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Recent results in the theory of integration of complex-valued functions with respect to a positive operator-valued measure are used to generalize the usual notion of coexistent observables. This leads to a connection between effects as observables and the quantization scheme of stochastic quantum mechanics. It also leads to a new viewpoint for the concept of a “classical apparatus” for quantum measurement which does not require a classical mechanical treatment of the apparatus from the outset.
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Schroeck, F.E. Coexistence of observables. Int J Theor Phys 28, 247–262 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670203
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