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This paper presents a parallel inference machine called RAP/LOP-WAM, which is a parallel extension of the WAM to support Restricted AND- and Limited OR-Parallelism. The RAP/LOP-WAM is based on the OR-forest description. It handles Restricted AND-Parallelism through procedure-level and clause-level analysis at compiler-time, and simple run-time checks to identify independent goals of the body of a clause. It exploits OR-parallelism under the limit of the number of processors.
This research was supported partially by Fok YinTung's Education Foundation
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Yaoqing, G., Chengzheng, S., Shouren, H. (1990). Study of a parallel inference machine for parallel execution of logic programs. In: Burkhart, H. (eds) CONPAR 90 — VAPP IV. VAPP CONPAR 1990 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 457. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53065-7_95
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