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On the Interactive Power of Higher-order Processes Extended with Parameterization

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This paper investigates the interactive power of the higher-order pi-calculus extended with parameterization. We study two kinds of parameterization: name parameterization and process parameterization. We show that each of these kinds of parameterization results in an interactively complete model, in the sense that they can express the elementary interactive model (named \(\mathbb{C}\)) with built-in recursive functions.

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This work is supported by the NSF of China (61872142, 61772336, 62072299 and 61572318). The authors are grateful for the comments and suggestions from the anonymous referees and the members of the BASICS lab.

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  2. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

    Xian Xu

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    Qiang Yin

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Zhang, W., Xu, X., Yin, Q. et al. On the Interactive Power of Higher-order Processes Extended with Parameterization. Form Asp Comp 33, 151–183 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00165-020-00524-1

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