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Hybrid Semantics of Stochastic Programs with Dynamic Reconfiguration

Programming Languages 2009-10-09 v1 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

We begin by reviewing a technique to approximate the dynamics of stochastic programs --written in a stochastic process algebra-- by a hybrid system, suitable to capture a mixed discrete/continuous evolution. In a nutshell, the discrete dynamics is kept stochastic while the continuous evolution is given in terms of ODEs, and the overall technique, therefore, naturally associates a Piecewise Deterministic Markov Process with a stochastic program. The specific contribution in this work consists in an increase of the flexibility of the translation scheme, obtained by allowing a dynamic reconfiguration of the degree of discreteness/continuity of the semantics. We also discuss the relationships of this approach with other hybrid simulation strategies for biochemical systems.

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@article{arxiv.0910.1406,
  title  = {Hybrid Semantics of Stochastic Programs with Dynamic Reconfiguration},
  author = {Luca Bortolussi and Alberto Policriti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.1406},
  year   = {2009}
}
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