Rule-Based Languages for Neurosymbolic AI

Abstract

Logic programming is increasingly used as the symbolic component of neurosymbolic AI systems. We survey the main rule-based languages in this setting, namely Datalog, answer set, and probabilistic logic programs, along four axes: semantics, expressiveness, neural integration, and evaluation mechanism. We analyse over 50 recent systems and applications, comparing formalism usage across four research areas: databases and programming languages, machine learning, vision, and robotics. We provide a decision matrix mapping application scenarios to required features and close by outlining open problems.

arXiv commentTo appear in the Proceedings of Rules and Reasoning - 10th International Joint Conference, RuleML+RR 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania