Knuth-Bendix procedure and non deterministic behavior - an example

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Titel: Knuth-Bendix procedure and non deterministic behavior - an example
Autoren: Gnaedig, I.
Verlagsinformationen: European Association for Theoretical Computer Science, Leiden
Schlagwörter: nondeterminism, rules ordering, Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to computer science, Knuth-Bendix algorithm, rewriting rules, completion, Theorem proving (deduction, resolution, etc.), rewriting systems
Beschreibung: The author presents an example in order to illustrate the nondeterminism of the Knuth-Bendix algorithm, with respect to the ordering it uses. He introduces a set of rules describing the axioms of Boolean algebra, with an additional axiom, corresponding to a theorem to be refuted. The paper shows how different orderings on terms, during an execution of the Knuth- Bendix procedure on these rules, lead to different completion processes. It is also shown how eleven such different sessions produce only two different rewriting systems.
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Zugangs-URL: https://zbmath.org/4080964
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Abstract:The author presents an example in order to illustrate the nondeterminism of the Knuth-Bendix algorithm, with respect to the ordering it uses. He introduces a set of rules describing the axioms of Boolean algebra, with an additional axiom, corresponding to a theorem to be refuted. The paper shows how different orderings on terms, during an execution of the Knuth- Bendix procedure on these rules, lead to different completion processes. It is also shown how eleven such different sessions produce only two different rewriting systems.