We would like to thank Professor Loh and Professor Gelman for their thoughtful comments. Some of the detailed points that the discussants bring up remind us to emphasize that in many regards our article offers only an overview of the scientific questions we aim to address and of the methods, models, and algorithms that we employ. Some technical details are omitted in the interest of readability...

Model checking is an effective way of comparing a system description against its formal specification and search systematically for errors. The method is gaining a lot of success by being integrated in the hardware design process, and in development of complicated protocols and software. Being an intractable problem, model checking is the ground for very active research that is inspired by many...

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