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On definite program answers and least Herbrand models

Logic in Computer Science 2020-02-19 v3

Abstract

A sufficient and necessary condition is given under which least Herbrand models exactly characterize the answers of definite clause programs. To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP).

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@article{arxiv.1503.03324,
  title  = {On definite program answers and least Herbrand models},
  author = {Włodzimierz Drabent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03324},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

11 pages. This version - small changes, version 2 - technical core of the paper corrected, simplified and improved. To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP)

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