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We describe a novel tool for model checking ω-regular specifications on interval Markov chains, recursive interval Markov chains and interval stochastic context-free grammars. The core of the tool is an iterative expectation maximisation procedure to compute values for the unknown probabilities in a parametrised system, which maximises the probability of satisfying the specification. The tool supports specifications given as LTL formulas or unambiguous Büchi automata.
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Lenhardt, R. (2013). Tulip: Model Checking Probabilistic Systems Using Expectation Maximisation Algorithm. In: Joshi, K., Siegle, M., Stoelinga, M., D’Argenio, P.R. (eds) Quantitative Evaluation of Systems. QEST 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8054. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40196-1_11
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