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Publications - Technical Reports

2018

Stefan Kiefer. On computing the total variation distance of hidden Markov models. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2018. Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.06170.
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Radu Grigore and Stefan Kiefer. Selective monitoring. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2018. Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.06143.
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2016

Javier Esparza, Pierre Ganty, Jerome Leroux, and Rupak Majumdar. Model checking population protocols. Technical report, Technical University of Munich, 2016. Submitted for publication.
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Javier Esparza, Michael Luttenberger, and Maximilian Schlund. A brief history of Strahler numbers — with a preface. Technical report, Technical University of Munich, 2016.
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Nathanaël Fijalkow, Stefan Kiefer, and Mahsa Shirmohammadi. Minimisation of multiplicity tree automata. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2016. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.09102.
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Stefan Kiefer and A. Prasad Sistla. Distinguishing hidden Markov chains. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2016. Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02314.
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Dmitry Chistikov, Stefan Kiefer, Ines Marusic, Mahsa Shirmohammadi, and James Worrell. On restricted nonnegative matrix factorization. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2016. Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.07061.
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Maria Bruna, Radu Grigore, Stefan Kiefer, Joël Ouaknine, and James Worrell. Proving the Herman-protocol conjecture. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2016. Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.01130.
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Christel Baier, Stefan Kiefer, Joachim Klein, Sascha Klüppelholz, David Müller, and James Worrell. Markov chains and unambiguous Büchi automata. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2016. Available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.00950.
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2015

Antoine Durand-Gasselin, Javier Esparza, Pierre Ganty, and Rupak Majumdar. Model checking parameterized asynchronous shared-memory systems. Technical report, CoRR, 2015.
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Stefan Kiefer, Ines Marusic, and James Worrell. Minimisation of multiplicity tree automata. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2015. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5352.
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Tomáš Brázdil, Stefan Kiefer, Antonín Kučera, and Petr Novotný. Long-run average behaviour of probabilistic vector addition systems. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2015. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02655.
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Christoph Haase and Stefan Kiefer. The odds of staying on budget. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2015. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.8228.
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Radu Grigore and Stefan Kiefer. Tree buffers. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2015. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.04757.
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2014

Stefan Kiefer and Björn Wachter. Stability and complexity of minimising probabilistic automata. Technical report, arXiv.org, May 2014. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.6673.
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Javier Esparza and Jan Kretínský. From LTL to deterministic automata: A safraless compositional approach. Technical report, arxiv.org, 2014.
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Javier Esparza and Jörg Desel. On negotiation as concurrency primitive ii: Deterministic cyclic negotiations. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2014.
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Rémi Bonnet, Stefan Kiefer, and Anthony W. Lin. Analysis of probabilistic basic parallel processes. Technical report, arXiv.org, January 2014. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4130.
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Tomáš Brázdil, Stefan Kiefer, Antonín Kučera, Petr Novotný, and Joost-Pieter Katoen. Zero-reachability in probabilistic multi-counter automata. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2014. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.6840.
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Taolue Chen and Stefan Kiefer. On the total variation distance of labelled Markov chains. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2014. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.2852.
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2013

Javier Esparza and Jörg Desel. On negotiation as concurrency primitive. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2013.
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Javier Esparza, Pierre Ganty, and Rupak Majumdar. Parameterized verification of asynchronous shared-memory systems. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2013.
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Krishnendu Chatterjee, Andreas Gaiser, and Jan Kretinsky. Automata with generalized Rabin pairs for probabilistic model checking and LTL synthesis. Technical Report abs/1304.5281, arXiv.org, 2013.
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Jan Kretinsky and Salomon Sickert. On refinements of Boolean and parametric modal transition systems. Technical Report abs/1304.5278, arXiv.org, 2013.
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Nikola Benes, Benoit Delahaye, Uli Fahrenberg, Jan Kretinsky, and Axel Legay. Hennessy-Milner logic with greatest fixed points as a complete behavioural specification theory. Technical Report abs/1306.0741, arXiv.org, 2013.
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Holger Hermanns, Jan Krcal, and Jan Kretinsky. Compositional verification and optimization of interactive Markov chains. Technical Report abs/1305.7332, arXiv.org, 2013.
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2012

