Equational Axioms for Probabilistic Bisimilarity (Preliminary Report)

Authors

  • Luca Aceto
  • Zoltán Ésik
  • Anna Ingólfsdóttir

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v9i6.21724

Abstract

This paper gives an equational axiomatization of probabilistic bisimulation equivalence for a class of finite-state agents previously studied by Stark and Smolka ((2000) Proof, Language, and Interaction: Essays in Honour of Robin Milner, pp. 571-595). The axiomatization is obtained by extending the general axioms of iteration theories (or iteration algebras), which characterize the equational properties of the fixed point operator on (omega-)continuous or monotonic functions, with three axiom schemas that express laws that are specific to probabilistic bisimilarity. Hence probabilistic bisimilarity (over finite-state agents) has an equational axiomatization relative to iteration algebras.

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Published

2002-02-05

How to Cite

Aceto, L., Ésik, Z., & Ingólfsdóttir, A. (2002). Equational Axioms for Probabilistic Bisimilarity (Preliminary Report). BRICS Report Series, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v9i6.21724