An Integrated Constraint-Logic and Object-Oriented Programming Language : The Münster Logic-Imperative Language
Sometimes, business applications perform constraint-logic search, e. g., for finding solutions to planning problems. Most business applications are written in object-oriented programming languages that are not particularly suited for search applications. In contrast, logic and constraint-logic progr...
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Division/Institute: | FB 04: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät |
Document types: | Doctoral thesis |
Media types: | Text |
Publication date: | 2020 |
Date of publication on miami: | 06.10.2020 |
Modification date: | 07.10.2020 |
Edition statement: | [Electronic ed.] |
Subjects: | constraint-logic object-oriented programming; programming language; virtual machine; integrated programming paradigms; constraint-logic search |
DDC Subject: | 004: Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
005: Computerprogrammierung, Programme, Daten |
License: | InC 1.0 |
Language: | English |
Thesis statement: | Teilw. zugl.: Münster (Westfalen), Univ., kum. Diss., 2020 |
Notes: | Vollständige Druckausgabe der kumulativen Dissertation: Dageförde, Jan Christoph: An integrated constraint-logic and object-oriented programming language : the Münster Logic-Imperative language. (kumulative Dissertation, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 2020) Münster, 2020, XVII, 313 Seiten |
Format: | PDF document |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-89089640681 |
Permalink: | https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-89089640681 |
Digital documents: | diss_dagefoerde.pdf |
Sometimes, business applications perform constraint-logic search, e. g., for finding solutions to planning problems. Most business applications are written in object-oriented programming languages that are not particularly suited for search applications. In contrast, logic and constraint-logic programming languages offer useful features for search. However, such programming languages are less suited for the development of arbitrary (business) software. Consequently, there currently is a gap that established programming languages can only bridge by using impractical solutions. Intending to improve this situation, this work describes the multi-paradigm programming language Muli (short for the Münster Logic-Imperative Language). Muli is based on Java, adding support for constraint-logic features. Most notably, Muli offers logic variables, symbolic execution, and encapsulated search. It is accompanied by a compiler and a sophisticated runtime environment. So far, Muli has been successfully applied to several domains, namely to logistics, the development of neural networks, and classical search problems.