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Towards a unified model of search in theorem proving: subgoal-reduction strategies  (2005)

Authors:
Bonacina, Maria Paola
Title:
Towards a unified model of search in theorem proving: subgoal-reduction strategies
Year:
2005
Type of item:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Referee:
Name of journal:
Journal of Symbolic Computation
ISSN of journal:
0747-7171
N° Volume:
39
Number or Folder:
2
:
Elsevier
Page numbers:
209-255
Keyword:
Automated theorem proving; search complexity; analysis of; subgoal-reduction strategies; tableau-based strategies; model elimination; marked search-graphs; bounded search spaces; analytic and synthetic strategies
Short description of contents:
This paper advances the design of a unified model for the representation of search in first-order clausal theorem proving, by extending to tableau-based subgoal-reduction strategies (e.g., model-elimination tableaux), the marked search-graph model, already introduced for ordering-based strategies, those that use (ordered) resolution, paramodulation/superposition, simplification, and subsumption. The resulting analytic marked search-graphs subsume AND-OR graphs, and allow us to represent those dynamic components, such as backtracking and instantiation of rigid variables, that have long been an obstacle to model subgoal-reduction strategies properly. The second part of the paper develops for analytic marked search graphs the bounded search spaces approach to the analysis of infinite search spaces. We analyze how tableau inferences and backtracking affect the bounded search spaces during a derivation. Then, we apply this analysis to measure the effects of regularity and lemmatization by folding-up on search complexity, by comparing the bounded search spaces of strategies with and without these features. We conclude with a discussion comparing the marked search-graphs for tableaux, linear resolution and ordering-based strategies, showing how this search model applies across these classes of strategies.
Web page:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsc.2004.11.001
https://mariapaola.github.io/
Product ID:
20899
Handle IRIS:
11562/300528
Deposited On:
March 15, 2012
Last Modified:
September 16, 2023
Bibliographic citation:
Bonacina, Maria Paola, Towards a unified model of search in theorem proving: subgoal-reduction strategies «Journal of Symbolic Computation» , vol. 39 , n. 22005pp. 209-255

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