An Attempt to Automate <i>NP</i>-Hardness Reductions via <i>SO</i>&#8707; Logic

We explore the possibility of automating <i>NP</i>-hardness reductions. We motivate the problem from an artificial intelligence perspective, then propose the use of second-order existential (<i>SO</i>&#8707;) logic as representation language for decision problems. Bui...

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Main Author: Nijjar, Paul
Language:en
Published: University of Waterloo 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1162