一句话:为概率重写系统建立分析终止性、唯一极限分布与唯一范式的证明技术,并用于比较归约策略。
概率重写系统虽在操作语义上重要,但其抽象分析工具仍很有限。本文研究概率重写的渐近行为,核心问题是归约结果是否唯一,即是否存在唯一极限分布(以及相应的唯一范式)。作者围绕终止性与唯一范式建立一组证明技术,用以分析和比较不同归约策略;其目标不是给出具体算法实现,而是为概率演算(如概率 lambda 演算)提供操作分析工具,因为这类演算的求值存在多种归约选择,因而可能产生不同归约路径。摘要未报告实验评估,贡献主要在理论框架与证明方法。
While a mature body of work supports the study of rewriting systems, abstract tools for Probabilistic Rewriting are still limited. In this paper we study the question of uniqueness of the result (unique limit distribution), and develop a set of proof techniques to analyze and compare reduction strategies. The goal is to have tools to support the operational analysis of probabilistic calculi (such as probabilistic lambda-calculi) where evaluation allows for different reduction choices (hence different reduction paths).
@article{paperbot1706,
title = {Probabilistic Rewriting and Asymptotic Behaviour: on Termination and Unique Normal Forms},
author = {Claudia Faggian},
journal = {Logical Methods in Computer Science},
volume = {Volume 18, Issue 2},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.46298/lmcs-18(2:5)2022}
}