient rare events

CE Budde, PR D'Argenio, A Hartmanns - … Software Engineering. Theories …, 2017 - Springer
Statistical model checking uses simulation to overcome the state space explosion problem
in formal verification. Yet its runtime explodes when faced with rare events, unless a rare …