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In this paper, we propose a new logic for expressing and reasoning about probabilistic hyperproperties. Hyperproperties characterize the relation between different independent executions of a system. Probabilistic hyperproperties express…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-04-06 Erika Abraham , Borzoo Bonakdarpour

Model counting is the problem of computing the number of models that satisfy a given propositional theory. It has recently been applied to solving inference tasks in probabilistic logic programming, where the goal is to compute the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-11-21 Rehan Abdul Aziz , Geoffrey Chu , Christian Muise , Peter Stuckey

We propose a verified approach to the formal verification of timed properties using model-checking techniques. We focus on properties expressed using real-time specification patterns, which can be viewed as a subset of timed temporal logics…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-02-01 Nouha Abid , Silvano Dal Zilio , Didier Le Botlan

The construction and formal verification of dynamical models is important in engineering, biology and other disciplines. We focus on non-linear models containing a set of parameters governing their dynamics. The value of these parameters is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-04-20 Benjamin M. Gyori , Daniel Paulin , Sucheendra K. Palaniappan

We consider parametric Markov decision processes (pMDPs) that are augmented with unknown probability distributions over parameter values. The problem is to compute the probability to satisfy a temporal logic specification with any concrete…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Thom Badings , Murat Cubuktepe , Nils Jansen , Sebastian Junges , Joost-Pieter Katoen , Ufuk Topcu

We present a variant of ATL with distributed knowledge operators based on a synchronous and perfect recall semantics. The coalition modalities in this logic are based on partial observation of the full history, and incorporate a form of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-08-11 Cătălin Dima , Constantin Enea , Dimitar Guelev

Temporal Logic Model Checking is a verification method in which we describe a system, the model, and then we verify whether some properties, expressed in a temporal logic formula, hold in the system. It has many industrial applications. In…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Paolo Liberatore , Marco Schaerf

Probabilistic Logic Programming (PLP) languages enable programmers to specify systems that combine logical models with statistical knowledge. The inference problem, to determine the probability of query answers in PLP, is intractable in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-03-25 Arun Nampally , C. R. Ramakrishnan

The problem of model-checking hybrid systems is a long-time challenge in the scientific community. Most of the existing approaches and tools are either limited on the properties that they can verify, or restricted to simplified classes of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-07-18 Davide Bresolin

We consider the problem of verifying stochastic models of biochemical networks against behavioral properties expressed in temporal logic terms. Exact probabilistic verification approaches such as, for example, CSL/PCTL model checking, are…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2009-12-15 Paolo Ballarini , Michele Forlin , Tommaso Mazza , Davide Prandi

We identify a subproblem of the model-checking problem for the epistemic \mu-calculus which is decidable. Formulas in the instances of this subproblem allow free variables within the scope of epistemic modalities in a restricted form that…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-28 Rodica Bozianu , Catalin Dima , Constantin Enea

Model checking is the process of deciding whether a system satisfies a given specification. Often, when the setting comprises multiple processes, the specifications are over sets of input and output signals that correspond to individual…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Shaull Almagor

Hyperproperties extend trace properties to express properties of sets of traces, and they are increasingly popular in specifying various security and performance-related properties in domains such as cyber-physical systems, smart grids, and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-11 Ernest Bonnah , Luan Viet Nguyen , Khaza Anuarul Hoque

Large language models (LLMs) are a promising venue for natural language understanding and generation tasks. However, current LLMs are far from reliable: they are prone to generate non-factual information and, more crucially, to contradict…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-22 Diego Calanzone , Stefano Teso , Antonio Vergari

Probabilistic programming languages (PPLs) are an expressive means of representing and reasoning about probabilistic models. The computational challenge of probabilistic inference remains the primary roadblock for applying PPLs in practice.…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Steven Holtzen , Guy Van den Broeck , Todd Millstein

Symbolic indefinite integration in Computer Algebra Systems such as Maple involves selecting the most effective algorithm from multiple available methods. Not all methods will succeed for a given problem, and when several do, the results,…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Rashid Barket , Matthew England , Jürgen Gerhard

The field of statistical relational learning aims at unifying logic and probability to reason and learn from data. Perhaps the most successful paradigm in the field is probabilistic logic programming: the enabling of stochastic primitives…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-09-20 Stefanie Speichert , Vaishak Belle

Quantitative model checkers for Markov Decision Processes typically use finite-precision arithmetic. If all the coefficients in the process are rational numbers, then the model checking results are rational, and so they can be computed…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-07-06 Sergio Giro

Verification of large and complicated concurrent programs is an important issue in the software world. Stateless model checking is an appropriate method for systematically and automatically testing of large programs, which has proved its…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2016-03-14 Elaheh Ghassabani , Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi

In many applications, accurate class probability estimates are required, but many types of models produce poor quality probability estimates despite achieving acceptable classification accuracy. Even though probability calibration has been…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-02-18 Tim Leathart , Maksymilian Polaczuk