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Conjunctions of Among Constraints
Many existing global constraints can be encoded as a conjunction of among
constraints. An among constraint holds if the number of the variables in its
scope whose value belongs to a prespecified set, which we call its range, is
within some given bounds. It is known that domain filtering algorithms can
benefit from reasoning about the interaction of among constraints so that
values can be filtered out taking into consideration several among constraints
simultaneously. The present pa- per embarks into a systematic investigation on
the circumstances under which it is possible to obtain efficient and complete
domain filtering algorithms for conjunctions of among constraints. We start by
observing that restrictions on both the scope and the range of the among
constraints are necessary to obtain meaningful results. Then, we derive a
domain flow-based filtering algorithm and present several applications. In
particular, it is shown that the algorithm unifies and generalizes several
previous existing results.Comment: 15 pages plus appendi
From Many-Valued Consequence to Many-Valued Connectives
Given a consequence relation in many-valued logic, what connectives can be
defined? For instance, does there always exist a conditional operator
internalizing the consequence relation, and which form should it take? In this
paper, we pose this question in a multi-premise multi-conclusion setting for
the class of so-called intersective mixed consequence relations, which extends
the class of Tarskian relations. Using computer-aided methods, we answer
extensively for 3-valued and 4-valued logics, focusing not only on conditional
operators, but on what we call Gentzen-regular connectives (including negation,
conjunction, and disjunction). For arbitrary N-valued logics, we state
necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such connectives in a
multi-premise multi-conclusion setting. The results show that mixed consequence
relations admit all classical connectives, and among them pure consequence
relations are those that admit no other Gentzen-regular connectives.
Conditionals can also be found for a broader class of intersective mixed
consequence relations, but with the exclusion of order-theoretic consequence
relations.Comment: Updated version [corrections of an incorrect claim in first version;
two bib entries added
Constructive Cardinality
We describe a set of necessary conditions that are useful for generating propagation algorithms for the cardinality operator as well as for over-constrained problems with preferences. Constructive disjunction as well as the entailments rules originally proposed for the cardinality operator can be seen as simple cases of these necessary conditions. In addition these necessary conditions have the advantage of providing more pruning
A Survey of Satisfiability Modulo Theory
Satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) consists in testing the satisfiability of
first-order formulas over linear integer or real arithmetic, or other theories.
In this survey, we explain the combination of propositional satisfiability and
decision procedures for conjunctions known as DPLL(T), and the alternative
"natural domain" approaches. We also cover quantifiers, Craig interpolants,
polynomial arithmetic, and how SMT solvers are used in automated software
analysis.Comment: Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, Sep 2016, Bucharest,
Romania. 201
A decidable quantified fragment of set theory with ordered pairs and some undecidable extensions
In this paper we address the decision problem for a fragment of set theory
with restricted quantification which extends the language studied in [4] with
pair related quantifiers and constructs, in view of possible applications in
the field of knowledge representation. We will also show that the decision
problem for our language has a non-deterministic exponential time complexity.
However, for the restricted case of formulae whose quantifier prefixes have
length bounded by a constant, the decision problem becomes NP-complete. We also
observe that in spite of such restriction, several useful set-theoretic
constructs, mostly related to maps, are expressible. Finally, we present some
undecidable extensions of our language, involving any of the operators domain,
range, image, and map composition.
[4] Michael Breban, Alfredo Ferro, Eugenio G. Omodeo and Jacob T. Schwartz
(1981): Decision procedures for elementary sublanguages of set theory. II.
Formulas involving restricted quantifiers, together with ordinal, integer, map,
and domain notions. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics 34, pp.
177-195Comment: In Proceedings GandALF 2012, arXiv:1210.202
Interpolation in local theory extensions
In this paper we study interpolation in local extensions of a base theory. We
identify situations in which it is possible to obtain interpolants in a
hierarchical manner, by using a prover and a procedure for generating
interpolants in the base theory as black-boxes. We present several examples of
theory extensions in which interpolants can be computed this way, and discuss
applications in verification, knowledge representation, and modular reasoning
in combinations of local theories.Comment: 31 pages, 1 figur
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