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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/OASIcs.FMBC.2025.10

Program Logics for Ledgers

Authors: Orestis Melkonian, Wouter Swierstra, and James Chapman

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 129, 6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2025)

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Distributed ledgers nowadays manage substantial monetary funds in the form of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano. For such ledgers to be safe, operations that add new entries must be cryptographically sound - but it is less clear how to reason effectively about such ever-growing linear data structures. This paper demonstrates how distributed ledgers may be viewed as computer programs, that, when executed, transfer funds between various parties. As a result, familiar program logics, such as Hoare logic, are applied in a novel setting. Borrowing ideas from concurrent separation logic, this enables modular reasoning principles over arbitrary fragments of any ledger. All of our results have been mechanised in the Agda proof assistant.

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Orestis Melkonian, Wouter Swierstra, and James Chapman. Program Logics for Ledgers. In 6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2025). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 129, pp. 10:1-10:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{melkonian_et_al:OASIcs.FMBC.2025.10,
  author =	{Melkonian, Orestis and Swierstra, Wouter and Chapman, James},
  title =	{{Program Logics for Ledgers}},
  booktitle =	{6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC 2025)},
  pages =	{10:1--10:22},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-371-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{129},
  editor =	{Marmsoler, Diego and Xu, Meng},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2025.10},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-230370},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.FMBC.2025.10},
  annote =	{Keywords: blockchain, distributed ledgers, UTxO separation logic, program semantics, formal verification, Agda}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2024.25

The Produoidal Algebra of Process Decomposition

Authors: Matt Earnshaw, James Hefford, and Mario Román

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 288, 32nd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2024)

Abstract

We characterize a universal normal produoidal category of monoidal contexts over an arbitrary monoidal category. In the same sense that a monoidal morphism represents a process, a monoidal context represents an incomplete process: a piece of a decomposition, possibly containing missing parts. In particular, symmetric monoidal contexts coincide with monoidal lenses and endow them with a novel universal property. We apply this algebraic structure to the analysis of multi-party protocols in arbitrary theories of processes.

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Matt Earnshaw, James Hefford, and Mario Román. The Produoidal Algebra of Process Decomposition. In 32nd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 288, pp. 25:1-25:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{earnshaw_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2024.25,
  author =	{Earnshaw, Matt and Hefford, James and Rom\'{a}n, Mario},
  title =	{{The Produoidal Algebra of Process Decomposition}},
  booktitle =	{32nd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2024)},
  pages =	{25:1--25:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-310-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{288},
  editor =	{Murano, Aniello 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.CSL.2024.25},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-196688},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2024.25},
  annote =	{Keywords: monoidal categories, profunctors, lenses, duoidal 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.CSL.2022.14

Realising Intensional S4 and GL Modalities

Authors: Liang-Ting Chen and Hsiang-Shang Ko

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 216, 30th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2022)

Abstract

There have been investigations into type-theoretic foundations for metaprogramming, notably Davies and Pfenning’s (2001) treatment in S4 modal logic, where code evaluating to values of type A is given the modal type Code A (□A in the original paper). Recently Kavvos (2017) extended PCF with Code A and intensional recursion, understood as the deductive form of the GL (Gödel-Löb) axiom in provability logic, but the resulting type system is logically inconsistent. Inspired by staged computation, we observe that a term of type Code A is, in general, code to be evaluated in a next stage, whereas S4 modal type theory is a special case where code can be evaluated in the current stage, and the two types of code should be discriminated. Consequently, we use two separate modalities ⊠ and □ to model S4 and GL respectively in a unified categorical framework while retaining logical consistency. Following Kavvos’ (2017) novel approach to the semantics of intensionality, we interpret the two modalities in the P-category of assemblies and trackable maps. For the GL modality □ in particular, we use guarded type theory to articulate what it means by a “next” stage and to model intensional recursion by guarded recursion together with Kleene’s second recursion theorem. Besides validating the S4 and GL axioms, our model better captures the essence of intensionality by refuting congruence (so that two extensionally equal terms may not be intensionally equal) and internal quoting (both A → □A and A → ⊠A). Our results are developed in (guarded) homotopy type theory and formalised in Agda.

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Liang-Ting Chen and Hsiang-Shang Ko. Realising Intensional S4 and GL Modalities. In 30th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 216, pp. 14:1-14:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{chen_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2022.14,
  author =	{Chen, Liang-Ting and Ko, Hsiang-Shang},
  title =	{{Realising Intensional S4 and GL Modalities}},
  booktitle =	{30th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2022)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-218-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{216},
  editor =	{Manea, Florin and Simpson, Alex},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2022.14},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-157341},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2022.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: provability, guarded recursion, realisability, modal types, metaprogramming}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.Tokenomics.2020.7

A Foundation for Ledger Structures

Authors: Chad Nester

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 82, 2nd International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols (Tokenomics 2020)

Abstract

This paper introduces an approach to constructing ledger structures for cryptocurrency systems with basic category theory. Compositional theories of resource convertibility allow us to express the material history of virtual goods, and ownership is modelled by a free construction. Our notion of ownership admits an intuitive graphical representation through string diagrams for monoidal functors.

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Chad Nester. A Foundation for Ledger Structures. In 2nd International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols (Tokenomics 2020). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 82, pp. 7:1-7:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{nester:OASIcs.Tokenomics.2020.7,
  author =	{Nester, Chad},
  title =	{{A Foundation for Ledger Structures}},
  booktitle =	{2nd International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols (Tokenomics 2020)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:13},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-157-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{82},
  editor =	{Anceaume, Emmanuelle and Bisi\`{e}re, Christophe and Bouvard, Matthieu and Bramas, Quentin and Casamatta, Catherine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.Tokenomics.2020.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-135293},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.Tokenomics.2020.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: String Diagrams, Category Theory, Blockchains}
}

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