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Towards efficient subsumption

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Automated Deduction — CADE-15 (CADE 1998)

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We propose several methods for writing efficient subsumption procedures for non-unit clauses, tested in practice as parts incorporated into the Gandalf family of theorem provers. Versions of Gandalf exist for classical logic, first order intuitionistic logic and type theory.

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Claude Kirchner Hélène Kirchner

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Tammet, T. (1998). Towards efficient subsumption. In: Kirchner, C., Kirchner, H. (eds) Automated Deduction — CADE-15. CADE 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1421. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0054276

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