A Relaxation Approach to Splitting in an Automatic Theorem Prover,

Abstract

The splitting of a problem into subproblems often involves the same variable appearing in more than one of the subproblems. This makes these subproblems dependent upon one another since a solution to one may not qualify as a solution to another. A two stage method of splitting is described which first obtains solutions by relaxing the dependency requirement and then attempts to reconcile solutions to different subproblems. The method has been realized as part of an automatic theorem prover programmed in LISP.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA004269

Entities

People

  • Arthur J. Nevins

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • Splitting

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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