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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2023.18
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-183933
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2023/18393/
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Hirata, Michikazu ; Minamide, Yasuhiko ; Sato, Tetsuya

Semantic Foundations of Higher-Order Probabilistic Programs in Isabelle/HOL

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Abstract

Higher-order probabilistic programs are used to describe statistical models and machine-learning mechanisms. The programming languages for them are equipped with three features: higher-order functions, sampling, and conditioning. In this paper, we propose an Isabelle/HOL library for probabilistic programs supporting all of those three features. We extend our previous quasi-Borel theory library in Isabelle/HOL. As a basis of the theory, we formalize s-finite kernels, which is considered as a theoretical foundation of first-order probabilistic programs and a key to support conditioning of probabilistic programs. We also formalize the Borel isomorphism theorem which plays an important role in the quasi-Borel theory. Using them, we develop the s-finite measure monad on quasi-Borel spaces. Our extension enables us to describe higher-order probabilistic programs with conditioning directly as an Isabelle/HOL term whose type is that of morphisms between quasi-Borel spaces. We also implement the qbs prover for checking well-typedness of an Isabelle/HOL term as a morphism between quasi-Borel spaces. We demonstrate several verification examples of higher-order probabilistic programs with conditioning.

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@InProceedings{hirata_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2023.18,
  author =	{Hirata, Michikazu and Minamide, Yasuhiko and Sato, Tetsuya},
  title =	{{Semantic Foundations of Higher-Order Probabilistic Programs in Isabelle/HOL}},
  booktitle =	{14th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2023)},
  pages =	{18:1--18:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-284-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{268},
  editor =	{Naumowicz, Adam and Thiemann, Ren\'{e}},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2023/18393},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-183933},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2023.18},
  annote =	{Keywords: Higher-order probabilistic program, s-finite kernel, Quasi-Borel spaces, Isabelle/HOL}
}

Keywords: Higher-order probabilistic program, s-finite kernel, Quasi-Borel spaces, Isabelle/HOL
Collection: 14th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2023)
Issue Date: 2023
Date of publication: 26.07.2023

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