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Deep transformer models excel at multi-label text classification but often violate domain logic that experts consider essential, an issue of particular concern in safety-critical applications. We propose a hybrid neuro-symbolic framework…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Fadi Al Machot , Fidaa Al Machot

ASP(Q) extends Answer Set Programming (ASP) with Quantifiers over answer sets. In this paper we focus on the class of ASP(Q) programs with two quantifiers and weak constraints, denoted as 2-ASP(Q)^w. 2-ASP(Q)^w is a practically relevant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Andrea Cuteri , Giuseppe Mazzotta , Francesco Ricca

PDDL+ is an extension of PDDL that enables modelling planning domains with mixed discrete-continuous dynamics. In this paper we present a new approach to PDDL+ planning based on Constraint Answer Set Programming (CASP), i.e. ASP rules plus…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-09-02 Marcello Balduccini , Daniele Magazzeni , Marco Maratea

Most controlled natural languages (CNLs) are processed with the help of a pipeline architecture that relies on different software components. We investigate in this paper in an experimental way how well answer set programming (ASP) is…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2014-08-12 Rolf Schwitter

Answer set programming (ASP) is a popular declarative programming paradigm with a wide range of applications in artificial intelligence. Oftentimes, when modeling an AI problem with ASP, and in particular when we are interested beyond…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Johannes K. Fichte , Sarah Alice Gaggl , Dominik Rusovac

ECLiPSe is a Prolog-based programming system, aimed at the development and deployment of constraint programming applications. It is also used for teaching most aspects of combinatorial problem solving, e.g. problem modelling, constraint…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2010-12-21 Joachim Schimpf , Kish Shen

Encoding finite linear CSPs as Boolean formulas and solving them by using modern SAT solvers has proven to be highly effective, as exemplified by the award-winning sugar system. We here develop an alternative approach based on ASP. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-12-23 Mutsunori Banbara , Martin Gebser , Katsumi Inoue , Torsten Schaub , Takehide Soh , Naoyuki Tamura , Matthias Weise

Qualitative reasoning involves expressing and deriving knowledge based on qualitative terms such as natural language expressions, rather than strict mathematical quantities. Well over 40 qualitative calculi have been proposed so far, mostly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-17 George Baryannis , Ilias Tachmazidis , Sotiris Batsakis , Grigoris Antoniou , Mario Alviano , Emmanuel Papadakis

Answer Set Programming (ASP) emerged in the late 1990ies as a paradigm for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. The attractiveness of ASP builds on an expressive high-level modeling language along with the availability of powerful…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Mario Alviano , Wolfgang Faber , Martin Gebser

We develop a computational approach to Metric Answer Set Programming (ASP) to allow for expressing quantitative temporal constrains, like durations and deadlines. A central challenge is to maintain scalability when dealing with fine-grained…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Arvid Becker , Pedro Cabalar , Martin Diéguez , Javier Romero , Susana Hahn , Torsten Schaub

We develop a computational approach to Metric Answer Set Programming (ASP) to allow for expressing quantitative temporal constraints, like durations and deadlines. A central challenge is to maintain scalability when dealing with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Arvid Becker , Pedro Cabalar , Martin Diéguez , Susana Hahn , Javier Romero , Torsten Schaub

Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) is a logic programming formalism used to solve problems requiring the consideration of constraints, like resource allocation and automated planning and scheduling. It has previously been extended in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Jeroen Spaans , Jesse Heyninck

Assumption-based argumentation (ABA) is a central structured argumentation formalism. As shown recently, answer set programming (ASP) enables efficiently solving NP-hard reasoning tasks of ABA in practice, in particular in the commonly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Tuomo Lehtonen , Johannes P. Wallner , Matti Järvisalo

Programming Computable Functions (PCF) is a simplified programming language which provides the theoretical basis of modern functional programming languages. Answer set programming (ASP) is a programming paradigm focused on solving search…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Ingmar Dasseville , Marc Denecker

We present clinguin, a system for ASP-driven user interface design. Clinguin streamlines the development of user interfaces for ASP developers by letting them build interactive prototypes directly in ASP, eliminating the need for separate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Alexander Beiser , Susana Hahn , Torsten Schaub

This paper defines the syntax and semantics of the input language of the ASP grounder GRINGO. The definition covers several constructs that were not discussed in earlier work on the semantics of that language, including intervals, pools,…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Martin Gebser , Amelia Harrison , Roland Kaminski , Vladimir Lifschitz , Torsten Schaub

Answer set programming (ASP) is an efficient problem-solving approach, which has been strongly supported both scientifically and technologically by several solvers, ongoing active research, and implementations in many different fields.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Ezgi Iraz Su

Possibilistic answer set programming (PASP) extends answer set programming (ASP) by attaching to each rule a degree of certainty. While such an extension is important from an application point of view, existing semantics are not…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-03-19 Kim Bauters , Steven Schockaert , Martine De Cock , Dirk Vermeir

Ethical and legal concerns make it necessary for programs that may directly influence the life of people (via, e.g., legal or health counseling) to justify in human-understandable terms the advice given. Answer Set Programming has a rich…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-09-23 Joaquín Arias , Manuel Carro , Zhuo Chen , Gopal Gupta

Preference handling and optimization are indispensable means for addressing non-trivial applications in Answer Set Programming (ASP). However, their implementation becomes difficult whenever they bring about a significant increase in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-07-29 Martin Gebser , Roland Kaminski , Torsten Schaub