Abstract:In this paper we adapt the definitions and results from Apt and Vermeulen in [4] to include important ideas about search and choice into the system. We give motivating examples. Then we set up denotational semantics for first order logic along the lines of Apt [1] and Apt and Vermeulen [4]. The semantic universe includes states that consist of two components: a substitution, which can be seen as the computed answer; and a constraint satisfaction problem, which can be seen as the residue of the original problem… Show more
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