Publication
Formalisms For Specifying Markovian Population Models
Thomas Henzinger; Barbara Jobstmann; Verena Wolf
In: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, Vol. 22, No. 04, Pages 823-841, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapur, 6/2011.
Abstract
In this survey, we compare several languages for specifying Markovian population models such as queuing networks and chemical reaction networks. All these languages — matrix descriptions, stochastic Petri nets, stoichiometric equations, stochastic process algebras, and guarded command models — describe continuous-time Markov chains, but they differ according to important properties, such as compositionality, expressiveness and succinctness, executability, and ease of use. Moreover, they provide different support for checking the well-formedness of a model and for analyzing a model.
