Title
The Effect of Tossing Coins in Omega-Automata
Abstract
In this paper we provide a summary of the fundamental properties of probabilistic automata over infinite words. Such probabilistic automata are a variant of standard automata with Büchi or other *** -regular acceptance conditions, such as Rabin, Streett, parity or Müller, where the nondeterministic choices are resolved probabilistically. Acceptance of an infinite input word can be defined in different ways: by requiring that (i) almost all runs are accepting, or (ii) the probability for the accepting runs is positive, or (iii) the probability measure of the accepting runs is beyond a certain threshold. Surprisingly, even the qualitative criteria (i) and (ii) yield a different picture concerning expressiveness, efficiency, and decision problems compared to the nondeterministic case.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-04081-8_2
CONCUR
Keywords
Field
DocType
different way,infinite word,tossing coins,certain threshold,infinite input word,different picture,probability measure,probabilistic automaton,nondeterministic choice,nondeterministic case,regular acceptance condition,decision problem,probabilistic automata
Quantum finite automata,Discrete mathematics,Decision problem,Combinatorics,Nondeterministic algorithm,Computer science,Automaton,Probability measure,Markov decision process,Probabilistic automaton,ω-automaton
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5710
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
13
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christel Baier13053185.85
Nathalie Bertrand225017.84
Marcus Größer333418.23