PMaude: Rewrite-based Specification Language for Probabilistic Object Systems

We introduce a rewrite-based specification language for modelling probabilistic concurrent and distributed systems. The language, based on PMaude, has both a rigorous formal basis and the characteristics of a high-level rule-based programming language. Furthermore, we provide tool support for performing discrete-event simulations of models written in PMaude, and for statistically analyzing various quantitative aspects of such models based on the samples that are generated through discrete-event simulation. Because distributed and concurrent communication protocols can be modelled using actors (concurrent objects with asynchronous message passing), we provide an actor PMaude module. The module aids writing specifications in a probabilistic actor formalism. This allows us to easily write specifications that are purely probabilistic

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: ENTCS
• Authors: Gul A. Agha, José Meseguer, Koushik Sen
• Keywords: Discrete-event Simulation, ENTCS 2006, Probabilistic, Various Quantitative Aspects