Taolue Chen, Klaus Dräger, and Stefan Kiefer. Model checking stochastic branching processes. Technical report, arXiv.org, June 2012. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.1317.
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Javier Esparza, Andreas Gaiser, and Stefan Kiefer. Proving termination of probabilistic programs using patterns. Technical report, arXiv.org, April 2012. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2932.
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Javier Esparza, Pierre Ganty, and Rupak Majumdar. A perfect model for bounded verification. Technical report, arXiv.org, 2012.
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Jan Kretinsky and Javier Esparza. Deterministic automata for the (F,G)-fragment of LTL. Technical Report abs/1106.1424, arXiv.org, 2012.
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Stefan Kiefer, Andrzej S. Murawski, Joël Ouaknine, Björn Wachter, and James Worrell. On the complexity of the equivalence problem for probabilistic automata. Technical report, arXiv.org, January 2012. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.4644.
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Nikola Benes, Jan Kretinsky, Kim G. Larsen, Mikael H. Moller, and Jiri Srba. Dual-priced modal transition systems with time durations. Technical report FIMU-RS-2012-01, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2012.
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Jan Kretinsky and Javier Esparza. Deterministic automata for the (F,G)-fragment of LTL. Technical Report abs/1106.1424, arXiv.org, 2012.
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Nikola Benes and Jan Kretinsky. Modal process rewrite systems. Technical report FIMU-RS-2012-02, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2012.
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Tomas Brazdil, Holger Hermanns, Jan Krcal, Jan Kretinsky, and Vojtech Rehak. Verification of open interactive markov chains. Technical report FIMU-RS-2012-04, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2012.
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2011

Tomáš Brázdil and Stefan Kiefer. Stabilization of branching queueing networks. Technical report, arXiv.org, December 2011. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.1041.
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Michael Luttenberger. An extension of Parikh's theorem beyond idempotence. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, December 2011.
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Stefan Kiefer, Andrzej S. Murawski, Joël Ouaknine, James Worrell, and Lijun Zhang. On stabilization in Herman's algorithm. Technical report, arXiv.org, April 2011. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3100.
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Tomáš Brázdil, Stefan Kiefer, and Antonín Kučera. Efficient analysis of probabilistic programs with an unbounded counter. Technical report, arXiv.org, April 2011. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2529.
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Javier Esparza and Andreas Gaiser. Probabilistic abstractions with arbitrary domains. Technical report, Technische Universität München, 2011. Available via arxiv.org (arXiv:1106.1364).
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Javier Esparza and Andreas Gaiser. Probabilistic abstractions with arbitrary domains. Technical report, Technische Universität München, 2011. Available via arxiv.org (arXiv:1106.1364).
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Tomas Brazdil, Jan Krcal, Jan Kretinsky, Antonin Kucera, and Vojtech Rehak. Measuring performance of continuous-time stochastic processes using timed automata. Technical Report abs/1101.4204, arXiv.org, 2011.
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Tomas Brazdil, Jan Krcal, Jan Kretinsky, and Vojtech Rehak. Fixed-delay events in generalized semi-markov processes revisited. Technical Report abs/1106.1424, arXiv.org, 2011.
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Nikola Benes, Jan Kretinsky, Kim G. Larsen, Mikael H. Moller, and Jiri Srba. Parametric modal transition systems. Technical report FIMU-RS-2011-03, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2011.
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2010

