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Logic programming as a service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2018

ROBERTA CALEGARI Open the ORCID record for ROBERTA CALEGARI [Opens in a new window] ,
ENRICO DENTI ,
STEFANO MARIANI  and
ANDREA OMICINI
ROBERTA CALEGARI
Affiliation:
Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (e-mails: roberta.calegari@unibo.it, enrico.denti@unibo.it)
ENRICO DENTI
Affiliation:
Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (e-mails: roberta.calegari@unibo.it, enrico.denti@unibo.it)
STEFANO MARIANI
Affiliation:
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy (e-mail: stefano.mariani@unimore.it)
ANDREA OMICINI
Affiliation:
Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy (e-mail: andrea.omicini@unibo.it)
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New generations of distributed systems are opening novel perspectives for logic programming (LP): On the one hand, service-oriented architectures represent nowadays the standard approach for distributed systems engineering; on the other hand, pervasive systems mandate for situated intelligence. In this paper, we introduce the notion of Logic Programming as a Service (LPaaS) as a means to address the needs of pervasive intelligent systems through logic engines exploited as a distributed service. First, we define the abstract architectural model by re-interpreting classical LP notions in the new context; then we elaborate on the nature of LP interpreted as a service by describing the basic LPaaS interface. Finally, we show how LPaaS works in practice by discussing its implementation in terms of distributed tuProlog engines, accounting for basic issues such as interoperability and configurability.

Keywords

logic programmingdistributed systemsservice-oriented architecturepervasive systemsintelligent systemsLPaaSsituatedness
Type
Original Article
Information
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming , Volume 18 , Special Issue 5-6: Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Logic Programming , September 2018 , pp. 846 - 873
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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