A uniformization-based algorithm for model checking the CSL until operator on labeled queueing networks

We present a model checking procedure for the CSL until operator on the CTMCs that underlie Jackson queueing networks. The key issue lies in the fact that the underlying CTMC is infinite in as many dimension as there are queues in the JQN. We need to compute the transient state probabilities for all goal states and for all possible starting states. However, for these transient probabilities no computational procedures are readily available. The contribution of this paper is the proposal of a new uniformization-based approach to compute the transient state probabilities. Furthermore, we show how the highly structured state space of JQNs allows us to compute the possible infinite satisfaction set for until formulas. A case study on an e-business site shows the feasibility of our approach

Model checking for performability

This paper gives a bird's-eye view of the various ingredients that make up a modern, model-checking-based approach to performability evaluation: Markov reward models, temporal logics and continuous stochastic logic, model-checking algorithms, bisimulation and the handling of non-determinism. A short historical account as well as a large case study complete this picture. In this way, we show convincingly that the smart combination of performability evaluation with stochastic model-checking techniques, developed over the last decade, provides a powerful and unified method of performability evaluation, thereby combining the advantages of earlier approaches

The 3TU embedded systems master in the Netherlands

The three technical universities in the Netherlands (Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and University of Twente), abbreviated as 3TU, started a joint master on Embedded Systems in 2006. Embedded Systems is an interdisciplinary area of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. This paper discusses the background of the master and presents the curriculum of the masters at the three sites

The 3TU embedded systems master in the Netherlands

The three technical universities in the Netherlands (Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and University of Twente), abbreviated as 3TU, started a joint master on Embedded Systems in 2006. Embedded Systems is an interdisciplinary area of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. This paper discusses the background of the master and presents the curriculum of the masters at the three sites