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This volume spans the whole field of computational logic seen from the point of view of logic programming. The topics addressed range from issues concerning the development of programming languages in logic and the application of computational logic to real-life problems, to philosophical studies of the field at the other end of the spectrum. The articles presented cover the contributions of computational logic to databases and artificial intelligence with particular emphasis on automated reasoning, reasoning about actions and change, natural languages, and learning.Together with its companion volume, LNAI 2408, this book commemorates the 60th birthday of Bob Kowalski as one of the founders of and contributors to computational logic.
Logic and object-orientation have come to be recognized as being
among the most powerful paradigms for modeling information systems.
The term "information systems" is used here in a very general
context to denote database systems, software development systems,
knowledge base systems, proof support systems, distributed systems
and reactive systems. One of the most vigorously researched topics
common to all information systems is "formal modeling." An elegant
high-level abstraction applicable to both application domain and
system domain concepts will always lead to a system design from
"outside in"; that is, the aggregation of ideas is around real-life
objects about which the system is to be designed. Formal methods
\yhen applied with this view in mind, especially during early
stages of system development, can lead to a formal reasoning on the
intended properties, thus revealing system flaws that might
otherwise be discovered much later. Logic in different styles and
semantics is being used to model databases and their transactions;
it is also used to specify concurrent, distributed, real-time, and
reactive systems., The notion of "object" is central to the
modeling of object oriented databases, as well as object-oriented
design and programs in software engineering. Both database and
software engineering communities have undoubtedly made important
contributions to formalisms based on logic and objects. It is
worthwhile bringing together the ideas developed by the two
communities in isolation, and focusing on integrating their common
strengths."
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