Non-deterministic, probabilistic, and quantum effects through the lens of event structures (Technical report)

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Main Authors: Fernandes, Vítor, de Visme, Marc, Valiron, Benoît
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author Fernandes, Vítor
de Visme, Marc
Valiron, Benoît
author_facet Fernandes, Vítor
de Visme, Marc
Valiron, Benoît
contents In this paper, we consider event structures and their probabilistic and quantum extensions as originally defined by Winskel. If these structures have already been part of sophisticated computational models, they have rarely been directly studied as an immediate model of execution traces of programs. This paper offers such an analysis. We propose a simple imperative operational framework and show how to derive soundness and adequacy results with event structures considered as a semantics. We show how event structures naturally handle non-deterministic, probabilistic and quantum effects.
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spellingShingle Non-deterministic, probabilistic, and quantum effects through the lens of event structures (Technical report)
Fernandes, Vítor
de Visme, Marc
Valiron, Benoît
Logic in Computer Science
In this paper, we consider event structures and their probabilistic and quantum extensions as originally defined by Winskel. If these structures have already been part of sophisticated computational models, they have rarely been directly studied as an immediate model of execution traces of programs. This paper offers such an analysis. We propose a simple imperative operational framework and show how to derive soundness and adequacy results with event structures considered as a semantics. We show how event structures naturally handle non-deterministic, probabilistic and quantum effects.
title Non-deterministic, probabilistic, and quantum effects through the lens of event structures (Technical report)
topic Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14563