Opacity for linear constraint Markov chains

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TitreOpacity for linear constraint Markov chains
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuteursBerard B, Kouchnarenko O, Mullins J, Sassolas M
JournalDISCRETE EVENT DYNAMIC SYSTEMS-THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Volume28
Pagination83-108
Date PublishedMAR
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN0924-6703
Mots-clésMarkov models, Opacity, refinement, Specification
Résumé

On a partially observed system, a secret phi is opaque if an observer cannot ascertain that its trace belongs to phi. We consider specifications given as Constraint Markov Chains (CMC), which are underspecified Markov chains where probabilities on edges are required to belong to some set. The nondeterminism is resolved by a scheduler, and opacity on this model is defined as a worst case measure over all implementations obtained by scheduling. This measures the information obtained by a passive observer when the system is controlled by the smartest scheduler in coalition with the observer. When restricting to the subclass of Linear CMC, we compute (or approximate) this measure and prove that refinement of a specification can only improve opacity.

DOI10.1007/s10626-017-0259-4