6 Search Results for "Janhunen, Tomi"


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Invited Paper
ASP Essentials: Modelling and Efficient Solving (Invited Paper)

Authors: Giuseppe Mazzotta and Francesco Ricca

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 138, Joint Proceedings of the 20th and 21st Reasoning Web Summer Schools (RW 2024 & RW 2025)


Abstract
Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a logic-based Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR) paradigm that facilitates rapid prototyping of solutions for complex problems. It is particularly effective for tackling Deep Reasoning tasks involving exponentially large search spaces, such as combinatorial search and optimization. While getting started with ASP is relatively easy, mastering its advanced constructs and scaling solutions to real-world problem sizes can be challenging. This paper provides an introduction to ASP, guiding the reader from the fundamentals of the language to the application of programming methodologies and the computation of answer sets. Beyond the core framework, the paper also examines selected extensions of ASP that enable the modeling of complex problems, as well as compilation techniques designed to enhance solving efficiency. Furthermore, it mentions some recent tools that combine ASP with LLMs.

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Giuseppe Mazzotta and Francesco Ricca. ASP Essentials: Modelling and Efficient Solving (Invited Paper). In Joint Proceedings of the 20th and 21st Reasoning Web Summer Schools (RW 2024 & RW 2025). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 138, pp. 8:1-8:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{mazzotta_et_al:OASIcs.RW.2024/2025.8,
  author =	{Mazzotta, Giuseppe and Ricca, Francesco},
  title =	{{ASP Essentials: Modelling and Efficient Solving}},
  booktitle =	{Joint Proceedings of the 20th and 21st Reasoning Web Summer Schools (RW 2024 \& RW 2025)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:21},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-405-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{138},
  editor =	{Artale, Alessandro and Bienvenu, Meghyn and Garc{\'\i}a, Yazm{\'\i}n Ib\'{a}\~{n}ez and Murlak, Filip},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.RW.2024/2025.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250539},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.RW.2024/2025.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Answer Set Programming, ASP with Quantifiers, Grounding Bottleneck, Compilation-based ASP solving, Neurosymbolic AI, LLMs}
}
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Scalable Counting of Minimal Trap Spaces and Fixed Points in Boolean Networks

Authors: Mohimenul Kabir, Van-Giang Trinh, Samuel Pastva, and Kuldeep S Meel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 340, 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)


Abstract
Boolean Networks (BNs) serve as a fundamental modeling framework for capturing complex dynamical systems across various domains, including systems biology, computational logic, and artificial intelligence. A crucial property of BNs is the presence of trap spaces - subspaces of the state space that, once entered, cannot be exited. Minimal trap spaces, in particular, play a significant role in analyzing the long-term behavior of BNs, making their efficient enumeration and counting essential. The fixed points in BNs are a special case of minimal trap spaces. In this work, we formulate several meaningful counting problems related to minimal trap spaces and fixed points in BNs. These problems provide valuable insights both within BN theory (e.g., in probabilistic reasoning and dynamical analysis) and in broader application areas, including systems biology, abstract argumentation, and logic programming. To address these computational challenges, we propose novel methods based on approximate answer set counting, leveraging techniques from answer set programming. Our approach efficiently approximates the number of minimal trap spaces and the number of fixed points without requiring exhaustive enumeration, making it particularly well-suited for large-scale BNs. Our experimental evaluation on an extensive and diverse set of benchmark instances shows that our methods significantly improve the feasibility of counting minimal trap spaces and fixed points, paving the way for new applications in BN analysis and beyond.

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Mohimenul Kabir, Van-Giang Trinh, Samuel Pastva, and Kuldeep S Meel. Scalable Counting of Minimal Trap Spaces and Fixed Points in Boolean Networks. In 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 340, pp. 17:1-17:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{kabir_et_al:LIPIcs.CP.2025.17,
  author =	{Kabir, Mohimenul and Trinh, Van-Giang and Pastva, Samuel and Meel, Kuldeep S},
  title =	{{Scalable Counting of Minimal Trap Spaces and Fixed Points in Boolean Networks}},
  booktitle =	{31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)},
  pages =	{17:1--17:26},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-380-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{340},
  editor =	{de la Banda, Maria Garcia},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2025.17},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-238780},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2025.17},
  annote =	{Keywords: Computational systems biology, Boolean network, Fixed point, Trap space, Answer set counting, Projected counting, Abstract argumentation, Logic programming}
}
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Description Complexity of Unary Structures in First-Order Logic with Links to Entropy

