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PHYLO-ASP: Phylogenetic Systematics with Answer Set Programming

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Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning (LPNMR 2009)

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This note summarizes the use of Answer Set Programming to solve various computational problems to infer phylogenetic trees and phylogenetic networks, and discusses its applicability and effectiveness on some real taxa.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul, 34956, Turkey

    Esra Erdem

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Orhanli, Tuzla, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey

    Esra Erdem

  2. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay,, Hong Kong

    Fangzhen Lin

  3. Institut für Informatik, Universität Potsdam, August-Bebel-Str. 89, D-14482, Potsdam, Germany

    Torsten Schaub

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Erdem, E. (2009). PHYLO-ASP: Phylogenetic Systematics with Answer Set Programming. In: Erdem, E., Lin, F., Schaub, T. (eds) Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning. LPNMR 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04238-6_59

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