Constraint solving for proof planning

Journal of Automated Reasoning

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-88

  Zimmer, Jürgen ^a   Melis, Erica ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated reasoning; Constraint satisfaction; Proof plans

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; METADATA; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

AUTOMATED REASONING; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; CONSTRAINT SOLVERS; PROOF PLANS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY;

EID: 14744270849     PISSN: 01687433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10817-004-2725-6     Document Type: Article

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