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//	
//	Copyright (c) 2002-
//	Authors:
//	* Dave Parker <david.parker@comlab.ox.ac.uk> (University of Oxford)
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package explicit;

/**
 * Interface for classes that provide (read) access to an explicit-state CTMDP.
 */
public interface CTMDP extends MDP
{
	// TODO: copy/modify functions from CTMC
	
	/**
	 * Compute the maximum exit rate.
	 */
	public double getMaxExitRate();
	
	/**
	 * Check if the CTMDP is locally uniform, i.e. each state has the same exit rate for all actions. 
	 */
	public boolean isLocallyUniform();
	
	/**
	 * Build the discretised (DT)MDP for this CTMDP, in implicit form
	 * (i.e. where the details are computed on the fly from this one).
	 * @param tau Step duration
	 */
	public MDP buildImplicitDiscretisedMDP(double tau);

	/**
	 * Build (a new) discretised (DT)MDP for this CTMDP.
	 * @param tau Step duration
	 */
	public MDPSimple buildDiscretisedMDP(double tau);
}
