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The modprof Theorem Prover

  • Jens Happe
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 2083)

Abstract

This paper introduces ModProf, a new theorem prover and model finder for propositional and modal logic K. ModProf is based on labelled modal tableaux. Its novel feature is a sophisticated simplification algorithm using structural subsumption to detect redundancies. Further distinctive features are the use of syntactic branching, and an enhanced loop-checking algorithm using a cache of satisfiable worlds created in the course of the proof. Experimental results on problems of the TANCS 2000 Theorem Prover comparison are presented.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jens Happe
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  1. 1.School of Computing ScienceSimon Fraser UniversityBurnabyCANADA

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