
arXiv: 1405.7141
This paper investigates stochastic nondeterminism on continuous state spaces by relating nondeterministic kernels and stochastic effectivity functions to each other. Nondeterministic kernels are functions assigning each state a set o subprobability measures, and effectivity functions assign to each state an upper-closed set of subsets of measures. Both concepts are generalizations of Markov kernels used for defining two different models: Nondeterministic labelled Markov processes and stochastic game models, respectively. We show that an effectivity function that maps into principal filters is given by an image-countable nondeterministic kernel, and that image-finite kernels give rise to effectivity functions. We define state bisimilarity for the latter, considering its connection to morphisms. We provide a logical characterization of bisimilarity in the finitary case. A generalization of congruences (event bisimulations) to effectivity functions and its relation to the categorical presentation of bisimulation are also studied.
Minor changes in the text, correction of typos; new and extended abstract; added an acknowledgement (paper accepted by J. Logic Comput.)
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science, FOS: Mathematics, F.4.1, 03B70, 03E15, 28A05, Mathematics - Logic, F.1.2, F.4.1; F.1.2, Logic (math.LO), Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science, FOS: Mathematics, F.4.1, 03B70, 03E15, 28A05, Mathematics - Logic, F.1.2, F.4.1; F.1.2, Logic (math.LO), Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
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