Bisimulations and predicate logic:

Abstract: "Elementary (first-order) and non-elementary (set- theoretic) aspects of the largest bisimulation are considered, with a view towards analyzing operational semantics from the perspective of predicate logic. The notion of a bisimulation is employed in two distinct ways: (i) as an exten...

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Main Author: Fernando, R. T. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam 1993
Series:Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica <Amsterdam> / Department of Computer Science: Report CS 93,33
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Summary:Abstract: "Elementary (first-order) and non-elementary (set- theoretic) aspects of the largest bisimulation are considered, with a view towards analyzing operational semantics from the perspective of predicate logic. The notion of a bisimulation is employed in two distinct ways: (i) as an extensional notion of equivalence on programs (or processes) generalizing input/output equivalence (at a cost exceeding [pi][superscript 1][subscript 1] over certain transition predicates computable in log space), and (ii) as a tool for analyzing the dependence of transitions on data (which can be shown to be elementary or non-elementary, depending on the formulation of the transitions). These ways contrast not only in the logical dependence they uncover, but also in their use of sets as abstractions describing mechanical computation."
Physical Description:15 S.

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