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Computing diverse pair of solutions for tractable SAT

Data Structures and Algorithms 2024-12-06 v1

Abstract

In many decision-making processes, one may prefer multiple solutions to a single solution, which allows us to choose an appropriate solution from the set of promising solutions that are found by algorithms. Given this, finding a set of \emph{diverse} solutions plays an indispensable role in enhancing human decision-making. In this paper, we investigate the problem of finding diverse solutions of Satisfiability from the perspective of parameterized complexity with a particular focus on \emph{tractable} Boolean formulas. We present several parameterized tractable and intractable results for finding a diverse pair of satisfying assignments of a Boolean formula. In particular, we design an FPT algorithm for finding an ``almost disjoint'' pair of satisfying assignments of a 22CNF formula.

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@article{arxiv.2412.04016,
  title  = {Computing diverse pair of solutions for tractable SAT},
  author = {Tatsuya Gima and Yuni Iwamasa and Yasuaki Kobayashi and Kazuhiro Kurita and Yota Otachi and Rin Saito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.04016},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 1 figure

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