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  • Basic operational preorders for algebraic effects in general, and for combined probability and nondeterminism in particular [Elektronski vir]
    Lopez, Aliaume ; Simpson, Alex
    The "generic operational metatheory" of Johann, Simpson and Voigtländer (LiCS 2010) defines contextual equivalence, in the presence of algebraic effects, in terms of a basic operational preorder on ... ground-type effect trees. We propose three general approaches to specifying such preorders: (i) operational (ii) denotational, and (iii) axiomatic; coinciding with the three major styles of program semantics. We illustrate these via a nontrivial case study: the combination of probabilistic choice with nondeterminism, for which we show that natural instantiations of the three specification methods (operational in terms of Markov decision processes, denotational using a powerdomain, and axiomatic) all determine the same canonical preorder. We do this in the case of both angelic and demonic nondeterminism.
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2018
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 18615385