Efficient Parametric Model Checking Using Domain-Specific Modelling Patterns

Abstract

We propose a parametric model checking (PMC) method that enables the efficient analysis of quality-of-service (QoS) properties of component-based systems. Our method builds on recent advances in PMC techniques and tools, and can handle large models by exploiting domain-specific modelling patterns for the software components. We precompute closed-form expressions for key QoS properties of such patterns, and handle system-level PMC by combining these expressions into easy-to-evaluate systems of equations.