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We study the satisfiability problem for the two-variable first-order logic over structures with one transitive relation. % We show that the problem is decidable in 2-NExpTime for the fragment consisting of formulas where existential…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Wiesław Szwast , Lidia Tendera

In this paper we explore fundamental concepts in computational complexity theory and the boundaries of algorithmic decidability. We examine the relationship between complexity classes \textbf{P} and \textbf{NP}, where $L \in \textbf{P}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Duaa Abdullah , Jasem Hamoud

The fitting problem for conjunctive queries (CQs) is the problem to construct a CQ that fits a given set of labeled data examples. When a fitting CQ exists, it is in general not unique. This leads us to proposing natural refinements of the…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Balder ten Cate , Victor Dalmau , Maurice Funk , Carsten Lutz

Let $L_{>\lambda}(\mathcal{A})$ and $L_{\geq\lambda}(\mathcal{A})$ be the languages recognized by {\em measure many 1-way quantum finite automata (MM-QFA)} (or,{\em enhanced 1-way quantum finite automata(EQFA)}) $\mathcal{A}$ with strict…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Tianrong Lin

We consider a family U of finite universes. The second order quantifier Q_R, means for each u in U quantifying over a set of n(R)-place relations isomorphic to a given relation. We define a natural partial order on such quantifiers called…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mor Doron , Saharon Shelah

We indicate a way of distinguishing between structures, for which, two structures are said to be separable.Being separable implies being non-isomorphic. We show that for any first order theory $T$ in a countable language, if it has an…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-11-28 Mohammad Assem

Metric Temporal Logic (MTL) is a prominent specification formalism for real-time systems. In this paper, we show that the satisfiability problem for MTL over finite timed words is decidable, with non-primitive recursive complexity. We also…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-01-11 Joel Ouaknine , James Worrell

Temporal logics for the specification of information-flow properties are able to express relations between multiple executions of a system. The two most important such logics are HyperLTL and HyperCTL*, which generalise LTL and CTL* by…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Marie Fortin , Louwe B. Kuijer , Patrick Totzke , Martin Zimmermann

Existential rules, long known as tuple-generating dependencies in database theory, have been intensively studied in the last decade as a powerful formalism to represent ontological knowledge in the context of ontology-based query answering.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Michel Leclere , Marie-Laure Mugnier , Michael Thomazo , Federico Ulliana

Matching Dependencies (MDs) are a relatively recent proposal for declarative entity resolution. They are rules that specify, on the basis of similarities satisfied by values in a database, what values should be considered duplicates, and…

Databases · Computer Science 2014-04-08 Leopoldo Bertossi , Jaffer Gardezi

This works is motivated by a real-world case study where it is necessary to integrate and relate existing ontologies through meta- modelling. For this, we introduce the Description Logic ALCQM which is obtained from ALCQ by adding…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Regina Motz , Edelweis Rohrer , Paula Severi

Ontologies are one of the richest sources of knowledge. Real-world ontologies often contain thousands of axioms and are often human-made. Hence, they may contain inconsistency and incomplete information which may impair classical reasoners…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Tilman Hinnerichs , Zhenwei Tang , Xi Peng , Xiangliang Zhang , Robert Hoehndorf

In this paper, we explore a quantitative approach to querying inconsistent description logic knowledge bases. We consider weighted knowledge bases in which both axioms and assertions have (possibly infinite) weights, which are used to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Meghyn Bienvenu , Camille Bourgaux , Robin Jean

Many efforts have been dedicated to identifying restrictions on ontologies expressed as tuple-generating dependencies (tgds), a.k.a. existential rules, that lead to the decidability for the problem of answering ontology-mediated queries…

Databases · Computer Science 2017-04-20 Pablo Barcelo , Gerald Berger , Andreas Pieris

Finding a logical formula that separates positive and negative examples given in the form of labeled data items is fundamental in applications such as concept learning, reverse engineering of database queries, generating referring…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-08-18 Jean Christoph Jung , Carsten Lutz , Hadrien Pulcini , Frank Wolter

Given a knowledge base (KB) with a non-entailed fact, the ABox abduction problem asks for possible extensions of the KB that would entail this fact. This problem has many applications, ranging from diagnosis to explainability and repair.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Anselm Haak , Patrick Koopmann , Yasir Mahmood , Anni-Yasmin Turhan

The ontology engineering process is complex, time-consuming, and error-prone, even for experienced ontology engineers. In this work, we investigate the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) to provide effective OWL ontology drafts…

Quantified CTL (QCTL) is a well-studied temporal logic that extends CTL with quantification over atomic propositions. It has recently come to the fore as a powerful intermediary framework to study logics for strategic reasoning. We extend…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Raphaël Berthon , Bastien Maubert , Aniello Murano

Competency Questions (CQs) play a crucial role in validating ontology design. While manually crafting CQs can be highly time-consuming and costly for ontology engineers, recent studies have explored the use of large language models (LLMs)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Hyojun Choi , Seokju Hwang , Kyong-Ho Lee

This paper employs a powerful argument, called an algorithmic argument, to prove lower bounds of the quantum query complexity of a multiple-block ordered search problem in which, given a block number i, we are to find a location of a target…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-24 Harumichi Nishimura , Tomoyuki Yamakami