Luckhardt, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-5622, Beohar, H. orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-1334 and Kupke, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-0502-391X (2025) Expressivity of bisimulation pseudometrics over analytic state spaces. In: Cîrstea, C. and Knapp, A., (eds.) Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics. 11th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2025), 16-18 Jun 2025, Strathclyde, United Kingdom. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), 342. ISSN: 1868-8969.
Abstract
A Markov decision process (MDP) is a state-based dynamical system capable of describing probabilistic behaviour with rewards. In this paper, we view MDPs as coalgebras living in the category of analytic spaces, a very general class of measurable spaces. Note that analytic spaces were already studied in the literature on labelled Markov processes and bisimulation relations. Our results are twofold. First, we define bisimulation pseudometrics over such coalgebras using the framework of fibrations. Second, we develop a quantitative modal logic for such coalgebras and prove a quantitative form of Hennessy-Milner theorem in this new setting stating that the bisimulation pseudometric corresponds to the logical distance induced by modal formulae.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Daniel Luckhardt, Harsh Beohar, and Clemens Kupke; licensed under Creative Commons License CC-BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Markov decision process; quantitative Hennessy-Milner theorem |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2026 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2026 10:35 |
| Status: | Published |
| Series Name: | Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2025.13 |
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| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:237018 |
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