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Generalization under implication by λ-subsumption

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Inductive Logic Programming (ILP 1998)

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The present paper discusses a generalization operator based on the λ-subsumption ordering between Horn clauses introduced by the author elsewhere. It has been shown that λ-subsumption is strictly stronger than θ-subsumption and a local equivalent of generalized subsumption. With some language restrictions it is decidable and possesses some other useful properties. Most importantly it allows defining a non-trivial upper bound of the λ-subsumption generalization hierarchy without the use of negative examples. Consequently this allows solving a version of the ILP task with positive-only examples.

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Markov, Z. (1998). Generalization under implication by λ-subsumption. In: Page, D. (eds) Inductive Logic Programming. ILP 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1446. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027325

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