On the Expressive Power of Logic Programming Languages with Sets
Summary: Compares ELPS-style set quantification and LDL-style grouping, proving that in Horn-clause programs set quantification is expressible via primitive set ops (union/scans) and providing translations between the constructs. Analyzes stratified/unstratified negation’s impact on minimal-model, least-fixpoint and procedural semantics, gives conditions for preserving unique minimal models, formalizes finite-set first-order semantics with membership/constructors, and characterizes the auxiliary predicates needed in translations. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,448 | Theory of Database Queries (Extended Abstract) | 1988 | PODS | 0.00011938045 |
| 3,040 | Tractable Query Languages for Complex Object Databases | 1991 | PODS | 7.6707607e-05 |
| 8,331 | New Data Models and Languages - the Challenge | 1992 | PODS | 4.5435639e-05 |
| 12,877 | A Domain-theoretic Approach to Integrating Functional and Logic Database Languages | 1993 | VLDB | 4.1945683e-05 |
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| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 649 | Logic Programming With Sets | 1987 | PODS | 0.00018662857 |
| 912 | Sets and Negation in a Logic Database Language (LDL1) | 1987 | PODS | 0.00015414126 |
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