Knowledge-based Cooperation between Theorem Provers by Techs
- We present a methodology for coupling several saturation-based theoremprovers (running on different computers). The methodology is well-suited for re-alizing cooperation between different incarnations of one basic prover. Moreover,also different heterogeneous provers - that differ from each other in the calculusand in the heuristic they employ - can be coupled. Cooperation between the dif-ferent provers is achieved by periodically interchanging clauses which are selectedby so-called referees. We present theoretic results regarding the completeness ofthe system of cooperating provers as well as describe concrete heuristics for de-signing referees. Furthermore, we report on two experimental studies performedwith homogeneous and heterogeneous provers in the areas superposition and un-failing completion. The results reveal that the occurring synergetic effects leadto a significant improvement of performance.
Author: | Dirk Fuchs, Jörg Denzinger |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-3829 |
Series (Serial Number): | SEKI Report (97,11) |
Document Type: | Preprint |
Language of publication: | English |
Year of Completion: | 1999 |
Year of first Publication: | 1999 |
Publishing Institution: | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern |
Date of the Publication (Server): | 2000/04/03 |
Faculties / Organisational entities: | Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Informatik |
DDC-Cassification: | 0 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft / 004 Informatik |
Licence (German): | Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011 |