Authors: Reijo Jaakkola, Antti Kuusisto, and Miikka Vilander

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 326, 33rd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2025)


Abstract
The description complexity of a model is the length of the shortest formula that defines the model. We study the description complexity of unary structures in first-order logic FO, also drawing links to semantic complexity in the form of entropy. The class of unary structures provides, e.g., a simple way to represent tabular Boolean data sets as relational structures. We define structures with FO-formulas that are strictly linear in the size of the model as opposed to using the naive quadratic ones, and we use arguments based on formula size games to obtain related lower bounds for description complexity. For a typical structure the upper and lower bounds in fact match up to a sublinear term, leading to a precise asymptotic result on the expected description complexity of a randomly selected structure. We then give bounds on the relationship between Shannon entropy and description complexity. We extend this relationship also to Boltzmann entropy by establishing an asymptotic match between the two entropies. Despite the simplicity of unary structures, our arguments require the use of formula size games, Stirling’s approximation and Chernoff bounds.

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Reijo Jaakkola, Antti Kuusisto, and Miikka Vilander. Description Complexity of Unary Structures in First-Order Logic with Links to Entropy. In 33rd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 326, pp. 17:1-17:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{jaakkola_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2025.17,
  author =	{Jaakkola, Reijo and Kuusisto, Antti and Vilander, Miikka},
  title =	{{Description Complexity of Unary Structures in First-Order Logic with Links to Entropy}},
  booktitle =	{33rd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2025)},
  pages =	{17:1--17:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-362-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{326},
  editor =	{Endrullis, J\"{o}rg and Schmitz, Sylvain},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2025.17},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-227749},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2025.17},
  annote =	{Keywords: formula size, finite model theory, formula size games, entropy, randomness}
}
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On the Utility of Neighbourhood Singleton-Style Consistencies for Qualitative Constraint-Based Spatial and Temporal Reasoning

Authors: Michael Sioutis, Anastasia Paparrizou, and Tomi Janhunen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 147, 26th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2019)


Abstract
A singleton-style consistency is a local consistency that verifies if each base relation (atom) of each constraint of a qualitative constraint network (QCN) can serve as a support with respect to the closure of that network under a (naturally) weaker local consistency. This local consistency is essential for tackling fundamental reasoning problems associated with QCNs, such as the satisfiability checking or the minimal labeling problem, but can suffer from redundant constraint checks, especially when those checks occur far from where the pruning usually takes place. In this paper, we propose singleton-style consistencies that are applied just on the neighbourhood of a singleton-checked constraint instead of the whole network. We make a theoretical comparison with existing consistencies and consequently prove some properties of the new ones. In addition, we propose algorithms to enforce our consistencies, as well as parsimonious variants thereof, that are more efficient in practice than the state of the art. We make an experimental evaluation with random and structured QCNs of Interval Algebra in the phase transition region to demonstrate the potential of our approach.

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Michael Sioutis, Anastasia Paparrizou, and Tomi Janhunen. On the Utility of Neighbourhood Singleton-Style Consistencies for Qualitative Constraint-Based Spatial and Temporal Reasoning. In 26th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 147, pp. 14:1-14:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)


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@InProceedings{sioutis_et_al:LIPIcs.TIME.2019.14,
  author =	{Sioutis, Michael and Paparrizou, Anastasia and Janhunen, Tomi},
  title =	{{On the Utility of Neighbourhood Singleton-Style Consistencies for Qualitative Constraint-Based Spatial and Temporal Reasoning}},
  booktitle =	{26th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2019)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-127-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{147},
  editor =	{Gamper, Johann and Pinchinat, Sophie and Sciavicco, Guido},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TIME.2019.14},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-113727},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TIME.2019.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: Qualitative constraints, spatial and temporal reasoning, singleton-style consistencies, neighbourhood, minimal labeling problem}
}
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Rewriting Optimization Statements in Answer-Set Programs

