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Logic Programming
(V4 + Ü2, SS 2006)
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Contents
In addition to a short introduction to the programming language Prolog, the
lecture deals with the foundations of logic programming, with programming
techniques in these languages, with the implementation of logic
programming languages, and with their application in several areas.
More precisely, these are the topics of the lecture:
- Prerequisites from predicate logic
- Unification
- Resolution
- Horn clauses and SLD-resolution
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Logic programs
- Operational and denotational semantics
- Evaluation strategies
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The programming language Prolog
- Syntax and semantics
- Negation as failure
- Non-logical components of Prolog
- Programming techniques
- Applications and extensions of logic programming
Language
The course is given in German.
References
- K. R. Apt: From logic programming to Prolog, Prentice Hall, 1997.
- I. Bratko: Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence, Addison-Wesley, 2001.
- W. F. Clocksin, C. S. Mellish: Programming in Prolog, Springer, 2003.
- M. Hanus: Problemlösen mit Prolog, Teubner, 1987.
- J. W. Lloyd: Foundations of Logic Programming, Springer, 1987.
- P. H. Schmitt: Theorie der logischen Programmierung, Springer, 1992.
- U. Schöning: Logik für Informatiker, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2000.
- L. Sterling, E. Shapiro: The art of Prolog, MIT Press, 2000.
Area
Theoretical Computer Science, Area of Specialization
