Enhancing symbolic AI ecosystems with Probabilistic Logic Programming: a Kotlin multi-platform case study

Dellaluce, Jason (2021) Enhancing symbolic AI ecosystems with Probabilistic Logic Programming: a Kotlin multi-platform case study. [Laurea magistrale], Università di Bologna, Corso di Studio in Ingegneria informatica [LM-DM270]
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Abstract

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) progressively conquers the software industry at a fast pace, the demand for more transparent and pervasive technologies increases accordingly. In this scenario, novel approaches to Logic Programming (LP) and symbolic AI have the potential to satisfy the requirements of modern software environments. However, traditional logic-based approaches often fail to match present-day planning and learning workflows, which natively deal with uncertainty. Accordingly, Probabilistic Logic Programming (PLP) is emerging as a modern research field that investigates the combination of LP with the probability theory. Although research efforts at the state of the art demonstrate encouraging results, they are usually either developed as proof of concepts or bound to specific platforms, often having inconvenient constraints. In this dissertation, we introduce an elastic and platform-agnostic approach to PLP aimed to surpass the usability and portability limitations of current proposals. We design our solution as an extension of the 2P-Kt symbolic AI ecosystem, thus endorsing the mission of the project and inheriting its multi-platform and multi-paradigm nature. Additionally, our proposal comprehends an object-oriented and pure-Kotlin library for manipulating Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs), which are notoriously relevant in the context of probabilistic computation. As a Kotlin multi-platform architecture, our BDD module aims to surpass the usability constraints of existing packages, which typically rely on low level C/C++ bindings for performance reasons. Overall, our project explores novel directions towards more usable, portable, and accessible PLP technologies, which we expect to grow in popularity both in the research community and in the software industry over the next few years.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di laurea (Laurea magistrale)
Autore della tesi
Dellaluce, Jason
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Corso di studio
Ordinamento Cds
DM270
Parole chiave
AI,LP,PLP,probabilistic reasoning,binary decision diagrams,kotlin,multi-paradigm programming,artificial intelligence,probabilistic logic programming
Data di discussione della Tesi
21 Luglio 2021
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