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Program synthesis from incomplete specifications

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5th Conference on Automated Deduction Les Arcs, France, July 8–11, 1980 (CADE 1980)

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Abstract

Starting from a recent published paper of W. Bibel we show that it is sometimes useless to specify completely a problem at first. A new method of generalization, useful for output variables, is also exhibited and discussed.

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Wolfgang Bibel Robert Kowalski

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Guiho, G., Gresse, C. (1980). Program synthesis from incomplete specifications. In: Bibel, W., Kowalski, R. (eds) 5th Conference on Automated Deduction Les Arcs, France, July 8–11, 1980. CADE 1980. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 87. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-10009-1_5

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