{"title":"Probabilistic Bigraphs","authors":"Blair Archibald, Muffy Calder, Michele Sevegnani","doi":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3545180","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bigraphs are a universal computational modelling formalism for the spatial and temporal evolution of a system in which entities can be added and removed. We extend bigraphs to probabilistic bigraphs, and then again to action bigraphs, which include non-determinism and rewards. The extensions are implemented in the BigraphER toolkit and illustrated through examples of virus spread in computer networks and data harvesting in wireless sensor systems. BigraphER also supports the existing <i>stochastic bigraphs</i> extension of Krivine et al. and using BigraphER we give, for the first time, a direct implementation of the membrane budding model used to motivate stochastic bigraphs.</p>","PeriodicalId":50432,"journal":{"name":"Formal Aspects of Computing","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Formal Aspects of Computing","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3545180","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Bigraphs are a universal computational modelling formalism for the spatial and temporal evolution of a system in which entities can be added and removed. We extend bigraphs to probabilistic bigraphs, and then again to action bigraphs, which include non-determinism and rewards. The extensions are implemented in the BigraphER toolkit and illustrated through examples of virus spread in computer networks and data harvesting in wireless sensor systems. BigraphER also supports the existing stochastic bigraphs extension of Krivine et al. and using BigraphER we give, for the first time, a direct implementation of the membrane budding model used to motivate stochastic bigraphs.
期刊介绍:
This journal aims to publish contributions at the junction of theory and practice. The objective is to disseminate applicable research. Thus new theoretical contributions are welcome where they are motivated by potential application; applications of existing formalisms are of interest if they show something novel about the approach or application.
In particular, the scope of Formal Aspects of Computing includes:
well-founded notations for the description of systems;
verifiable design methods;
elucidation of fundamental computational concepts;
approaches to fault-tolerant design;
theorem-proving support;
state-exploration tools;
formal underpinning of widely used notations and methods;
formal approaches to requirements analysis.