Semantics of Probabilistic Processes An Operational Approach [Hardcover]

This book discusses the semantic foundations of concurrent systems with nondeterministic and probabilistic behaviour. Particular attention is given to clarifying the relationship between testing and simulation semantics and characterising bisimulations from metric, logical, and algorithmic perspectives. Besides presenting recent research outcomes in probabilistic concurrency theory, the book exemplifies the use of many mathematical techniques to solve problems in computer science, which is intended to be accessible to postgraduate students in Computer Science and Mathematics. It can also be used by researchers and practitioners either for advanced study or for technical reference.1. Introduction.- 2. Mathematical Preliminaries.- 3. Probabilistic Bisimulation.- 4. Probabilistic Testing Semantics.- 5. Testing Finite Probabilistic Processes.- 6. Testing Finitary Probabilistic Processes.- 7. Weak probabilistic bisimulation.- Index.

This is a good resource for understanding issuesrelated to the semantic foundations of concurrent systems. & Scholars andresearchers in computer science and mathematics will find this book useful. It consistsof very valuable technical information about the quantitative behavior ofconcurrent systems. (Gulustan Dogan, Computing Reviews, October, 2015)

Yuxin Deng got his BEng (1999) and MSc (2002) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and PhD (2005) from Ecole des Mines de Paris, France. He was a research associate at University of New South Wales, Australia (2005-2006). Since 2006 he has joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University and is now an associate professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering. In 2011 he was a visiting research fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. During 2012-2013 he was a loaned expert at UNESCO Headquarters on secondment from the Ministry of Education of China. Dr. Dengs research interests include concurrency theory, especially about process calculi, and formal semantics of programming l#O