Abstract: | This article begins with a review of the framework of fuzzy probability theory. The basic structure is given by the -effect algebra of effects (fuzzy events)
and the set of probability measures
on a measurable space
. An observable
is defined, where
is the value space of X. It is noted that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between states on
and elements of
and between observables
and -morphisms from
to
. Various combinations of observables are discussed. These include compositions, products, direct products, and mixtures. Fuzzy stochastic processes are introduced and an application to quantum dynamics is considered. Quantum effects are characterized from among a more general class of effects. An alternative definition of a statistical map
is given and it is shown that any statistical map has a unique extension to a statistical operator. Finally, various combinations of statistical maps are discussed and their relationships to the corresponding combinations of observables are derived. |