Contents
Preface to the First Reprinting
Preface
Introduction
1 Facts, Rules, and Queries
  1.1 Some Simple Examples
  1.2 Prolog Syntax
  1.3 Exercises
  1.4 Practical Session
2 Unification and Proof Search
  2.1 Unification
  2.2 Proof Search
  2.3 Exercises
  2.4 Practical Session
3 Recursion
  3.1 Recursive Definitions
  3.2 Rule Ordering, Goal Ordering, and Termination
  3.3 Exercises
  3.4 Practical Session
4 Lists
  4.1 Lists
  4.2 Member
  4.3 Recursing down Lists
  4.4 Exercises
  4.5 Practical Session
5 Arithmetic
  5.1 Arithmetic in Prolog
  5.2 A Closer Look
  5.3 Arithmetic and Lists
  5.4 Comparing Integers
  5.5 Exercises
  5.6 Practical Session
6 More Lists
  6.1 Append
  6.2 Reversing a List
  6.3 Exercises
  6.4 Practical Session
7 Definite Clause Grammars
  7.1 Context Free Grammars
  7.2 Definite Clause Grammars
  7.3 Exercises
  7.4 Practical Session
8 More Definite Clause Grammars
  8.1 Extra Arguments
  8.2 Extra Goals
  8.3 Concluding Remarks
  8.4 Exercises
  8.5 Practical Session
9 A Closer Look at Terms
  9.1 Comparing Terms
  9.2 Terms with a Special Notation
  9.3 Examining Terms
  9.4 Operators
  9.5 Exercises
  9.6 Practical Session
10 Cuts and Negation
  10.1 The Cut
  10.2 Using Cut
  10.3 Negation as Failure
  10.4 Exercises
  10.5 Practical Session
11 Database Manipulation and Collecting Solutions
  11.1 Database Manipulation
  11.2 Collecting Solutions
  11.3 Exercises
  11.4 Practical Session
12 Working With Files
  12.1 Splitting Programs over Files
  12.2 Writing to Files
  12.3 Reading from Files
  12.4 Exercises
  12.5 Practical Session
Predicate Index
Predicate Index
Subject Index