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2008 23rd Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science
A Neutral Approach to Proof and Refutation in MALL
June 24-June 27
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3183-0
We propose a setting in which the search for a proof of B or a refutation of B (a proof of not B) can be carried out simultaneously. In contrast with the usual approach in automated deduction, we do not need to first commit to either proving B or to proving not B: instead we devise a neutral setting for attempting both a proof and a refutation. This setting is described as a two player game in which each player follows the same rules. A winning strategy translates to a proof of the formula and a winning counter-strategy translates to a refutation of the formula. The game is described for multiplicative and additive linear logic without atomic formulas. A game theoretic treatment of the multiplicative connectives is intricate and our approach to it involves two important ingredients. First, labeled graph structures are used to represent positions in a game and, second, the game playing must deal with the failure of a given player and with an appropriate resumption of play. This latter ingredient accounts for the fact that neither players might win (that is, neither B nor not B might be provable).
Index Terms:
neutral approach, linear logic, game semantics
Citation:
Olivier Delande, Dale Miller, "A Neutral Approach to Proof and Refutation in MALL," lics, pp.498-508, 2008 23rd Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, 2008
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