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LATE
A User's Guide
Andrew Shilliday -
shilla@rpi.edu
Joshua Taylor -
tayloj@rpi.edu
Selmer Bringsjord -
selmer@rpi.edu
Contents
1
Introduction
2
Basic Usage
3
Getting Started
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Prerequisites for Installation
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GraphViz
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2
OpenGL
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Paradox
3
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2
Getting Slate
3
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Precompiled Binaries
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2
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2
Subversion
3
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3
Starting Slate
3
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3
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Precompiled Binaries
3
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3
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2
Slate from Source
4
System S and the Workspace
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Purpose
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2
Visual Elements
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2
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1
Propositions
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2
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2
Hypotheses
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3
Sets
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Ontologies
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2
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Arguments
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2
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Subproofs
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Interaction with the Workspace
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Selecting Elements
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2
Removing Elements
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3
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3
Copying Elements
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Modifying Elements
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Examining Elements
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6
Sets
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3
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Subproofs
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Arguments
5
Slate Tools
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1
Workspace Tools
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2
Information Management
5
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2
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1
Create Information
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2
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2
Translation Options
5
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2
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3
Signature Information
5
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2
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4
Tacit Information
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3
Model Building
5
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4
Check Consistency
5
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5
Generate Hypotheses
5
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6
Validate / Invalidate Sequent
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Premise and Conclusion Checking
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6
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2
Argument Checking
5
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7
Generate Reports
6
Models and MDF
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1
The Use of Models
6
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2
Reading Model Diagrams
6
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3
MDF
7
Hypothesis Generation
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1
Abductive
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2
Deductive
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3
MMOI
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3
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Deductive
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2
Abductive
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4
Syntactic
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Constructive
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Existential
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Model Based
8
File Operations
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1
New Workspace
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2
Save Workspace
8
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3
Save Workspace As
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4
Open Workspace
9
Slate Language
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1
Overview
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2
Syntax
October 4 2005
Joshua Taylor - tayloj@rpi.edu
Andrew Shilliday - shilla@rpi.edu
Selmer Bringsjord - selmer@rpi.edu