A uniform approach to logic programming semantics

dc.creatorHitzler, Pascal
dc.creatorWendt, Matthias
dc.date2002-10-29
dc.date2003-11-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:18:57Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:18:57Z
dc.descriptionPart of the theory of logic programming and nonmonotonic reasoning concerns the study of fixed-point semantics for these paradigms. Several different semantics have been proposed during the last two decades, and some have been more successful and acknowledged than others. The rationales behind those various semantics have been manifold, depending on one's point of view, which may be that of a programmer or inspired by commonsense reasoning, and consequently the constructions which lead to these semantics are technically very diverse, and the exact relationships between them have not yet been fully understood. In this paper, we present a conceptually new method, based on level mappings, which allows to provide uniform characterizations of different semantics for logic programs. We will display our approach by giving new and uniform characterizations of some of the major semantics, more particular of the least model semantics for definite programs, of the Fitting semantics, and of the well-founded semantics. A novel characterization of the weakly perfect model semantics will also be provided.
dc.description29 pages. To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0210027
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0210027
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/31326
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.subjectLogic in Computer Science
dc.subjectI.2.4; D.1.6; F.4.1
dc.titleA uniform approach to logic programming semantics
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