Semantics for probabilistic programming: higher-order functions, continuous distributions, and soft constraints
We study the semantic foundation of expressive probabilistic programming languages, that support higher-order functions, continuous distributions, and soft constraints (such as Anglican, Church, and Venture). We define a metalanguage (an idealised version of Anglican) for probabilistic computation w...
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Association for Computing Machinery
2016
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