Logic programming and logarithmic space

CléMent Aubert; Marc Bagnol; Paolo Pistone; Thomas Seiller

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12736-1_3

Logic programming and logarithmic space

CléMent Aubert, Marc Bagnol, Paolo Pistone, Thomas Seiller

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Abstract

We present an algebraic view on logic programming, related to proof theory and more specifically linear logic and geometry of interaction. Within this construction, a characterization of logspace (deterministic and non-deterministic) computation is given via a syntactic restriction, using an encoding of words that derives from proof theory.

We show that the acceptance of a word by an observation (the counterpart of a program in the encoding) can be decided within logarithmic space, by reducing this problem to the acyclicity of a graph. We show moreover that observations are as expressive as two-ways multihead finite automata, a kind of pointer machine that is a standard model of logarithmic space computation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Programming Languages and Systems - 12th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Jacques Garrigue
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	39-57
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319127354
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12736-1_3
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2014 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: Nov 17 2014 → Nov 19 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8858
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	12th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2014
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	11/17/14 → 11/19/14

Keywords

Automata
Geometry of interaction
Implicit complexity
Logarithmic space
Logic programming
Pointer machines
Proof theory
Unification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Aubert, C., Bagnol, M., Pistone, P., & Seiller, T. (2014). Logic programming and logarithmic space. In J. Garrigue (Ed.), Programming Languages and Systems - 12th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2014, Proceedings (pp. 39-57). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8858). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12736-1_3

Logic programming and logarithmic space. / Aubert, CléMent; Bagnol, Marc; Pistone, Paolo et al.

Programming Languages and Systems - 12th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Jacques Garrigue. Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 39-57 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8858).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Aubert, C, Bagnol, M, Pistone, P & Seiller, T 2014, Logic programming and logarithmic space. in J Garrigue (ed.), Programming Languages and Systems - 12th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2014, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8858, Springer Verlag, pp. 39-57, 12th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2014, Singapore, Singapore, 11/17/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12736-1_3

Aubert C, Bagnol M, Pistone P, Seiller T. Logic programming and logarithmic space. In Garrigue J, editor, Programming Languages and Systems - 12th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2014, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2014. p. 39-57. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-12736-1_3

Aubert, CléMent ; Bagnol, Marc ; Pistone, Paolo et al. / Logic programming and logarithmic space. Programming Languages and Systems - 12th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2014, Proceedings. editor / Jacques Garrigue. Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 39-57 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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