Javier Esparza and Andreas Gaiser. Probabilistic abstractions with arbitrary domains. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, December 2010.
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Javier Esparza and Andreas Gaiser. Probabilistic abstractions with arbitrary domains. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, December 2010.
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Stefan Kiefer and Dominik Wojtczak. On probabilistic parallel programs with process creation and synchronisation. Technical report, arXiv.org, December 2010. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2998.
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Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. Newtonian program analysis. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, September 2010. This is a late draft of the article in the Journal of the ACM.
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Tomáš Brázdil, Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. Space-efficient scheduling of stochastically generated tasks. Technical report, arXiv.org, April 2010. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4286.
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Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. Computing the least fixed point of positive polynomial systems. Technical report, arXiv.org, January 2010. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0340.
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Tomas Brazdil, Jan Krcal, Jan Kretinsky, Antonin Kucera, and Vojtech Rehak. Stochastic real-time games with qualitative timed automata objectives. Technical report FIMU-RS-2010-05, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2010.
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Nikola Benes and Jan Kretinsky. Process algebra for modal transition systemses. Technical report FIMU-RS-2010-11, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2010.
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Nikola Benes, Ivana Cerna, and Jan Kretinsky. Disjunctive modal transition systems and generalized LTL model checking. Technical report FIMU-RS-2010-12, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2010.
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2009

Javier Esparza, Andreas Gaiser, and Stefan Kiefer. Computing least fixed points of probabilistic systems of polynomials. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, December 2009.
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Javier Esparza, Andreas Gaiser, and Stefan Kiefer. Computing least fixed points of probabilistic systems of polynomials. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, December 2009.
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Tomáš Brázdil, Javier Esparza, and Stefan Kiefer. On the memory consumption of probabilistic pushdown automata. Technical Report FIMU-RS-2009-07, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, October 2009.
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Andreas Holzer, Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele, Christian Schallhart, Michael Tautschnig, Helmut Veith, and Boris Langer. Slope testing for activity diagrams and safety critical software. Technical Report TUD-CS-2009-0184, Technische Universität Darmstadt, October 2009.
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Nikola Benes, Jan Kretinsky, Kim Guldstrand Larsen, and Jiri Srba. Checking thorough refinement on modal transition systems is exptime-complete. Technical report FIMU-RS-2009-03, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2009.
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Tomas Brazdil, Vojtech Forejt, Jan Krcal, Jan Kretinsky, and Antonin Kucera. Continuous-time stochastic games with time-bounded reachability. Technical report FIMU-RS-2009-09, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2009.
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Morten Kühnrich, Stefan Schwoon, Jiří Srba, and Stefan Kiefer. Interprocedural dataflow analysis over weight domains with infinite descending chains. Technical Report 0901.0501, Computing Research Repository, 2009.
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Andreas Gaiser and Stefan Schwoon. Comparison of algorithms for checking emptiness on Büchi automata. Technical Report 0910.3766, Computing Research Repository, 2009.
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2008

Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. Derivation tree analysis for accelerated fixed-point computation. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, September 2008.
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Javier Esparza, Thomas Gawlitza, Stefan Kiefer, and Helmut Seidl. Approximative methods for monotone systems of min-max-polynomial equations. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, February 2008.
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Tomas Brazdil, Vojtech Forejt, Jan Kretinsky, and Antonin Kucera. The satisfiability problem for probabilistic CTL. Technical report FIMU-RS-2008-03, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2008.
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2007

Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. Convergence thresholds of Newton's method for monotone polynomial equations. Technical report, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, October 2007.
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Stefan Kugele, Michael Tautschnig, Andreas Bauer, Christian Schallhart, Stefano Merenda, Wolfgang Haberl, Christian Kühnel, Florian Müller, Zhonglei Wang, Doris Wild, Sabine Rittmann, and Martin Wechs. COLA – The component language. Technical Report TUM-I0714, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, September 2007.
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Christian Kühnel, Andreas Bauer, and Michael Tautschnig. Compatibility and reuse in component-based systems via type and unit inference. Technical Report TUM-I0716, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, May 2007.
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Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. An extension of Newton's method to -continuous semirings. Technical report, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, March 2007.
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2006

Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Michael Luttenberger. On fixed point equations over commutative semirings. Technical report, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, December 2006.
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J. Esparza, P. Jančar, and A. Miller. On the complexity of consistency and complete state coding. Technical report, University of Stuttgart, July 2006.
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G. Delzanno, J. Esparza, and J. Srba. Monotonic set-extended prefix rewriting and verification of recursive ping-pong protocols. Technical report, BRICS, 2006.
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Javier Esparza, Stefan Kiefer, and Stefan Schwoon. Abstraction refinement with Craig interpolation and symbolic pushdown systems. Technical Report 2006/02, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, January 2006.
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Dejvuth Suwimonteerabuth, Stefan Schwoon, and Javier Esparza. Efficient algorithms for alternating pushdown systems: Application to certificate chain discovery with threshold subjects. Technical Report 2006/09, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 2006.
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2005

Mihai Christodorescu, Johannes Kinder, Somesh Jha, Stefan Katzenbeisser, and Helmut Veith. Malware normalization. Technical Report 1539, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, November 2005.
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Ahmed Bouajjani, Javier Esparza, Stefan Schwoon, and Jan Strejček. Reachability analysis of multithreaded software with asynchronous communication. Technical Report 2005/06, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, November 2005.
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Stefan Schwoon, Hao Wang, Somesh Jha, and Thomas Reps. Distributed certificate-chain discovery in SPKI/SDSI. Technical Report TR-1526, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin, August 2005.
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Hao Wang, Somesh Jha, Thomas Reps, Stefan Schwoon, and Stuart Stubblebine. Reducing the dependence of trust-management systems on PKI. Technical Report TR-1527, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin, August 2005.
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Javier Esparza, Antonín Kučera, and Richard Mayr. Quantitative analysis of probabilistic pushdown automata: Expectations and variances. Technical Report FIMU-RS-2005-07, Masaryk University, 2005.
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F. Fischer and M. Nickles. Towards a notion of generalised statement-level trust. Technical Report FKI-249-05, Institut für Informatik, Technical University of Munich, 2005.
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2004

Stefan Schwoon and Javier Esparza. A note on on-the-fly verification algorithms. Technical Report 2004/06, Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, November 2004.
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Javier Esparza, Antonín Kučera, and Richard Mayr. Model checking probabilistic pushdown automata. Technical report, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 2004.
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2003

Thomas Reps, Stefan Schwoon, and Somesh Jha. Weighted pushdown systems and their application to interprocedural dataflow analysis. Technical Report TR-1470, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin, February 2003.
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Stefan Schwoon, Somesh Jha, Thomas Reps, and Stuart Stubblebine. On generalized authorization problems. Technical Report TR-1469, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin, January 2003.
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2001

Javier Esparza, Antonín Kučera, and Stefan Schwoon. Model-checking LTL with regular valuations for pushdown systems. Informatics Research Report EDI-INF-RR-0044, University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics, August 2001.
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Markus Holzer and Stefan Schwoon. Assembling molecules in Atomix is hard. Technical Report TUM-I0101, Technische Universität München, May 2001.
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J. Esparza and K. Heljanko. Implementing LTL model checking with net unfoldings. Research Report A68, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory for Theoretical Computer Science, Espoo, Finland, March 2001.
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M. Nickles. SYSTEMATICS - Ein XML-basiertes Internet-Datenbanksystem für klassifikationsgestützte Sprachbeschreibungen. Technical Report CIS-Report 01-129, Centre for Information and Language Processing (CIS), University of Munich, 2001.
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M. Nickles. Towards a multiagent system for competitive website ratings. Technical Report FKI-243-01, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2001.
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2000

Javier Esparza, David Hansel, Peter Rossmanith, and Stefan Schwoon. Efficient algorithms for model checking pushdown systems. Technical Report TUM-I0002, SFB-Bericht 342/1/00 A, Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, February 2000.
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1995

P. Jancar and J. Esparza. Deciding finiteness of Petri nets up to bisimulation. SFB-Bericht Nr. 342/23/95A, TU München, 1995.
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