We classify completely the complexity of evaluating positive equality-free sentences of first-order logic over a fixed, finite structure D. This problem may be seen as a natural generalisation of the quantified constr...
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(纸本)9780769544120
We classify completely the complexity of evaluating positive equality-free sentences of first-order logic over a fixed, finite structure D. This problem may be seen as a natural generalisation of the quantified constraint satisfaction problem QCSP (D). We obtain a tetrachotomy for arbitrary finite structures: each problem is either in L, is NP-complete, is co-NP-complete or is Pspace-complete. Moreover, its complexity is characterised algebraically in terms of the presence or absence of specific surjective hyper-endomorphisms;and, logically, in terms of relativisation properties with respect to positive equality-free sentences. We prove that the meta-problem, to establish for a specific D into which of the four classes the related problem lies, is NP-hard. Keywords: Galois Connection, Quantified Constraint Satisfaction, Universal Algebra, Computational Complexity, logic in computer science.
An inferential semantics for full Higher Order logic (HOL) is proposed. The paper presents a constructive notion of model, that being able to capture relevant computational aspects is particularly suited for the appli...
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An inferential semantics for full Higher Order logic (HOL) is proposed. The paper presents a constructive notion of model, that being able to capture relevant computational aspects is particularly suited for the applications of HOL to computerscience. The inferential semantics is based on the introduction of new abstract deduction structures (ADS) that express the action of the Comprehension Axiom in a Higher Order logic proof. The ADS's allow to define an inferential algebra of higher order potential proof-trees, endowed with two binary operations, the abstraction and the contraction, each consisting of constructive reductions between potential proofs. Typed formulas are interpreted by sequent trees, and the operations between trees correspond to the logical connectives of the interpreted formula. Higher Order logic is sound and complete w.r.t. the given inferential semantics. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
It is well-known that Abstract State Machines (ASMs) can simulate "step-by-step" any type of machines (Turing machines, RAMs, etc.). We aim to overcome two facts: 1) simulation is not identification, 2) the ...
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(纸本)9783939897163
It is well-known that Abstract State Machines (ASMs) can simulate "step-by-step" any type of machines (Turing machines, RAMs, etc.). We aim to overcome two facts: 1) simulation is not identification, 2) the ASMs simulating machines of some type do not constitute a natural class among all ASMs. We modify Gurevich's notion of ASM to that of EMA ("Evolving MultiAlgebra") by replacing the program (which is a syntactic object) by a semantic object: a functional which has to be very simply definable over the static part of the ASM. We prove that very natural classes of EMAs correspond via "literal identifications" to slight extensions of the usual machine models and also to grammar models. Though we modify these models, we keep their computation approach: only some contingencies are modified. Thus, EMAs appear as the mathematical model unifying all kinds of sequential computation paradigms.
We study the existence of infinite cliques in omega-automatic (hyper-) graphs. It turns out that the situation is much nicer than in general uncountable graphs, but not as nice as for automatic graphs. More specifical...
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(纸本)9783939897163
We study the existence of infinite cliques in omega-automatic (hyper-) graphs. It turns out that the situation is much nicer than in general uncountable graphs, but not as nice as for automatic graphs. More specifically, we show that every uncountable omega-automatic graph contains an un countable co-context-free clique or anticlique, but not necessarily a context-free (let alone regular) clique or anticlique. We also show that uncountable omega-automatic ternary hyper graphs need not have uncountable cliques or anticliques at all.
Forbidden patterns problems are a generalisation of (finite) constraint satisfaction problems which are definable in Feder and Vardi's logic MMSNP [1]. in fact, they are examples of infinite constraint satisfactio...
