# MoChiBA: Probabilistic LTL Model Checking Using Limit-Deterministic Büchi Automata

@inproceedings{Sickert2016MoChiBAPL,
title={MoChiBA: Probabilistic LTL Model Checking Using Limit-Deterministic B{\"u}chi Automata},
author={Salomon Sickert and Jan Křet{\'i}nsk{\'y}},
booktitle={ATVA},
year={2016}
}
• Published in ATVA 17 October 2016
• Computer Science
The limiting factor for quantitative analysis of Markov decision processes (MDP) against specifications given in linear temporal logic (LTL) is the size of the generated product. As recently shown, a special subclass of limit-deterministic Buchi automata (LDBA) can replace deterministic Rabin automata in quantitative probabilistic model checking algorithms. We present an extension of PRISM for LTL model checking of MDP using LDBA. While existing algorithms can be used only with minimal changes…
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