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Weighted Max-SAT is the optimization version of SAT and many important problems can be naturally encoded as such. Solving weighted Max-SAT is an important problem from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. In recent years, there…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Javier Larrosa , Federico Heras , Simon de Givry

This paper gives a novel approach to analyze SAT problem more deeply. First, I define new elements of Boolean formula such as dominant variable, decision chain, and chain coupler. Through the analysis of the SAT problem using the elements,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Keum-Bae Cho

The Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Power Peak Minimization (SALBP-3PM) minimizes maximum instantaneous power usage while assigning $n$ tasks to $m$ workstations and determining execution schedules within given cycle time…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Tuyen Van Kieu , Phong Chi Nguyen , Bao Gia Hoang , Khanh Van To

In this paper we determine the complexity of a broad class of problems that extends the temporal constraint satisfaction problems. To be more precise we study the problems Poset-SAT($\Phi$), where $\Phi$ is a given set of quantifier-free…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-09-27 Michael Kompatscher , Trung Van Pham

The Independent Cutset problem asks whether there is a set of vertices in a given graph that is both independent and a cutset. Such a problem is $\textsf{NP}$-complete even when the input graph is planar and has maximum degree five. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach , Uéverton S. Souza

We give an algorithm that takes as input an $n$-vertex graph $G$ and an integer $k$, runs in time $2^{O(k^2)} n^{O(1)}$, and outputs a tree decomposition of $G$ of width at most $k$, if such a decomposition exists. This resolves the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Tuukka Korhonen , Daniel Lokshtanov

Quantum computing is seeking to realize hardware-optimized algorithms for application-related computational tasks. NP (nondeterministic-polynomial-time) is a complexity class containing many important but intractable problems like the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-27 Aonan Zhang , Hao Zhan , Junjie Liao , Kaimin Zheng , Tao Jiang , Minghao Mi , Penghui Yao , Lijian Zhang

In the problem (Unweighted) Max-Cut we are given a graph $G = (V,E)$ and asked for a set $S \subseteq V$ such that the number of edges from $S$ to $V \setminus S$ is maximal. In this paper we consider an even harder problem: (Weighted)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Hauke Brinkop , Klaus Jansen

We revisit the complexity of the classical $k$-Coloring problem parameterized by clique-width. This is a very well-studied problem that becomes highly intractable when the number of colors $k$ is large. However, much less is known on its…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Michael Lampis

Article presents the compatibility matrix method and illustrates it with the application to P vs NP problem. The method is a generalization of descriptive geometry: in the method, we draft problems and solve them utilizing the image…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2012-05-08 Sergey Gubin

In this paper, we begin the exploration of vertex-ordering problems through the lens of exponential-time approximation algorithms. In particular, we ask the following question: Can we simultaneously beat the running times of the fastest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Matthias Bentert , Fedor V. Fomin , Tanmay Inamdar , Saket Saurabh

We prove that P = NP implies #P = FP by exploiting the topological structure of 3SAT solution spaces. The argument proceeds via a dichotomy: any polynomial-time algorithm for 3SAT either operates without global knowledge of the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-03-24 M. Alasli

In the article, within the framework of the Boolean Satisfiability problem (SAT), the problem of estimating the hardness of specific Boolean formulas w.r.t. a specific complete SAT solving algorithm is considered. Based on the well-known…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Daniil Chivilikhin , Artem Pavlenko , Alexander Semenov

Given a $k$-CNF formula and an integer $s$, we study algorithms that obtain $s$ solutions to the formula that are maximally dispersed. For $s=2$, the problem of computing the diameter of a $k$-CNF formula was initiated by Creszenzi and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Per Austrin , Ioana O. Bercea , Mayank Goswami , Nutan Limaye , Adarsh Srinivasan

Many NP-hard problems, such as Dominating Set, are FPT parameterized by clique-width. For graphs of clique-width $k$ given with a $k$-expression, Dominating Set can be solved in $4^k n^{O(1)}$ time. However, no FPT algorithm is known for…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-01-05 Sang-il Oum , Sigve Hortemo Sæther , Martin Vatshelle

We settle the parameterized complexities of several variants of independent set reconfiguration and dominating set reconfiguration, parameterized by the number of tokens. We show that both problems are XL-complete when there is no limit on…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hans L. Bodlaender , Carla Groenland , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis

A novel parallel algorithm for solving the classical Decision Boolean Satisfiability problem with clauses in conjunctive normal form is depicted. My approach for solving SAT is without using algebra or other computational search strategies…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Carlos Barrón-Romero

The concept of space-bounded computability has become significantly important in handling vast data sets on memory-limited computing devices. To replenish the existing short list of NL-complete problems whose instance sizes are dictated by…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Tomoyuki Yamakami

It has long been known that Feedback Vertex Set can be solved in time $2^{\mathcal{O}(w\log w)}n^{\mathcal{O}(1)}$ on $n$-vertex graphs of treewidth $w$, but it was only recently that this running time was improved to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-27 Édouard Bonnet , Nick Brettell , O-joung Kwon , Dániel Marx

We show that if k-SUM is hard, in the sense that the standard algorithm is essentially optimal, then a variant of the SETH called the Primal Treewidth SETH is true. Formally: if there is an $\varepsilon>0$ and an algorithm which solves SAT…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Michael Lampis