diff --git a/prism/README.txt b/prism/README.txt index 8113f52c..85c03367 100644 --- a/prism/README.txt +++ b/prism/README.txt @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ For source code distributions: If you have problems check the manual, especially the section "Common Problems And Questions". - ------------- DOCUMENTATION ------------- @@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ For other PRISM-related information, see the website: http://www.prismmodelchecker.org/ - --------- LICENSING --------- @@ -71,42 +69,36 @@ library, see: http://vlsi.colorado.edu/~fabio/CUDD/ - ---------------- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ---------------- -Currently, development work on PRISM is primarily carried out in the -Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. Previously, PRISM -was based in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. +PRISM was created and is still actively maintained by: -The core team working on PRISM currently comprises: + * Dave Parker (University of Birmingham) + * Gethin Norman (University of Glasgow) + * Marta Kwiatkowska (University of Oxford) - * Dave Parker (Oxford) - * Gethin Norman (Glasgow) - * Marta Kwiatkowska (Oxford) - -Many others have contributed to PRISM. In approximately reverse chronological order: +We gratefully acknowledge contributions to the PRISM code-base from various sources, +including (in approximately reverse chronological order): - * Vojtech Forejt: "Fox-Glynn" implementation, explicit-state model checking - * Christian von Essen: Contributions to explicit-state model checking library * Vincent Nimal: Approximate (simulation-based) model checking techniques * Mark Kattenbelt: Wide range of enhancements/additions, especially in the GUI - * Carlos Bederian (working with Pedro D'Argenio): Addition of LTL model checking for MDPs to PRISM + * Carlos Bederian (working with Pedro D'Argenio): LTL model checking for MDPs + * Gethin Norman: Precomputation algorithms, abstraction * Alistair John Strachan: Port to 64-bit architectures * Alistair John Strachan, Mike Arthur and Zak Cohen: Integration of JFreeChart into PRISM * Charles Harley and Sebastian Vermehren: GUI enhancements * Rashid Mehmood: Improvements to low-level data structures and numerical solution algorithms * Stephen Gilmore: Support for the stochastic process algebra PEPA * Paolo Ballarini & Kenneth Chan: Port to Mac OS X - * Andrew Hinton: Original versions of the GUI, Windows-port and simulator - * Joachim Meyer-Kayser: Original implementation of the "Fox-Glynn" algorithm - + * Andrew Hinton: Original versions of the GUI, Windows port and simulator + * Joachim Meyer-Kayser: Original implementation of the "Fox-Glynn" algorithm + For more details see: http://www.prismmodelchecker.org/people.php - ------- CONTACT ------- @@ -118,12 +110,10 @@ If you have problems or questions regarding PRISM, please use the help forum pro Other comments and feedback about any aspect of PRISM are also very welcome. Please contact: Dave Parker - (david.parker@cs.ox.ac.uk) - Department of Computer Science - University of Oxford - Wolfson Building - Parks Road - Oxford - OX1 3QD + (d.a.parker@cs.bham.ac.uk) + School of Computer Science + University of Birmingham + Edgbaston + Birmingham + B15 2TT ENGLAND -