Quantum Theory : Informational Foundations and Foils

Introduction -- Part 1 Foil Theories -- Optimal Information Transfer and Real-Vector-Space Quantum Theory (William K. Wootters) -- Almost quantum theory (Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland) -- Quasi-quantization: classical statistical theories with an epistemic restriction (Robert W. Spekkens).-Part 2 Axiomatizations -- Information-theoretic postulates for quantum theory (Markus P. Müller, Lluís Masanes) -- Quantum from principles (Giulio Chiribella, Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano, Paolo Perinotti) -- Reconstructing Quantum Theory (Lucien Hardy) -- The classical limit of a physical theory and the dimensionality of space (Borivoje Dakić, Časlav Brukner) -- Some Negative Remarks on Operational Approaches to Quantum Theory (Christopher A. Fuchs, Blake C. Stacey) -- Generalised Compositional Theories and Diagrammatic Reasoning (Bob Coecke, Ross Duncan, Aleks Kissinger, Quanlong Wang).Part 3 Categories and ordered vectors spaces -- Post-Classical Probability Theory (Howard Barnum and Alexander Wilce) -- Information causality (Marcin Pawłowski, Valerio Scarani) --  Part 4 Quantum correlations -- Macroscopic locality (Miguel Navascués) -- Guess your neighbour’s input: no quantum advantage but an advantage for quantum theory (Antonio Aćın, Mafalda L. Almeida, Remigiusz Augusiak, Nicolas Brunner) -- The completeness of quantum theory for predicting measurement outcomes (Roger Colbeck, Renato Renner). - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9789401773027