Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning


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This volume contains the proceedings of LPAR '92, the international conference on logic programming and automated reasoning held in St. Petersburg in July 1992. The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers from the Russian and the international logic programming and theorem proving communities. The topics of interest covered by papers inthe volume include automated theorem proving, non-monotonic reasoning, applications of mathematical logic to computer science, deductive databases, implementation of declarative concepts, and programming in non-classical logics. LPAR '92 is the successor of the First and Second Russian Conferences on Logic Programming held in 1990 and 1991, respectively, the proceedings of which were publishedin LNAI Vol. 592.







A New Application for Explanation-based Generalisation Within Automated Deduction


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Abstract: "Generalisation is currently a major theorem-proving problem. This paper proposes a new method of generalisation, involving the use of explanation-based generalization within a new domain, which may succeed when other methods fail. The method has been implemented for simple arithmetical examples."




Automated Deduction, Cade-12.


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This volume contains the reviewed papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE-12) held at Nancy, France in June/July 1994. The 67 papers presented were selected from 177 submissions and document many of the most important research results in automated deduction since CADE-11 was held in June 1992. The volume is organized in chapters on heuristics, resolution systems, induction, controlling resolutions, ATP problems, unification, LP applications, special-purpose provers, rewrite rule termination, ATP efficiency, AC unification, higher-order theorem proving, natural systems, problem sets, and system descriptions.




IJCAI-97


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A Proof Environment for Arithmetic with the Omega Rule


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Abstract: "An important technique for investigating derivability in formal systems of arithmetic has been to embed such systems into semi- formal systems with the [omega]-rule. This paper exploits this notion within the domain of automated theorem-proving and discusses the implementation of such a proof environment, namely the CORE system which implements a version of the primitive recursive [omega]-rule. This involves providing an appropriate representation for infinite proofs, and a means of verifying properties of such objects. By means of the CORE system, from a finite number of instances a conjecture for a proof of the universally quantified formula is automatically derived by an inductive inference algorithm, and checked for correctness. In addition, candidates for cut formulae may be generated by an explanation-based learning algorithm. This is an alternative approach to reasoning about inductively defined domains from traditional structural induction, which may sometimes be more intuitive."




The Complex Mind


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Combining the study of animal minds, artificial minds, and human evolution, this book examine the advances made by comparative psychologists in explaining the intelligent behaviour of primates, the design of artificial autonomous systems and the cognitive products of language evolution.