METAFOL: Program tactics and logic tactics plus reflection

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 139-156

  Benerecetti, Massimo ^a   Spalazzi, Luca ^b  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metatheoretic reasoning; Proof checkers; Self reflective systems; Tactics

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORMAL LOGIC; THEOREM PROVING;

METATHEORETIC REASONING; PROOF CHECKERS; SELF REFLECTIVE SYSTEMS; TACTICS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030233234     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-739X(96)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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