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TABLEAUX 1997: Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods pp 122–137Cite as

A fast saturation strategy for set-theoretic tableaux

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In this paper we present a fast tableau saturation strategy which can be used as an optimized decision procedure for some fragments of set theory.

Such a strategy is based on the use of a model checking technique which guides the saturation process. As a result, it turns out that the saturation process converges much faster than previous decision algorithms either to a closed tableau or to a model satisfying the input formula.

For the sake of simplicity, the strategy is illustrated for the extension MLSS of MLS with the finite enumeration operator {•,•,⋯, •}.

This research was partially supported by C.N.R. of Italy, Research Project No. 95.00411.CT12 (S.E.T.A.), and by MURST 40% project Calcolo algebrico e simbolico.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, I-95125, Catania, Italy

    Domenico Cantone

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Cantone, D. (1997). A fast saturation strategy for set-theoretic tableaux. In: Galmiche, D. (eds) Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods. TABLEAUX 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1227. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027409

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