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CLP(H): Constraint logic programming for hedges*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2015

BESIK DUNDUA ,
MÁRIO FLORIDO ,
TEMUR KUTSIA  and
MIRCEA MARIN
BESIK DUNDUA
Affiliation:
VIAM, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia and LIACC, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (e-mail: bdundua@gmail.com)
MÁRIO FLORIDO
Affiliation:
DCC-FC and LIACC, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (e-mail: amf@dcc.fc.up.pt)
TEMUR KUTSIA
Affiliation:
RISC, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria (e-mail: kutsia@risc.jku.at)
MIRCEA MARIN
Affiliation:
West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania (e-mail: mmarin@info.uvt.ro)
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Abstract

CLP(H) is an instantiation of the general constraint logic programming scheme with the constraint domain of hedges. Hedges are finite sequences of unranked terms, built over variadic function symbols and three kinds of variables: for terms, for hedges, and for function symbols. Constraints involve equations between unranked terms and atoms for regular hedge language membership. We study algebraic semantics of CLP(H) programs, define a sound, terminating, and incomplete constraint solver, investigate two fragments of constraints for which the solver returns a complete set of solutions, and describe classes of programs that generate such constraints.

Keywords

constraint logic programmingconstraint solvinghedges

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Theory and Practice of Logic Programming , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , March 2016 , pp. 141 - 162
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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This research has been partially supported by LIACC through Programa de Financiamento Plurianual of the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), by the FCT fellowship (ref. SFRH/BD/62058/2009), by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the project SToUT (P 24087-N18), and the by Rustaveli Science Foundation under the grants DI/16/4-120/11 and FR/611/4-102/12.

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