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For Boolean satisfiability problems, the structure of the solution space is characterized by the solution graph, where the vertices are the solutions, and two solutions are connected iff they differ in exactly one variable. For this…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-10-23 Konrad W. Schwerdtfeger

Over the last two decades, propositional satisfiability (SAT) has become one of the most successful and widely applied techniques for the solution of NP-complete problems. The aim of this paper is to investigate theoretically how Sat can be…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-05-06 Johannes Klaus Fichte , Stefan Szeider

We proposes a novel method that enables Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to solve SAT problems by leveraging a technique developed for applying GNNs to Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP). Specifically, k-CNF formulae are mapped into MILP…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Franco Alberto Cardillo , Hamza Khyari , Umberto Straccia

The paper deals with the interpretability of Graph Neural Networks in the context of Boolean Satisfiability. The goal is to demystify the internal workings of these models and provide insightful perspectives into their decision-making…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Jan Hůla , David Mojžíšek , Mikoláš Janota

We explore the relations between the Boolean Satisfiability Problem with $n$ Boolean variables and the orthogonal group $\mbox{O}(n)$. We show that all $2^n$ possible solutions induce involutions of $\mathbb{R}^n$ that lie in the compact,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-14 Marco Budinich

Graph neural networks (GNNs) have shown promising performance in solving both Boolean satisfiability (SAT) and Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) problems due to their ability to efficiently model and capture the structural dependencies…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Qiyue Chen , Shaolin Tan , Suixiang Gao , Jinhu Lü

Understanding properties of deep neural networks is an important challenge in deep learning. In this paper, we take a step in this direction by proposing a rigorous way of verifying properties of a popular class of neural networks,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-06-04 Nina Narodytska , Shiva Prasad Kasiviswanathan , Leonid Ryzhyk , Mooly Sagiv , Toby Walsh

The question of whether the complexity class P is equal to the complexity class NP has been a seemingly intractable problem for over 4 decades. It has been clear that if an algorithm existed that would solve the problems in the NP class in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Jason W. Steinmetz

A novel artificial neural network approach to constraint satisfaction problems is presented. Based on information-theoretical considerations, it differs from a conventional mean-field approach in the form of the resulting free energy. The…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Henrik Jonsson , Bo Soderberg

We propose Differentiable Satisfiability and Differentiable Answer Set Programming (Differentiable SAT/ASP) for multi-model optimization. Models (answer sets or satisfying truth assignments) are sampled using a novel SAT/ASP solving…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-01-01 Matthias Nickles

Many procedures for SAT and SAT-related problems -- in particular for those requiring the complete enumeration of satisfying truth assignments -- rely their efficiency on the detection of partial assignments satisfying an input formula. In…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Roberto Sebastiani

The one of the most interesting problem of discrete mathematics is the SAT (satisfiability) problem. Good way in SAT solver developing is to transform the SAT problem to the problem of continuous search of global minimums of the functional…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2009-07-13 R. T. Faizullin , I. G. Khnykin , V. I. Dylkeyt

In multi-agent path finding (MAPF), the task is to find non-conflicting paths for multiple agents from their initial positions to given individual goal positions. MAPF represents a classical artificial intelligence problem often addressed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Martin Čapek , Pavel Surynek

Machine learning (ML) is ubiquitous in modern life. Since it is being deployed in technologies that affect our privacy and safety, it is often crucial to understand the reasoning behind its decisions, warranting the need for explainable AI.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Alexey Ignatiev , Edward Lam , Peter J. Stuckey , Joao Marques-Silva

We apply Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) and Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers in the context of finding chiral heterotic string models with positive cosmological constant from $\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifolds. The power…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Alon E. Faraggi , Benjamin Percival , Sven Schewe , Dominik Wojtczak

Solving systems of Boolean equations is a fundamental task in symbolic computation and algebraic cryptanalysis, with wide-ranging applications in cryptography, coding theory, and formal verification. Among existing approaches, the Boolean…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Minzhong Luo , Yudong Sun , Yin Long

Railway scheduling is a problem that exhibits both non-trivial discrete and continuous behavior. In this paper, we simulate train networks at a low level, where a number of timing and ordering constraints can appear. We model this problem…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-13 Tomáš Kolárik , Stefan Ratschan

Satisfiability-based automated reasoning is an approach that is being successfully used in software engineering to validate complex software, including for safety-critical systems. Such reasoning underlies many validation activities, from…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Nick Feng , Lina Marsso , Marsha Chechik

We provide a parameterized polynomial algorithm for the propositional model counting problem #SAT, the runtime of which is single-exponential in the rank-width of a formula. Previously, analogous algorithms have been known -- e.g.~[Fischer,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-06-30 Robert Ganian , Petr Hliněný , Jan Obdržálek

Any satisfiability problem in conjunctive normal form can be solved in polynomial time by reducing it to a 3-sat formulation and transforming this to a Linear Complementarity problem (LCP) which is then solved as a linear program (LP). Any…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-01-31 Giacomo Patrizi