Tools at the frontiers of quantitative verification: QComp 2023 competition report

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The analysis of formal models that include quantitative aspects such as timing or probabilistic choices is performed by quantitative verification tools. Broad and mature tool support is available for computing basic properties such as expected rewards on basic models such as Markov chains. Previous editions of QComp, the comparison of tools for the analysis of quantitative formal models, focused on this setting. Many application scenarios, however, require more advanced property types such as LTL and parameter synthesis queries as well as advanced models like stochastic games and partially observable MDPs. For these, tool support is in its infancy today. This paper presents the outcomes of QComp 2023: a survey of the state of the art in quantitative verification tool support for advanced property types and models. With tools ranging from first research prototypes to well-supported integrations into established toolsets, this report highlights today’s active areas and tomorrow’s challenges in tool-focused research for quantitative verification.

Authors: Andriushchenko, R; Bork, A; Budde, CE; Češka,, M; Grover, K

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Host title: TOOLympics Challenge 2023
• Pages: 90-146
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Series number: 14550
• Place of publication: Cham, Switzerland
• Publication date: 2024-11-01
• Acceptance date: 2023-12-08
• Event title: TOOLympics at ETAPS 2023
• Event location: Paris, France
• Event website: https://tacas.info/toolympics2023.php
• Event start date: 2023-04-26
• Event end date: 2023-04-26
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-67695-6_4
• EISSN: 1611-3349
• ISSN: 0302-9743
• EISBN: 9783031676956
• ISBN: 9783031676949
• Language: English