Authors: Jori Bomanson, Martin Gebser, and Tomi Janhunen

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 52, Technical Communications of the 32nd International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2016)


Abstract
Constraints on Pseudo-Boolean (PB) expressions can be translated into Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF) using several known translations. In Answer-Set Programming (ASP), analogous expressions appear in weight rules and optimization statements. Previously, we have translated weight rules into normal rules, using normalizations designed in accord with existing CNF encodings. In this work, we rededicate such designs to rewrite optimization statements in ASP. In this context, a rewrite of an optimization statement is a replacement accompanied by a set of normal rules that together replicate the original meaning. The goal is partially the same as in translating PB constraints or weight rules: to introduce new meaningful auxiliary atoms that may help a solver in the search for (optimal) solutions. In addition to adapting previous translations, we present selective rewriting techniques in order to meet the above goal while using only a limited amount of new rules and atoms. We experimentally evaluate these methods in preprocessing ASP optimization statements and then searching for optimal answer sets. The results exhibit significant advances in terms of numbers of optimally solved instances, reductions in search conflicts, and shortened computation times. By appropriate choices of rewriting techniques, improvements are made on instances involving both small and large weights. In particular, we show that selective rewriting is paramount on benchmarks involving large weights.

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Jori Bomanson, Martin Gebser, and Tomi Janhunen. Rewriting Optimization Statements in Answer-Set Programs. In Technical Communications of the 32nd International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2016). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 52, pp. 5:1-5:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)


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@InProceedings{bomanson_et_al:OASIcs.ICLP.2016.5,
  author =	{Bomanson, Jori and Gebser, Martin and Janhunen, Tomi},
  title =	{{Rewriting Optimization Statements in Answer-Set Programs}},
  booktitle =	{Technical Communications of the 32nd International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2016)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:15},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-007-1},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{52},
  editor =	{Carro, Manuel and King, Andy and Saeedloei, Neda and De Vos, Marina},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ICLP.2016.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-67362},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ICLP.2016.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Answer-Set Programming, Pseudo-Boolean optimization, Translation methods}
}
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Sampler Programs: The Stable Model Semantics of Abstract Constraint Programs Revisited

Authors: Tomi Janhunen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 7, Technical Communications of the 26th International Conference on Logic Programming (2010)


Abstract
Abstract constraint atoms provide a general framework for the study of aggregates utilized in answer set programming. Such primitives suitably increase the expressive power of rules and enable more concise representation of various domains as answer set programs. However, it is non-trivial to generalize the stable model semantics for programs involving arbitrary abstract constraint atoms. For instance, a nondeterministic variant of the immediate consequence operator is needed, or the definition of stable models cannot be stated directly using primitives of logic programs. In this paper, we propose sampler programs as a relaxation of abstract constraint programs that better lend themselves to the program transformation involved in the definition of stable models. Consequently, the declarative nature of stable models can be restored for sampler programs and abstract constraint programs are also covered if decomposed into sampler programs. Moreover, we study the relationships of the classes of programs involved and provide a characterization in terms of abstract but essentially deterministic computations. This result indicates that all nondeterminism related with abstract constraint atoms can be resolved at the level of program reduct when sampler programs are used as the intermediate representation.

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Tomi Janhunen. Sampler Programs: The Stable Model Semantics of Abstract Constraint Programs Revisited. In Technical Communications of the 26th International Conference on Logic Programming. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 7, pp. 94-103, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2010)


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@InProceedings{janhunen:LIPIcs.ICLP.2010.94,
  author =	{Janhunen, Tomi},
  title =	{{Sampler Programs: The Stable Model Semantics of Abstract Constraint Programs Revisited}},
  booktitle =	{Technical Communications of the 26th International Conference on Logic Programming},
  pages =	{94--103},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-17-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2010},
  volume =	{7},
  editor =	{Hermenegildo, Manuel and Schaub, Torsten},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICLP.2010.94},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-25871},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICLP.2010.94},
  annote =	{Keywords: Stable models, abstract constraints, program reduction, translation, choice rules}
}
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