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We present some mathematical results on modelling processes with possibly infinite pasts. We intend the word “process” to be close in spirit to “real process” in [Pet] and “process” in [Bes]. They do not assume a process to have an initial state. As in [Nie], where an initial state was assumed, we work with event structures rather than causal nets. The event structures will be essentially causal nets without conditions.
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Winskel, G. (1982). An Exercise in Processes with Infinite Pasts. In: Girault, C., Reisig, W. (eds) Application and Theory of Petri Nets. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68353-4_15
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