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The general-purpose interactive theorem-proving assistant called Prove-It was used to verify the Quantum Phase Estimation (QPE) algorithm, specifically claims about its outcome probabilities. Prove-It is unique in its ability to express…

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In some theory development tasks, a problem is satisfactorily solved once it is shown that a theorem (conjecture) is derivable from the background theory (premises). Depending on one's motivations, the details of the derivation of the…

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Typed operational semantics is a method developed by H. Goguen to prove meta-theoretic properties of type systems. This paper studies the metatheory of a type system with dependent record types, using the approach of typed operational…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-03-18 Yangyue Feng , Zhaohui Luo

In this work, we present an alternative approach to making an agent compositional through the use of a diagnostic classifier. Because of the need for explainable agents in automated decision processes, we attempt to interpret the latent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Michiel van der Meer , Matteo Pirotta , Elia Bruni

This talk describes how a combination of symbolic computation techniques with first-order theorem proving can be used for solving some challenges of automating program analysis, in particular for generating and proving properties about the…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2017-04-17 Laura Kovacs

In this work we aim at applying automata techniques to problems studied in Dynamic Epistemic Logic, such as epistemic planning. To do so, we first remark that repeatedly executing ad infinitum a propositional event model from an initial…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-04-04 Guillaume Aucher , Bastien Maubert , Sophie Pinchinat

Expressive static typing disciplines are a powerful way to achieve high-quality software. However, the adoption cost of such techniques should not be under-estimated. Just like gradual typing allows for a smooth transition from…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2015-08-25 Éric Tanter , Nicolas Tabareau

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer a vast design space, and as such, computational simulations play a critical role in predicting their structural and physicochemical properties. However, MOF simulations remain difficult to access…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Jaewoong Lee , Taeun Bae , Jihan Kim

Verifying software correctness has always been an important and complicated task. Recently, formal proofs of critical properties of algorithms and even implementations are becoming practical. Currently, the most powerful automated proof…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Michael Raskin , Christoph Welzel

This paper presents a Prolog-based reasoning module to generate counterfactual explanations given the predictions computed by a black-box classifier. The proposed symbolic reasoning module can also resolve what-if queries using the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-21 Gonzalo Nápoles , Fabian Hoitsma , Andreas Knoben , Agnieszka Jastrzebska , Maikel Leon Espinosa

Tableaux originate as a decision method for a logical language. They can also be extended to obtain a structure that spells out all the information in a set of sentences in terms of truth value assignments to atomic formulas that appear in…

cmp-lg · Computer Science 2008-02-03 Pablo Gervas

We explore the idea of using automatic and similar kind of presentations of structures to deal with the conceptual problem of natural proof-theoretic ordinal notations. We conclude that this approach still does not meet the goals.

Logic · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Lev D. Beklemishev , Fedor N. Pakhomov

We consider the task of automated theorem proving, a key AI task. Deep learning has shown promise for training theorem provers, but there are limited human-written theorems and proofs available for supervised learning. To address this…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-11-02 Mingzhe Wang , Jia Deng

We describe a new approach to automatically repairing broken proofs in the Coq proof assistant in response to changes in types. Our approach combines a configurable proof term transformation with a decompiler from proof terms to tactic…

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As autonomy becomes prevalent in many applications, ranging from recommendation systems to fully autonomous vehicles, there is an increased need to provide safety guarantees for such systems. The problem is difficult, as these are large,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-22 Corina S. Pasareanu , Divya Gopinath , Huafeng Yu

One of the proposed solutions for improving the scalability of semantics of programming languages is Component-Based Semantics, introduced by Peter D. Mosses. It is expected that this framework can also be used effectively for modular meta…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-08-17 Ken Madlener , Sjaak Smetsers , Marko van Eekelen

Proof assistants enable users to develop machine-checked proofs regarding software-related properties. Unfortunately, the interactive nature of these proof assistants imposes most of the proof burden on the user, making formal verification…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Pedro Carrott , Nuno Saavedra , Kyle Thompson , Sorin Lerner , João F. Ferreira , Emily First

Semantic typing has become a powerful tool for program verification, applying the technique of logical relations as not only a proof method, but also a device for prescribing program behavior. In recent work, Yao et al. scaled semantic…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Tesla Zhang , Asher Kornfeld , Rui Li , Sonya Simkin , Yue Yao , Stephanie Balzer

Systematic compositionality is an essential mechanism in human language, allowing the recombination of known parts to create novel expressions. However, existing neural models have been shown to lack this basic ability in learning symbolic…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Yichen Jiang , Mohit Bansal

Formal verification using interactive theorem provers ensures high-quality software. However, writing proof scripts for interactive theorem provers is labor-intensive and requires deep expertise. Recent studies have leveraged deep learning…

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