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Statistical model checking for unbounded until formulas

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Statistical model checking of unbounded time properties is challenging, because it requires an algorithm to estimate the measure of paths satisfying an unbounded until property from samples of finite length paths. In this paper, we survey all proposed algorithms for this problem, and critically evaluate them.

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Roohi, N., Viswanathan, M. Statistical model checking for unbounded until formulas. Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer 17, 417–427 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-015-0368-z

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