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Constrained decoding approaches aim to control the meaning or style of text generated by the pre-trained large language models (LLMs or also PLMs) for various tasks at inference time. However, these methods often guide plausible…

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Consider a non-standard numeration system like the one built over the Fibonacci sequence where nonnegative integers are represented by words over $\{0,1\}$ without two consecutive 1. Given a set $X$ of integers such that the language of…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2009-07-06 J. Bell , E. Charlier , A. S. Fraenkel , M. Rigo

Qualification has been recently introduced as a generalization of uncertainty in the field of Logic Programming. In this report we investigate a more expressive language for First-Order Functional Logic Programming with Constraints and…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2011-01-12 Rafael Caballero , Mario Rodríguez-Artalejo , Carlos A. Romero-Díaz

Large language models have been widely explored as decision-support tools in high-stakes domains due to their contextual understanding and reasoning capabilities. However, existing decision-making benchmarks rely on two simplifying…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Yeonjun Hwang , Sungyong Park , Minju Kim , Dongha Lee , Jinyoung Yeo

Formal reasoning about finite sets and cardinality is an important tool for many applications, including software verification, where very often one needs to reason about the size of a given data structure and not only about what its…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Maximiliano Cristiá , Gianfranco Rossi

Large Language Models (LLMs) are known to produce very high-quality tests and responses to our queries. But how much can we trust this generated text? In this paper, we study the problem of uncertainty quantification in LLMs. We propose a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Muhammad Mubashar , Shireen Kudukkil Manchingal , Fabio Cuzzolin

Resolution is the rule of inference at the basis of most procedures for automated reasoning. In these procedures, the input formula is first translated into an equisatisfiable formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF) and then represented as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-11-04 E. Giunchiglia , M. Narizzano , A. Tacchella

Answering Boolean conjunctive queries over the guarded fragment is decidable, however, as yet no practical decision procedure exists. Meanwhile, ordered resolution, as a practically oriented algorithm, is widely used in state-of-art modern…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Sen Zheng , Renate A. Schmidt

This paper presents a framework to derive instantiation-based decision procedures for satisfiability of quantified formulas in first-order theories, including its correctness, implementation, and evaluation. Using this framework we derive…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-02-12 Andrew Reynolds , Tim King , Viktor Kuncak

The ordered structures of natural, integer, rational and real numbers are studied in this thesis. The theories of these numbers in the language of order are decidable and finitely axiomatizable. Also, their theories in the language of order…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Ziba Assadi

We propose a novel approach for decision making problems leveraging the generalization capabilities of large language models (LLMs). Traditional methods such as expert systems, planning algorithms, and reinforcement learning often exhibit…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Yu Zhang , Haoxiang Liu , Feijun Jiang , Weihua Luo , Kaifu Zhang

Given any collection F of computable functions over the reals, we show that there exists an algorithm that, given any L_F-sentence \varphi containing only bounded quantifiers, and any positive rational number \delta, decides either "\varphi…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-05-01 Sicun Gao , Jeremy Avigad , Edmund Clarke

This paper presents LEXR, a framework for explaining the decision making of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) using a formal description language called Linear Temporal Logic (LTL). LTL is the de facto standard for the specification of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-06-15 Bishwamittra Ghosh , Daniel Neider

Separation Logic (SL) is a well-known assertion language used in Hoare-style modular proof systems for programs with dynamically allocated data structures. In this paper we investigate the fragment of first-order SL restricted to the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Andrew Reynolds , Radu Iosif , Cristina Serban

This paper deals with a problem from discrete-time robust control which requires the solution of constraints over the reals that contain both universal and existential quantifiers. For solving this problem we formulate it as a program in a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Stefan Ratschan , Luc Jaulin

In various applications the search for certificates for certain properties (e.g., stability of dynamical systems, program termination) can be formulated as a quantified constraint solving problem with quantifier prefix exists-forall. In…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-06-26 Milan Hladík , Stefan Ratschan

We lay the foundations for a database-inspired approach to interpreting and understanding neural network models by querying them using declarative languages. Towards this end we study different query languages, based on first-order logic,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Martin Grohe , Christoph Standke , Juno Steegmans , Jan Van den Bussche

In this paper syntactic objects---concept constructors called part restrictions which realize rational grading are considered in Description Logics (DLs). Being able to convey statements about a rational part of a set of successors, part…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-05-27 Mitko Yanchev

Program logics are a powerful formal method in the context of program verification. Can we develop a counterpart of program logics in the context of language verification? This paper proposes language logics, which allow for statements of…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Matteo Cimini

We solve the satisfiability problem for a three-sorted fragment of set theory (denoted $3LQST_0^R$), which admits a restricted form of quantification over individual and set variables and the finite enumeration operator $\{\text{-},…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-06-05 Domenico Cantone , Marianna Nicolosi-Asmundo