Logic Program Synthesis from Incomplete Information

Pierre Flener

ISBN 10: 0792395328 / ISBN 13: 9780792395324

Published by Springer Us Dez 1994, 1994

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Neuware - Program synthesis is a solution to the software crisis. If we had a program that develops correct programs from specifications, then program validation and maintenance would disappear from the software life-cycle, and one could focus on the more creative tasks of specification elaboration, validation, and maintenance, because replay of program development would be less costly. This monograph describes a novel approach to Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), which cross-fertilizes logic programming and machine learning. Aiming at the synthesis of recursive logic programs only, and this from incomplete information, we take a software engineering approach that is more appropriate than a pure artificial intelligence approach. This book is suitable as a secondary text for graduate level courses in software engineering and artificial intelligence, and as a reference for practitioners of program synthesis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic Program Synthesis from Incomplete Information
• Publisher: Springer Us Dez 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792395328
• ISBN 13: 9780792395324
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 20D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 571 grams

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Program synthesis is a solution to the software crisis. If we had a program that develops correct programs from specifications, then program validation and maintenance would disappear from the software life-cycle, and one could focus on the more creative tasks of specification elaboration, validation, and maintenance, because replay of program development would be less costly.
This monograph describes a novel approach to Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), which cross-fertilizes logic programming and machine learning. Aiming at the synthesis of recursive logic programs only, and this from incomplete information, we take a software engineering approach that is more appropriate than a pure artificial intelligence approach.
This book is suitable as a secondary text for graduate level courses in software engineering and artificial intelligence, and as a reference for practitioners of program synthesis.