I am looking for good beginners material on Prolog, both online and printed. I am not only interested in 'learning the language' but also in background and scientific information.
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Check out Learn Prolog Now!
This book is well-written, should be easy to read for beginners. It's available in printed form and also as a free online version. It is also relatively new (from 2003), which is not the case with many Prolog books out there.
Once upon a time when I used Prolog I liked the book by Sterling & Shapiro, The Art of Prolog.
For advanced Prolog programming, especially w.r.t. efficiency, I recommend the Craft of Prolog by O'Keefe.
Here's one book you may find useful: Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence by Ivan Bratko.
The first part is about Prolog, the second about AI algorithms and how to implement them in Prolog.
If you want a very accessible and solid introduction to Prolog (this is more into 'learning the language'), go for "Programming in Prolog: Using the ISO Standard" by Clocksin and Mellish, now in it's 5th edition.
Try Logic, Programming and Prolog (free download). I haven't read it, but it's broken up into Foundations, Programming in Logic, and Alternative Logic Programming Schemes, so it sounds like it has something for everybody.
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