Hiding and behaviour: an institutional approach

Abstract: "Theories with hidden sorts provide a setting to study the idea of behaviour and behavioural equivalence of elements. But there are variants on the notion of theory: many sorted algebras, order sorted algebras and so on; we would like to use the theory of institutions to develop ideas...

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Main Authors: Burstall, Rod M. (Author), Diaconescu, Răzvan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh 1992
Series:Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science <Edinburgh>: LFCS report series 253
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Summary:Abstract: "Theories with hidden sorts provide a setting to study the idea of behaviour and behavioural equivalence of elements. But there are variants on the notion of theory: many sorted algebras, order sorted algebras and so on; we would like to use the theory of institutions to develop ideas of some generality. We formulate the notion of behavioural equivalence in a more abstract and categorical way, and we give a general explication of 'hiding' in an institution. We use this [sic] show that both hidden many sorted algebras and hidden order sorted algebras yield institutions."
Physical Description:20 S.

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