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The problem of estimating the proportion of satisfiable instances of a given CSP (constraint satisfaction problem) can be tackled through weighting. It consists in putting onto each solution a non-negative real value based on its…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Yacine Boufkhad , Thomas Hugel

In 2013 Bei, Chen and Zhang introduced a trial and error model of computing, and applied to some constraint satisfaction problems. In this model the input is hidden by an oracle which, for a candidate assignment, reveals some information…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-08-17 Gábor Ivanyos , Raghav Kulkarni , Youming Qiao , Miklos Santha , Aarthi Sundaram

A non-binary Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) can be solved directly using extended versions of binary techniques. Alternatively, the non-binary problem can be translated into an equivalent binary one. In this case, it is generally…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-09-28 N. Samaras , K. Stergiou

In this work we provide algorithmic solutions to five fundamental problems concerning the verification, synthesis and correction of concurrent systems that can be modeled by bounded p/t-nets. We express concurrency via partial orders and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-02-14 Mateus de Oliveira Oliveira

Constraint satisfaction problems form a nicely behaved class of problems that lends itself to complexity classification results. From the point of view of parameterized complexity, a natural task is to classify the parameterized complexity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Konrad K. Dabrowski , Peter Jonsson , Sebastian Ordyniak , George Osipov , Marcin Pilipczuk , Roohani Sharma

We propose a method for generating explainable rule sets from tree-ensemble learners using Answer Set Programming (ASP). To this end, we adopt a decompositional approach where the split structures of the base decision trees are exploited in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Akihiro Takemura , Katsumi Inoue

We present a new approach to enhancing Answer Set Programming (ASP) with Constraint Processing techniques which allows for solving interesting Constraint Satisfaction Problems in ASP. We show how constraints on finite domains can be…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-07-26 Christian Drescher , Toby Walsh

The seminal work of Bencz\'ur and Karger demonstrated cut sparsifiers of near-linear size. Subsequent extensions have yielded sparsifiers for hypergraph cuts and more recently linear codes over Abelian groups. A decade ago, Kogan and…

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The recently introduced graph parameter tree-cut width plays a similar role with respect to immersions as the graph parameter treewidth plays with respect to minors. In this paper, we provide the first algorithmic applications of tree-cut…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Robert Ganian , Eun Jung Kim , Stefan Szeider

We introduce tensor network contraction algorithms for counting satisfying assignments of constraint satisfaction problems (#CSPs). We represent each arbitrary #CSP formula as a tensor network, whose full contraction yields the number of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-11-14 Stefanos Kourtis , Claudio Chamon , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Andrei E. Ruckenstein

Constraint Satisfaction Problem on finite sets is known to be NP-complete in general but certain restrictions on the constraint language can ensure tractability. It was proved that if a constraint language has a weak near unanimity…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-03-07 Dmitriy Zhuk

Evaluating conjunctive queries and solving constraint satisfaction problems are fundamental problems in database theory and artificial intelligence, respectively. These problems are NP-hard, so that several research efforts have been made…

Databases · Computer Science 2013-01-01 Gianluigi Greco , Francesco Scarcello

We are interested in proving satisfiability of Constrained Horn Clauses (CHCs) over Algebraic Data Types (ADTs). We propose to prove satisfiability by building a tree automaton recognizing the Herbrand model of the CHCs. If such an…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Gregoire Maire , Thomas Genet

We consider two CSP problems: the first CSP encodes 2D Sperner's lemma for the standard triangulation of the right triangle on $n^2$ small triangles; the second CSP encodes the fact that it is impossible to match cells of $n \times n$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-12-04 Dmitry Itsykson , Anna Malova , Vsevolod Oparin , Dmitry Sokolov

Model-driven software engineering is a suitable method for dealing with the ever-increasing complexity of software development processes. Graphs and graph transformations have proven useful for representing such models and changes to them.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Alexander Lauer

Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a generic problem modeling and solving framework with a strong focus on knowledge representation and a rapid growth of industrial applications. So far, the study of complexity resulted in characterizing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Markus Hecher , Rafael Kiesel

We study the Sherali-Adams linear programming hierarchy in the context of promise constraint satisfaction problems (PCSPs). We characterise when a level of the hierarchy accepts an instance in terms of a homomorphism problem for an…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-11-11 Lorenzo Ciardo , Stanislav Živný

In the last two decades the study of random instances of constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) has flourished across several disciplines, including computer science, mathematics and physics. The diversity of the developed methods, on the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Konstantinos Panagiotou , Matija Pasch

The hardness of finite domain Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) is a very important research area in Constraint Programming (CP) community. However, this problem has not yet attracted much attention from the researchers in the…

Databases · Computer Science 2009-06-30 Chendong Li

We document a connection between constraint reasoning and probabilistic reasoning. We present an algorithm, called {em probabilistic arc consistency}, which is both a generalization of a well known algorithm for arc consistency used in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-18 Michael C. Horsch , Bill Havens