Related papers: Satisfying KBO Constraints
We show the NP-completeness of the existential theory of term algebras with the Knuth-Bendix order by giving a nondeterministic polynomial-time algorithm for solving Knuth-Bendix ordering constraints.
We introduce a reduction order called the weighted path order (WPO) that subsumes many existing reduction orders. WPO compares weights of terms as in the Knuth-Bendix order (KBO), while WPO allows weights to be computed by a wide class of…
We introduce $\lambda$KBO and $\lambda$LPO, two variants of the Knuth-Bendix order (KBO) and the lexicographic path order (LPO) designed for use with the $\lambda$-superposition calculus. We establish the desired properties via encodings…
The expressiveness of dependent type theory can be extended by identifying types modulo some additional computation rules. But, for preserving the decidability of type-checking or the logical consistency of the system, one must make sure…
Equational theories that contain axioms expressing associativity and commutativity (AC) of certain operators are ubiquitous. Theorem proving methods in such theories rely on well-founded orders that are compatible with the AC axioms. In…
It is shown how to use a small finite state automaton in two variables in order to carry out the Knuth-Bendix process for rewriting words in a group in shortlex order. The two-variable automaton can be used to store an infinite set of rules…
Knuth (1990) introduced the class of nested formulas and showed that their satisfiability can be decided in polynomial time. We show that, parameterized by the size of a smallest strong backdoor set to the target class of nested formulas,…
We give a method to prove confluence of term rewriting systems that contain non-terminating rewrite rules such as commutativity and associativity. Usually, confluence of term rewriting systems containing such rules is proved by treating…
The main novelty of this paper is to consider an extension of the Calculus of Constructions where predicates can be defined with a general form of rewrite rules. We prove the strong normalization of the reduction relation generated by the…
The superposition calculus for reasoning in first-order logic with equality relies on simplification orderings on terms. Modern saturation provers use the Knuth-Bendix order (KBO) and the lexicographic path order (LPO) for discovering…
When we want to answer/certify whether a given equation is entailed by an equational system we face the following problems: (1) It is hard to find a conversion (but easy to certify a given one). (2) Under the assumption that Knuth-Bendix…
It is shown how to use a small finite state automaton in two variables in order to carry out part of the Knuth--Bendix process for rewriting words in a group. The main objective is to provide a substitute for the most space-demanding module…
We present an algorithmic approach to the conjugacy problems in monoids, using rewriting systems. We extend the classical theory of rewriting developed by Knuth and Bendix to a rewriting that takes into account the cyclic conjugates.
Program analysis and verification require decision procedures to reason on theories of data structures. Many problems can be reduced to the satisfiability of sets of ground literals in theory T. If a sound and complete inference system for…
We introduce a sound and complete coinductive proof system for reachability properties in transition systems generated by logically constrained term rewriting rules over an order-sorted signature modulo builtins. A key feature of the…
Presentations of Kan extensions of category actions provide a natural framework for expressing induced actions, and therefore a range of different combinatorial problems. Rewrite systems for Kan extensions have been defined and a variation…
We consider the quantified constraint satisfaction problem (QCSP) which is to decide, given a structure and a first-order sentence (not assumed here to be in prenex form) built from conjunction and quantification, whether or not the…
We analyze a simple randomized subgradient method for approximating solutions to stochastic systems of convex functional constraints, the only input to the algorithm being the size of minibatches. By introducing a new notion of what is…
A simple scheme was proposed by Knuth to generate binary balanced codewords from any information word. However, this method is limited in the sense that its redundancy is twice that of the full sets of balanced codes. The gap between…
We propose a generic framework for establishing the decidability of a wide range of logical entailment problems (briefly called querying), based on the existence of countermodels that are structurally simple, gauged by certain types of…