Ratio and Weight Quantiles

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Abstract

Several types of weighted-automata models and formalisms to specify and verify constraints on accumulated weights have been studied in the past. The lack of monotonicity for weight functions with positive and negative values as well as for ratios of the accumulated values of non-negative weight functions renders many verification problems to be undecidable or computationally hard. Our contribution comprises polynomial-time algorithms for computing ratio and weight quantiles in Markov chains, which provide optimal bounds guaranteed almost surely or with positive probability on, e.g., cost-utility ratios or the energy conversion efficiency.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2015
EditorsGiuseppe F. Italiano, Giovanni Pighizzini, Donald T. Sannella
PublisherSpringer, Berlin [u. a.]
Pages344-356
Number of pages13
ISBN (print)978-3-662-48056-4
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 9234
ISSN0302-9743

Conference

Title40th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
Abbreviated titleMFCS 2015
Conference number
Duration24 - 28 August 2015
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationUniversità degli Studi di Milano
CityMilano
CountryItaly

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-5321-9343/work/142236732
Scopus 84943614041

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