In this paper, we consider the forgetful functor from the category LDcpo of local dcpos (respectively, Dcpo of dcpos) to the category Pos of posets (respectively, LDcpo of local dcpos), and study the existence of its left and right adjoints. Moreover, we give the concrete forms of free and cofree S-ldcpos over a local dcpo, where S is a local dcpo monoid. The main results are: (1) The forgetful...

We show, by a simple and direct proof, that if a bounded valuation on a directed complete partial order (dcpo) is the supremum of a directed family of simple valuations then it has a unique extension to a measure on the Borel-algebra of the dcpo with the Scott topology. It follows that every bounded and continuous valuation on a continuous domain can be extended uniquely to a Borel measure. The...

In this paper, the definition of meet-continuity on $L$-directedcomplete posets (for short, $L$-dcpos) is introduced. As ageneralization of meet-continuity on crisp dcpos, meet-continuity on$L$-dcpos, based on the generalized Scott topology, ischaracterized. In particular, it is shown that every continuous$L$-dcpo is meet-continuous and $L$-continuous retracts ofmeet-continuous $L$-dcpos are al...

We introduce a domain-theoretic foundation for disjunctive logic programming. This foundation is built on clausal logic, a representation of the Smyth powerdomain of any coherent algebraic dcpo. We establish the completeness of a resolution rule for inference in such a clausal logic; we introduce a natural declarative semantics and a fixed-point semantics for disjunctive logic programs, and pro...

We are mainly concerned with some special kinds of semicontinuous domains and relationships between them. New concepts of strongly semicontinuous domains, meet semicontinuous domains and semi-FS domains are introduced. It is shown that a dcpo L is strongly semicontinuous if and only if L is semicontinuous and meet semicontinuous. It is proved that semi-FS domains are strongly semicontinuous. So...

We introduce a new type of dcpo-completion of posets, called D-completion. For any poset P , the D-completion exists, and P and its Dcompletion have the isomorphic Scott closed set lattices. This completion is idempotent. A poset P is continuous (algebraic) if and only if its D-completion is continuous(algebraic). Using the D-completion, we construct the local dcpocompletion of posets, that rev...

Dcpos can be presented by a preorder of generators and inequational relations expressed as covers. Algebraic operations on the generators (possibly with their results being ideals of generators) can be extended to the dcpo presented, provided the covers are “stable” for the operations. The resulting dcpo algebra has a natural universal characterization and satisfies all the inequational laws sa...

Our interest is in automated termination proofs of higher-order rewrite rules in presence of dependent types modulo a theory T on base types. We first describe an original transformation to a type discipline without type dependencies which preserves non-termination. Since the user must reason on expressions of the transformed language, we then introduce an extension of the computability path or...

The canonical extension of a lattice is in an essential way a two-sided completion. Domain theory, on the contrary, is primarily concerned with one-sided completeness. In this paper, we show two things. Firstly, that the canonical extension of a lattice can be given an asymmetric description in two stages: a free co-directed meet completion, followed by a completion by selected directed joins. ...

The canonical extension of a lattice is in an essential way a two-sided completion. Domain theory, on the contrary, is primarily concerned with one-sided completeness. In this paper, we show two things. Firstly, that the canonical extension of a lattice can be given an asymmetric description in two stages: a free co-directed meet completion, followed by a completion by selected directed joins. ...