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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.28

Resourceful Traces for Commuting Processes

Authors: Matthew Earnshaw, Chad Nester, and Mario Román

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 363, 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)

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We show that, when the actions of a Mazurkiewicz trace are considered not merely as atomic but as transformations from a specified type of inputs to a specified type of outputs, we obtain a novel notion of presentation for effectful categories (also known as generalized Freyd categories), a well-known algebraic structure in the semantics of side-effecting computation. Like the usual representation of traces as graphs, our notion of presentation gives rise to a graphical representation of morphisms in effectful categories. We use our presentations to give a construction of the commuting tensor product of free effectful categories, capturing the combination of systems in which the actions of each must commute with one another, while still permitting exchange of resources.

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Matthew Earnshaw, Chad Nester, and Mario Román. Resourceful Traces for Commuting Processes. In 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 363, pp. 28:1-28:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{earnshaw_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2026.28,
  author =	{Earnshaw, Matthew and Nester, Chad and Rom\'{a}n, Mario},
  title =	{{Resourceful Traces for Commuting Processes}},
  booktitle =	{34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)},
  pages =	{28:1--28:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-411-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{363},
  editor =	{Guerrini, Stefano and K\"{o}nig, Barbara},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.28},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254522},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.28},
  annote =	{Keywords: Mazurkiewicz traces, premonoidal categories, monoidal categories, effectful categories}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.43

String Diagrammatic Trace Theory

Authors: Matthew Earnshaw and Paweł Sobociński

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 272, 48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2023)

Abstract

We extend the theory of formal languages in monoidal categories to the multi-sorted, symmetric case, and show how this theory permits a graphical treatment of topics in concurrency. In particular, we show that Mazurkiewicz trace languages are precisely symmetric monoidal languages over monoidal distributed alphabets. We introduce symmetric monoidal automata, which define the class of regular symmetric monoidal languages. Furthermore, we prove that Zielonka’s asynchronous automata coincide with symmetric monoidal automata over monoidal distributed alphabets. Finally, we apply the string diagrams for symmetric premonoidal categories to derive serializations of traces.

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Matthew Earnshaw and Paweł Sobociński. String Diagrammatic Trace Theory. In 48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 272, pp. 43:1-43:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{earnshaw_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.43,
  author =	{Earnshaw, Matthew and Soboci\'{n}ski, Pawe{\l}},
  title =	{{String Diagrammatic Trace Theory}},
  booktitle =	{48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2023)},
  pages =	{43:1--43:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-292-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{272},
  editor =	{Leroux, J\'{e}r\^{o}me and Lombardy, Sylvain and Peleg, David},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.43},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-185770},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.43},
  annote =	{Keywords: symmetric monoidal categories, Mazurkiewicz traces, asynchronous automata}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2022.44

Regular Monoidal Languages

Authors: Matthew Earnshaw and Paweł Sobociński

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 241, 47th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2022)

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We introduce regular languages of morphisms in free monoidal categories, with their associated grammars and automata. These subsume the classical theory of regular languages of words and trees, but also open up a much wider class of languages over string diagrams. We use the algebra of monoidal categories to investigate the properties of regular monoidal languages, and provide sufficient conditions for their recognizability by deterministic monoidal automata.

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Matthew Earnshaw and Paweł Sobociński. Regular Monoidal Languages. In 47th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 241, pp. 44:1-44:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{earnshaw_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2022.44,
  author =	{Earnshaw, Matthew and Soboci\'{n}ski, Pawe{\l}},
  title =	{{Regular Monoidal Languages}},
  booktitle =	{47th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2022)},
  pages =	{44:1--44:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-256-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{241},
  editor =	{Szeider, Stefan and Ganian, Robert and Silva, Alexandra},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2022.44},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-168425},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2022.44},
  annote =	{Keywords: monoidal categories, string diagrams, formal language theory, cartesian restriction categories}
}

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