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CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Logic Program Synthesis in a Higher-Order Setting
We describe a system for the synthesis of logic programs from specifications based on higher-order logical descriptions of appropriate refinement operations. The system has been ...
David Lacey, Julian Richardson, Alan Smaill
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Logic Programming Application for the Analysis of Spanish Verse
Logic programming rules are provided to capture the rules governing formal poetry in Spanish. The resulting logic program scans verses in Spanish to provide their metric analysis. ...
Pablo Gervás
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Semantic Approach for Schema Evolution and Versioning in Object-Oriented Databases
Abstract. In this paper a semantic approach for the specification and the management of databases with evolving schemata is introduced. It is shown how a general object-oriented m...
Enrico Franconi, Fabio Grandi, Federica Mandreoli
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Databases and Higher Types
Generalized databases will be examined, in which attributes can be sets of attributes, or sets of sets of attributes, and other higher type constructs. A precise semantics will be ...
Melvin Fitting
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Dominance Constraints with Set Operators
Abstract. Dominance constraints are widely used in computational linguistics as a language for talking and reasoning about trees. In this paper, we extend dominance constraints by ...
Denys Duchier, Joachim Niehren
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Design and Implementation of the Physical Layer in WebBases: The XRover Experience
Webbases are database systems that enable creation of Web applications that allow end users to shop around for products and services at various Web sites without having to manually...
Hasan Davulcu, Guizhen Yang, Michael Kifer, I. V. ...
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Representing Trees with Constraints
This paper presents a method for representing trees using constraint logic programming over finite domains. We describe a class of trees that is of particular interest to us and h...
Ben Curry, Geraint A. Wiggins, Gillian Hayes
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Linearly Bounded Reformulations of Conjunctive Databases
Rada Chirkova, Michael R. Genesereth
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Plan Fusion Algorithm for Multi-Agent Systems
We introduce an algorithm for cooperative planning in multi-agent systems. The algorithm enables the agents to combine (fuse) their plans in order to increase their joint profits...
Mathijs de Weerdt, André Bos, Hans Tonino, ...
CL
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Querying Inconsistent Databases: Algorithms and Implementation
In this paper, an algorithm for obtaining consistent answers to queries posed to inconsistent relational databases is presented. The algorith is proven to be sound, terminating and...
Alexander Celle, Leopoldo E. Bertossi