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This paper focusses on the question when and to what extent a particular system component can be considered suitable to use in the context of the dynamics of a larger technical system. We introduce different notions of suitability that arise naturally in the context of probabilistic nondeterministic systems that interact through the exchange of messages in the style of input-output automata. Besides discussing algorithmic aspects for an analysis following our notions of suitability, we demonstrate practical usability of our concepts by means of experiments on a concrete use case.
Authors are listed in alphabetical order. This work was partially supported by the DFG under the projects TRR 248 (see https://perspicuous-computing.science, project ID 389792660), EXC 2050/1 (CeTI, project ID 390696704, as part of Germany’s Excellence Strategy), BA-1679/11-1, and BA-1679/12-1, the ERC Advanced Investigators Grant 695614 (POWVER), and the Key-Area Research and Development Program Grant 2018B010107004 of Guangdong Province.
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Baier, C., Dubslaff, C., Hermanns, H., Klauck, M., Klüppelholz, S., Köhl, M.A. (2020). Components in Probabilistic Systems: Suitable by Construction. In: Margaria, T., Steffen, B. (eds) Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation: Verification Principles. ISoLA 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12476. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61362-4_13
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