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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2026.41
On the Encodability of Reversible Process Calculi

Authors: Ivan Lanese, Claudio Antares Mezzina, Iain Phillips, Irek Ulidowski, and Shoji Yuen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 391, 37th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2026)

Abstract
Reversibility, allowing one to execute a program not only forwards as usual, but also backwards, has emerged as a fundamental concept in computing, with applications ranging from debugging and fault tolerance to biological and quantum systems. CCSK, a reversible extension of CCS, is a paradigmatic model of reversible concurrent computation. In this paper, we investigate the encodability of CCSK into classical forward-only concurrent models. We establish a separation theorem showing that there is no basic, success-sensitive encoding of CCSK into CCS or the π-calculus, highlighting the strong impact of reversibility on expressive power. We then present an encoding of CCSK processes with only top-level parallel composition into the internal π-calculus, correct up to strong bisimilarity. We also identify a fundamental limitation: no parallel-preserving encoding of CCSK (with arbitrary parallel composition) into the π-calculus can be correct up to strong bisimilarity. Finally, we provide a parallel-preserving encoding correct under a weaker behavioural correspondence: weak mutual simulation. Our findings extend the literature of encodability results to reversible process calculi.
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Ivan Lanese, Claudio Antares Mezzina, Iain Phillips, Irek Ulidowski, and Shoji Yuen. On the Encodability of Reversible Process Calculi. In 37th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 391, pp. 41:1-41:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{lanese_et_al:LIPIcs.CONCUR.2026.41,
  author =	{Lanese, Ivan and Mezzina, Claudio Antares and Phillips, Iain and Ulidowski, Irek and Yuen, Shoji},
  title =	{{On the Encodability of Reversible Process Calculi}},
  booktitle =	{37th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2026)},
  pages =	{41:1--41:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-447-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{391},
  editor =	{Sokolova, Ana and Totzke, Patrick},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2026.41},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-273715},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2026.41},
  annote =	{Keywords: Reversible computation, Process calculi, Encodings, Impossibility results}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DARTS.6.2.18
Multiparty Session Programming with Global Protocol Combinators (Artifact)

Authors: Keigo Imai, Rumyana Neykova, Nobuko Yoshida, and Shoji Yuen

Published in: DARTS, Volume 6, Issue 2, Special Issue of the 34th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2020)

Abstract
In the paper "Multiparty Session Programming with Global Protocol Combinators", we introduce a library, ocaml-mpst for programming with global combinators - a set of functions for writing and verifying multiparty protocols in OCaml. Local behaviours for all processes in a protocol are inferred at once from a global combinator. Our approach enables fully-static verification and implementation of the whole protocol, from the protocol specification to the process implementations, to happen in the same language. This artifact is the source code of ocaml-mpst, with all the examples and benchmarks discussed in the paper.
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Keigo Imai, Rumyana Neykova, Nobuko Yoshida, and Shoji Yuen. Multiparty Session Programming with Global Protocol Combinators (Artifact). In Special Issue of the 34th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2020). Dagstuhl Artifacts Series (DARTS), Volume 6, Issue 2, pp. 18:1-18:2, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@Article{imai_et_al:DARTS.6.2.18,
  author =	{Imai, Keigo and Neykova, Rumyana and Yoshida, Nobuko and Yuen, Shoji},
  title =	{{Multiparty Session Programming with Global Protocol Combinators (Artifact)}},
  pages =	{18:1--18:2},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Artifacts Series},
  ISSN =	{2509-8195},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{6},
  number =	{2},
  editor =	{Imai, Keigo and Neykova, Rumyana and Yoshida, Nobuko and Yuen, Shoji},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DARTS.6.2.18},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-132159},
  doi =		{10.4230/DARTS.6.2.18},
  annote =	{Keywords: Multiparty Session Types, Communication Protocol, Concurrent and Distributed Programming, OCaml}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2020.9
Multiparty Session Programming With Global Protocol Combinators

Authors: Keigo Imai, Rumyana Neykova, Nobuko Yoshida, and Shoji Yuen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 166, 34th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2020)

Abstract
Multiparty Session Types (MPST) is a typing discipline for communication protocols. It ensures the absence of communication errors and deadlocks for well-typed communicating processes. The state-of-the-art implementations of the MPST theory rely on (1) runtime linearity checks to ensure correct usage of communication channels and (2) external domain-specific languages for specifying and verifying multiparty protocols. To overcome these limitations, we propose a library for programming with global combinators - a set of functions for writing and verifying multiparty protocols in OCaml. Local behaviours for all processes in a protocol are inferred at once from a global combinator. We formalise global combinators and prove a sound realisability of global combinators - a well-typed global combinator derives a set of local types, by which typed endpoint programs can ensure type and communication safety. Our approach enables fully-static verification and implementation of the whole protocol, from the protocol specification to the process implementations, to happen in the same language. We compare our implementation to untyped and continuation-passing style implementations, and demonstrate its expressiveness by implementing a plethora of protocols. We show our library can interoperate with existing libraries and services, implementing DNS (Domain Name Service) protocol and the OAuth (Open Authentication) protocol.
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Keigo Imai, Rumyana Neykova, Nobuko Yoshida, and Shoji Yuen. Multiparty Session Programming With Global Protocol Combinators. In 34th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 166, pp. 9:1-9:30, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{imai_et_al:LIPIcs.ECOOP.2020.9,
  author =	{Imai, Keigo and Neykova, Rumyana and Yoshida, Nobuko and Yuen, Shoji},
  title =	{{Multiparty Session Programming With Global Protocol Combinators}},
  booktitle =	{34th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2020)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:30},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-154-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{166},
  editor =	{Hirschfeld, Robert and Pape, Tobias},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2020.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-131662},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2020.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Multiparty Session Types, Communication Protocol, Concurrent and Distributed Programming, OCaml}
}

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