Answer Set Programming - Answer Set Programming Language AnsProlog

Answer Set Programming Language AnsProlog

Lparse is the name of the program that was originally created as grounding tool (front-end) for the answer set solver smodels. The language that Lparse accepts is now commonly called AnsProlog*, short for Answer Set Programming in Logic. It is now used in the same way in many other answer set solvers, including assat, clasp, cmodels, gNt, nomore++ and pbmodels. (dlv is an exception; the syntax of ASP programs written for dlv is somewhat different.)

An AnsProlog program consists of rules of the form

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