A Prolog Technology Theorem Prover

Citation

Stickel, M. E. (1984). A Prolog technology theorem prover. New generation computing, 2(4), 371-383.

Abstract

An extension of Prolog, based on the model elimination theorem-proving procedure, would permit production of a logically complete Prolog technology theorem prover capable of performing inference operations at a rate approaching that of Prolog itself.


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