TacticToe: Learning to Prove with Tactics.

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Title: TacticToe: Learning to Prove with Tactics.
Authors: Gauthier, Thibault1 thibault.gauthier@uibk.ac.at, Kaliszyk, Cezary1, Urban, Josef2, Kumar, Ramana3, Norrish, Michael3
Source: Journal of Automated Reasoning. Feb2021, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p257-286. 30p.
Subjects: Monte Carlo method, Machine learning, Mathematics theorems, Artificial intelligence, Automatic theorem proving
Abstract: We implement an automated tactical prover TacticToe on top of the HOL4 interactive theorem prover. TacticToe learns from human proofs which mathematical technique is suitable in each proof situation. This knowledge is then used in a Monte Carlo tree search algorithm to explore promising tactic-level proof paths. On a single CPU, with a time limit of 60 s, TacticToe proves 66.4% of the 7164 theorems in HOL4's standard library, whereas E prover with auto-schedule solves 34.5%. The success rate rises to 69.0% by combining the results of TacticToe and E prover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:We implement an automated tactical prover TacticToe on top of the HOL4 interactive theorem prover. TacticToe learns from human proofs which mathematical technique is suitable in each proof situation. This knowledge is then used in a Monte Carlo tree search algorithm to explore promising tactic-level proof paths. On a single CPU, with a time limit of 60 s, TacticToe proves 66.4% of the 7164 theorems in HOL4's standard library, whereas E prover with auto-schedule solves 34.5%. The success rate rises to 69.0% by combining the results of TacticToe and E prover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01687433
DOI:10.1007/s10817-020-09580-x