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Dependency quantified Boolean formulas (DQBF) is a logic admitting existential quantification over Boolean functions, which allows us to elegantly state synthesis problems in verification such as the search for invariants, programs, or…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-05-08 Leander Tentrup , Markus N. Rabe

We introduce a novel generalization of Counterexample-Guided Inductive Synthesis (CEGIS) and instantiate it to yield a novel, competitive algorithm for solving Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF). Current QBF solvers based on…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-07-30 Roderick Bloem , Nicolas Braud-Santoni , Vedad Hadzic

Chebyshev interpolation is a highly effective, intensively studied method and enjoys excellent numerical properties. The interpolation nodes are known beforehand, implementation is straightforward and the method is numerically stable. For…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Kathrin Glau , Mirco Mahlstedt

Craig interpolation has become a versatile algorithmic tool for improving software verification. Interpolants can, for instance, accelerate the convergence of fixpoint computations for infinite-state systems. They also help improve the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2008-11-24 Angelo Brillout , Daniel Kroening , Thomas Wahl

Resolution is the rule of inference at the basis of most procedures for automated reasoning. In these procedures, the input formula is first translated into an equisatisfiable formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF) and then represented as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-11-04 E. Giunchiglia , M. Narizzano , A. Tacchella

We consider interpolation-based derivative-free optimization in settings where only some derivatives are available. Such situations arise naturally in scientific computing applications involving simulations, adjoint-enabled components,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Jeffrey Larson , Matt Menickelly , Evan Toler

In this paper we propose an enhanced version of the residual sub-sampling method (RSM) in [9] for adaptive interpolation by radial basis functions (RBFs). More precisely, we introduce in the context of sub-sampling methods a maximum profile…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-29 R. Cavoretto A. De Rossi

This paper investigates linear programming based branch-and-bound using general disjunctions, also known as stabbing planes, for solving integer programs. We derive the first sub-exponential lower bound (in the encoding length $L$ of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Max Gläser , Marc E. Pfetsch

We present efficient methods to interpolate data with a quantum computer that complement uploading techniques and quantum post-processing. The quantum algorithms are supported by the efficient Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) and classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Sergi Ramos-Calderer

We develop foundations for computing Craig interpolants and similar intermediates of two given formulas with first-order theorem provers that construct clausal tableaux. Provers that can be understood in this way include efficient…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-10-19 Christoph Wernhard

The Numerical Recipes series of books are a useful resource, but all the algorithms they contain cannot be used within open-source projects. In this paper we develop drop-in alternatives to the two algorithms they present for cubic spline…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-01-28 Haysn Hornbeck

Quantifier elimination (QE) and Craig interpolation (CI) are central to various state-of-the-art automated approaches to hardware and software verification. They are rooted in the Boolean setting and are successful for, e.g., first-order…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Kevin Batz , Joost-Pieter Katoen , Nora Orhan

QBFs (quantified boolean formulas), which are a superset of propositional formulas, provide a canonical representation for PSPACE problems. To overcome the inherent complexity of QBF, significant effort has been invested in developing QBF…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-10-10 Mikolas Janota , Radu Grigore , Joao Marques-Silva

This article presents a technique for proving problems hard for classes of the polynomial hierarchy or for PSPACE. The rationale of this technique is that some problem restrictions are able to simulate existential or universal quantifiers.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-08-31 Paolo Liberatore

Due to the expected disparity in quantum vs. classical clock speeds, quantum advantage for branch and bound algorithms is more likely achievable in settings involving large search trees and low operator evaluation costs. Therefore, in this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Thomas Häner , Kyle E. C. Booth , Sima E. Borujeni , Elton Yechao Zhu

This paper presents a feasibility-enhanced control barrier function (FECBF) framework for multi-UAV collision avoidance. In dense multi-UAV scenarios, the feasibility of the CBF quadratic program (CBF-QP) can be compromised due to internal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Qishen Zhong , Junlong Wu , Jian Yang , Guanwei Xiao , Junqi Wu , Zimeng Jiang , Pingan Fang

This work presents a new interpolation tool, namely, cubic $q$-spline. Our new analogue generalizes a well known classical cubic spline. This analogue, based on the Jackson $q$-derivative, replaces an interpolating piecewise cubic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Orli Herscovici

In this short review we first recall combinatorial or ($0-$dimensional) quantum field theory (QFT). We then give the main idea of a standard QFT method, called the intermediate field method, and we review how to apply this method to a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Adrian Tanasa

This paper contains a review of available methods for establishing improved interpolation inequalities on the sphere for subcritical exponents. Pushing further these techniques we also establish some new results, clarify the range of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-30 Jean Dolbeault , Maria J. Esteban , Michal Kowalczyk , Michael Loss

The growing availability of computational resources has significantly increased the interest of the scientific community in performing complex multi-physics and multi-domain simulations. However, the generation of appropriate computational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Daniele Moretto , Andrea Franceschini , Massimiliano Ferronato