Partition-based logical reasoning for first-order and propositional theories

Many of the reasoning algorithms we present are based on the idea of passing messages between partitions. We present algorithms for both forward (data-driven) and backward (query-driven) message passing. Different partitions may have different associated reasoning procedures. We characterize a class of reasoning procedures that ensures completeness and soundness of our message-passing algorithms. We further provide a specialized algorithm for propositional satisfiability checking with partitions. Craig's interpolation theorem serves as a key to proving soundness and completeness of all of these algorithms. An analysis of these algorithms emphasizes parameters of the partitionings that influence the efficiency of computation. We provide a greedy algorithm that automatically decomposes a set of logical axioms into partitions, following this analysis.