No-Forcing and No-Matching Theorems for Classical Probability Applied to Quantum Mechanics

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-265

  Dzhafarov, Ehtibar N ^a   Kujala, Janne V ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

CHSH inequalities; Contextuality; EPR Bohm paradigm; Probabilistic couplings; Random variables; Tsirelson inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896408906     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-014-9783-3     Document Type: Article

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