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(纸本)9783642153952
Forbidden patterns problems are a generalisation of (finite) constraint satisfaction problems which are definable in Feder and Vardi's logic MMSNP [1]. in fact, they are examples of infinite constraint satisfaction problems with nice model theoretic properties introduced by Bodirsky [2]. In previous work [3], we introduced a normal form for these forbidden patterns problems which allowed us to provide an effective characterisation of when a problem is a finite or infinite constraint satisfaction problem. One of the central concepts of this normal form is that of a recolouring. In the presence of a recolouring from a forbidden patterns problem Omega(1) to another forbidden patterns problem Omega(2), containment of Omega(1) in Omega(2) follows. The converse does not hold in general and it remained open whether it did in the case of problems being given in our normal form. In this paper, we prove that this is indeed the case. We also show that the recolouring problem is Pi(p)(2)-harpd and in Sigma(p)(3).
Hybrid logic extends modal logic with support for reasoning about individual states, designated by so-called nominals. We study hybrid logic in the broad context of coalgebraic semantics, where Kripke frames are repla...
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(纸本)9783939897163
Hybrid logic extends modal logic with support for reasoning about individual states, designated by so-called nominals. We study hybrid logic in the broad context of coalgebraic semantics, where Kripke frames are replaced with coalgebras for a given functor, thus covering a wide range of reasoning principles including, e.g., probabilistic, graded, default, or coalitional operators. Specifically, we establish generic criteria for a given coalgebraic hybrid logic to admit named canonical models, with ensuing completeness proofs for pure extensions on the one hand, and for an extended hybrid language with local binding on the other. We instantiate our framework with a number of examples. Notably, we prove completeness of graded hybrid logic with local binding.
We study the isomorphic implication problem for Boolean constraints. We show that this is a natural analog of the subgraph isomorphism problem. We prove that, depending on the set of constraints, this problem is in P,...
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We study the isomorphic implication problem for Boolean constraints. We show that this is a natural analog of the subgraph isomorphism problem. We prove that, depending on the set of constraints, this problem is in P, or is NP-complete, or is NP-hard, coNP-hard, and in P (aEuro-) (NP) . We show how to extend the NP-hardness and coNP-hardness to P (aEuro-) (NP) -hardness for some cases, and conjecture that this can be done in all cases.
We consider logics which define different properties of functions - such as injectivity, surjectivity, monotonicity, etc. - in the context of temporalxmodal logic. In this type of logics, the possible worlds semantics...
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We consider logics which define different properties of functions - such as injectivity, surjectivity, monotonicity, etc. - in the context of temporalxmodal logic. In this type of logics, the possible worlds semantics is modified by considering each world as a temporal flow and using accessibility functions to represent the connection among them. This approach is adequate to model interactions between processes with clocks that can be either synchronized or not. We study the definability and give indexed axiomatic systems for these properties.
We classify the computational complexity of all constraint satisfaction problems where the constraint language is preserved by all permutations of the domain. A constraint language is preserved by all permutations of ...
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We classify the computational complexity of all constraint satisfaction problems where the constraint language is preserved by all permutations of the domain. A constraint language is preserved by all permutations of the domain if and only if all the relations in the language can be defined by boolean combinations of the equality relation. We call the corresponding constraint languages equality constraint languages. For the classification result we apply the universal-algebraic approach to infinite-valued constraint satisfaction, and show that an equality constraint language is tractable if it admits a constant unary polymorphism or an injective binary polymorphism, and is NP-complete otherwise. We also discuss how to determine algorithmically whether a given constraint language is tractable.
We classify the computational complexity of all constraint satisfaction problems where the constraint language is preserved by all permutations of the domain. A constraint language is preserved by all permutations of ...
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(数字)9783540341680
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(纸本)9783540341666
We classify the computational complexity of all constraint satisfaction problems where the constraint language is preserved by all permutations of the domain. A constraint language is preserved by all permutations of the domain if and only if all the relations in the language can be defined by boolean combinations of the equality relation. We call the corresponding constraint languages equality constraint languages. For the classification result we apply the universal-algebraic approach to infinite-valued constraint satisfaction, and show that an equality constraint language is tractable if it admits a constant unary polymorphism or an injective binary polymorphism, and is NP-complete otherwise. We also discuss how to determine algorithmically whether a given constraint language is tractable.
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