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Logics with probabilistic team semantics and the Boolean negation.

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Authors

  • Miika Hannula
  • Minna Hirvonen
  • Juha Kontinen
  • Yasir Mahmood
  • Arne Meier
  • Jonni Virtema

External Research Organisations

  • University of Helsinki
  • Paderborn University
  • The University of Sheffield

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Original languageEnglish
Article number3
JournalJournal of Logic and Computation
Volume35
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2025

Abstract

We study the expressivity and the complexity of various logics in probabilistic team semantics with the Boolean negation. In particular, we study the extension of probabilistic independence logic with the Boolean negation, and a recently introduced logic first-order theory of random variables with probabilistic independence. We give several results that compare the expressivity of these logics with the most studied logics in probabilistic team semantics setting, as well as relating their expressivity to a numerical variant of second-order logic. In addition, we introduce novel entropy atoms and show that the extension of first-order logic by entropy atoms subsumes probabilistic independence logic. Finally, we obtain some results on the complexity of model checking, validity and satisfiability of our logics.

Keywords

    probabilistic team semantics, model checking, satisfiability, validity, computational complexity, expressivity of logics

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Logics with probabilistic team semantics and the Boolean negation. / Hannula, Miika; Hirvonen, Minna; Kontinen, Juha et al.
In: Journal of Logic and Computation, Vol. 35, No. 3, 3, 30.03.2025.

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Hannula M, Hirvonen M, Kontinen J, Mahmood Y, Meier A, Virtema J. Logics with probabilistic team semantics and the Boolean negation. Journal of Logic and Computation. 2025 Mar 30;35(3):3. doi: 10.1093/logcom/exaf021
Hannula, Miika ; Hirvonen, Minna ; Kontinen, Juha et al. / Logics with probabilistic team semantics and the Boolean negation. In: Journal of Logic and Computation. 2025 ; Vol. 35, No. 3.
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