A Linear Logic Programming Language for Concurrent Programming over Graph Structures

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Flavio Cruz (Author) Other; Ricardo Rocha (Author) FCUP; Seth Copen Goldstein (Author) Other; Frank Pfenning (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Theory and Practice of Logic Programming

Vol. 14

Pages: 493-507

ISSN: 1471-0684

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 6 Citations

Scopus - 7 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-PP8

DOI: 10.1017/s1471068414000167

Abstract (EN): We have designed a new logic programming language called LM (Linear Meld) for programming graph- based algorithms in a declarative fashion. Our language is based on linear logic, an expressive logical system where logical facts can be consumed. Because LM integrates both classical and linear logic, LM tends to be more expressive than other logic programming languages. LM programs are naturally concurrent because facts are partitioned by nodes of a graph data structure. Computation is performed at the node level while communication happens between connected nodes. In this paper, we present the syntax and operational semantics of our language and illustrate its use through a number of examples.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15