Cyber & formal methods publications
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Fast Symbolic Evaluation of C/C++ Preprocessing Using Conditional Values
We present a new approach for symbolic evaluation that can efficiently compute these conditions by binding variables to conditional values and avoiding the path feasibility analysis of traditional symbolic evaluation.
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Automatic Generation of Compact Programs and Virtual Machines for Scheme
We use a combination of techniques to automatically generate new instructions and new compact encodings for virtual instructions.
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Multimodal Interfaces for Internet
In this paper, we present a Java-enabled application with a multimodal (pen and voice) interface over the web. Our implementation approach was to add Java to the set of languages…
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An Efficient Probabilistic Context-Free Parsing Algorithm that Computes Prefix Probabilities
We describe an extension of Earley's parser for stochastic context-free grammars that computes quantities given a stochastic context-free grammar and an input string.
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Ziplock Snakes
We propose a snake-based approach that lets a user specify only the distant endpoints of the curve he wishes to delineate without having to supply an almost complete polygonal approximation.
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Automated Theorem-Proving Research In The Fifth Generation Computer Systems Project: Model Generation Theorem Provers
MGTPs have solved previously open problems in finite algebra, produced rapid proofs of condensed detachment problems, and are providing an inferential infrastructure for knowledge-processing research at ICOT. This paper describes…
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Caching and Lemmaizing In Model Elimination Theorem Provers
In this paper we report on work done to modify a model elimination theorem prover using two techniques, caching and lemmaizing, that have reduced by more than an order of…
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Resolution for Epistemic Logics
In this paper we report on a resolution proof method for logics of belief that is suitable for automatic reasoning in commonsense domains.
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Hierarchic Autoepistemic Theories For Nonmonotonic Reasoning: Preliminary Report
We propose a method of nonmonotonic reasoning in which the notion of inference from specific bodies of evidence plays a fundamental role. The formalization is based on autoepistemic logic, but…
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Abduction Vs. Closure In Causal Theories
Starting with a causal theory, explanations can be generated either by abductive reasoning, or by adding closure axioms and minimizing causation within a deductive framework. The latter method is strictly…
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Backwards Phonology
This paper makes "reversibility" explicit and demonstrates by means of examples from Tunica and Klamath that two-level phonology does have certain desirable capabilities that are not found in grammars of…
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A Prolog Technology Theorem Prover: A New Exposition and Implementation In Prolog
This paper describes a new Prolog-based implementation of PTTP. It uses three compile-time transformations to translate formulas into Prolog clauses that directly execute, with the support of a few run-time…