{"issue":"3","publication_status":"published","publication":"International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science","_id":"4532","doi":"10.1142/S0129054108005814 ","page":"549 - 563","type":"journal_article","publist_id":"192","date_updated":"2021-01-12T07:59:30Z","volume":19,"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We consider the equivalence problem for labeled Markov chains (LMCs), where each state is labeled with an observation. Two LMCs are equivalent if every finite sequence of observations has the same probability of occurrence in the two LMCs. We show that equivalence can be decided in polynomial time, using a reduction to the equivalence problem for probabilistic automata, which is known to be solvable in polynomial time. We provide an alternative algorithm to solve the equivalence problem, which is based on a new definition of bisimulation for probabilistic automata. We also extend the technique to decide the equivalence of weighted probabilistic automata."}],"date_created":"2018-12-11T12:09:20Z","status":"public","author":[{"first_name":"Laurent","last_name":"Doyen","full_name":"Doyen, Laurent"},{"last_name":"Henzinger","first_name":"Thomas A","orcid":"0000−0002−2985−7724","id":"40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Thomas Henzinger"},{"first_name":"Jean","last_name":"Raskin","full_name":"Raskin, Jean-François"}],"publisher":"World Scientific Publishing","day":"01","month":"06","year":"2008","intvolume":"        19","citation":{"short":"L. Doyen, T.A. Henzinger, J. Raskin, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 19 (2008) 549–563.","mla":"Doyen, Laurent, et al. “Equivalence of Labeled Markov Chains.” <i>International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science</i>, vol. 19, no. 3, World Scientific Publishing, 2008, pp. 549–63, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129054108005814 \">10.1142/S0129054108005814 </a>.","ama":"Doyen L, Henzinger TA, Raskin J. Equivalence of labeled Markov chains. <i>International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science</i>. 2008;19(3):549-563. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129054108005814 \">10.1142/S0129054108005814 </a>","ieee":"L. Doyen, T. A. Henzinger, and J. Raskin, “Equivalence of labeled Markov chains,” <i>International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science</i>, vol. 19, no. 3. World Scientific Publishing, pp. 549–563, 2008.","chicago":"Doyen, Laurent, Thomas A Henzinger, and Jean Raskin. “Equivalence of Labeled Markov Chains.” <i>International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science</i>. World Scientific Publishing, 2008. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129054108005814 \">https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129054108005814 </a>.","apa":"Doyen, L., Henzinger, T. A., &#38; Raskin, J. (2008). Equivalence of labeled Markov chains. <i>International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science</i>. World Scientific Publishing. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129054108005814 \">https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129054108005814 </a>","ista":"Doyen L, Henzinger TA, Raskin J. 2008. Equivalence of labeled Markov chains. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science. 19(3), 549–563."},"extern":1,"date_published":"2008-06-01T00:00:00Z","title":"Equivalence of labeled Markov chains","quality_controlled":0,"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"0","url":"http://pub.ist.ac.at/%7Etah/Publications/equivalence_of_labeled_markov_chains.pdf"}]}