Observational equivalences for linear logic concurrent constraint languages

Linear logic Concurrent Constraint programming (LCC) is an extension of concurrent constraint programming (CC), where the constraint system is based on Girard's linear logic instead of the classical logic. In this paper, we address the problem of program equivalence for this programming framewo...

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Published in:Theory and practice of logic programming Vol. 11; no. 4-5; pp. 469 - 485
Main Author: Haemmerle, Remy
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2011
Subjects:
Algebra
Equivalence
Handling
Logic
Logic programming
Materials handling
Programming
Regular Papers
Semantics
bisimulation
observational equivalences
π-calculus
Constraint Handling Rules
linear logic
Concurrent Constraint programming
ISSN:1471-0684, 1475-3081
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Summary:Linear logic Concurrent Constraint programming (LCC) is an extension of concurrent constraint programming (CC), where the constraint system is based on Girard's linear logic instead of the classical logic. In this paper, we address the problem of program equivalence for this programming framework. For this purpose, we present a structural operational semantics for LCC based on a label transition system and investigate different notions of observational equivalences inspired by the state of art of process algebras. Then, we demonstrate that the asynchronous π-calculus can be viewed as simple syntactical restrictions of LCC. Finally, we show that LCC observational equivalences can be transposed straightforwardly to classical Concurrent Constraint languages and Constraint Handling Rules, and investigate the resulting equivalences.
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ISSN:1471-0684
1475-3081
DOI:10.1017/S1471068411000123