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Methods based on resolution have been widely used for theorem proving since it was proposed. The extension rule (ER) method is a new method for theorem proving, which is potentially a complementary method to resolution-based methods. But the first-order ER approach is incomplete and not realized. This paper gives a complete first-order ER algorithm and describes the implementation of a theorem prover based on it and its application to solving some planning problems. We also report the preliminary computational results on first-order formulation of planning problems.
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Wu, X., Sun, J., Hou, K. (2006). An Extension Rule Based First-Order Theorem Prover. In: Lang, J., Lin, F., Wang, J. (eds) Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management. KSEM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11811220_43
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