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The measurement process for hidden-configuration formulations of quantum mechanics is analysed. It is shown how a satisfactory description of quantum measurement can be given in this framework. The unified treatment of hidden-configuration theories, including Bohmian mechanics and Nelson's stochastic mechanics, helps in understanding the true reasons why the problem of quantum measurement can succesfully be solved within such theories.
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Peruzzi, G., Rimini, A. Quantum measurement in a family of hidden-variable theories. Found Phys Lett 9, 505–519 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02190027
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