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Fixpoint Semantics for DatalogMTL with Negation

Published: January 7, 2026 | arXiv ID: 2601.03841v1

By: Samuele Pollaci

Potential Business Impact:

Helps computers understand time and rules better.

Business Areas:
Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence, Data and Analytics, Software

DatalogMTL with negation is an extension of Datalog with metric temporal operators enriched with unstratifiable negation. In this paper, we define the stable, well-founded, Kripke-Kleene, and supported model semantics for DatalogMTL with negation in a very simple and straightforward way, by using the solid mathematical formalism of Approximation Fixpoint Theory (AFT). Moreover, we prove that the stable model semantics obtained via AFT coincides with the one defined in previous work, through the employment of pairs of interpretations stemming from the logic of here-and-there.

Country of Origin
🇧🇪 Belgium

Page Count
15 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Logic in Computer Science