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Specification of Finite Effect Algebras

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We study and relate five basic methods for specifying or describing a finite effectalgebra, indicate some computational algorithms for dealing with effect algebrasso specified, and mention in passing some open questions that await solution.

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  1. Department of Mathematics Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003

    D. J. Foulis

  2. College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 71272

    R. J. Greechie

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Foulis, D.J., Greechie, R.J. Specification of Finite Effect Algebras. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 39, 665–676 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003641905541

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