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Leach Albert, Javier and Nieva Soto, Susana and Rodríguez-Artalejo, Mario (2001) Constraint Logic Programming with Hereditary Harrop formulas. Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 1 (4). pp. 409-445. ISSN 1471-0684
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Abstract
Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) and Hereditary Harrop formulas (HH) are two well known ways to enhance the expressivity of Horn clauses. In this paper, we present a novel combination of these two approaches. We show how to enrich the syntax and proof theory of HH with the help of a given constraint system, in such a way that the key property of HH as a logic programming language (namely, the existence of uniform proofs) is preserved. We also present a procedure for goal solving, showing its soundness and completeness for computing answer constraints. As a consequence of this result, we obtain a new strong completeness theorem for CLP that avoids the need to build disjunctions of computed answers, as well as a more abstract formulation of a known completeness theorem for HH.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is a substantially revised and extended version of an earlier paper (Leach, Nieva and Rodrguez-Artalejo, 1997). The authors have been partially supported by the Spanish National Project TIC 98-0445-C03-02 TREND and the Esprit BRA Working Group EP-22457 CCLII. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Constraint systems, Hereditary Harrop formulas, Uniform proofs, Goal solving |
Subjects: | Sciences > Computer science > Programming languages (Electronic computers) |
ID Code: | 17171 |
Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2012 10:23 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2018 10:02 |
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