An adequate compositional encoding of bigraph structure in linear logic with subexponentials

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Abstract

In linear logic, formulas can be split into two sets: classical (those that can be used as many times as necessary) or linear (those that are consumed and no longer available after being used). Subexponentials generalize this notion by allowing the formulas to be split into many sets, each of which can then be specified to be classical or linear. This flexibility increases its expressiveness: we already have adequate encodings of a number of other proof systems, and for computational models such as concurrent constraint programming, in linear logic with subexponentials (SEL). Bigraphs were proposed by Milner in 2001 as a model for ubiquitous computing, subsuming models of computation such as CCS and the π-calculus and capable of modeling connectivity and locality at the same time. In this work we present an encoding of the bigraph structure in SEL, thus giving an indication of the expressive power of this logic, and at the same time providing a framework for reasoning and operating on bigraphs. Our encoding is adequate and therefore the operations of composition and juxtaposition can be performed on the logical level. Moreover, all the proof-theoretical tools of SEL become available for querying and proving properties of bigraph structures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLogic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning - 20th International Conference, LPAR-20 2015, Proceedings
EditorsAndrei Voronkov, Ansgar Fehnker, Martin Davis, Annabelle McIver
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages146-161
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783662488980
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Event20th International Conference on Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning, LPAR 2015 - Suva, Fiji
Duration: 24 Nov 201528 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9450
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning, LPAR 2015
Country/TerritoryFiji
CitySuva
Period24/11/1528/11/15

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