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In this paper, we propose an extension of a technique transforming logic programs into a particular class of logic programs called CS-programs. Up to now, this technique is a semi-algorithm preserving the least Herbrand model. We integrate in this technique a process of generalization. Thanks to it, we are able to make the computation (the transformation) terminate and if we force the computation to terminate then we obtain a CS-program whose least Herbrand model contains the initial one. In this way, we can tackle successfully reachability problems that are out of the scope of techniques using regular approximations and also of the initial transformation technique (for which computations do not terminate).
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We assume that the clause and G are renamed apart in order to have distinct variables.
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In former papers, synchronized tree-tuple languages were defined thanks to sorts of grammars, called constraint systems. Thus “CS” stands for Constraint System.
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Boichut, Y., Pelletier, V., Réty, P. (2018). Approximating Any Logic Program by a CS-Program. In: Rusu, V. (eds) Rewriting Logic and Its Applications. WRLA 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11152. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99840-4_14
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