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This paper proposes a novel approach to Hamiltonian simulation using Decision Diagrams (DDs), which are an exact representation based on exploiting redundancies in representations of quantum states and operations. While the simulation of…
This work, shows how propositional resolution can be generalized to obtain a resolution proof system for constrained pseudo-propositional logic (CPPL), which is an extension resulted from inserting the natural numbers with few constraints…
This paper proposes a new logic optimization paradigm based on circuit simulation, which reduces the need for Boolean computations such as SAT-solving or constructing BDDs. The paper develops a Boolean resubstitution framework to…
A central task in knowledge compilation is to compile a CNF-SAT instance into a succinct representation format that allows efficient operations such as testing satisfiability, counting, or enumerating all solutions. Useful representation…
Circuits in deterministic decomposable negation normal form (d-DNNF) are representations of Boolean functions that enable linear-time model counting. This paper strengthens our theoretical knowledge of what classes of functions can be…
Polynomial system solving is a classical problem in mathematics with a wide range of applications. This makes its complexity a fundamental problem in computer science. Depending on the context, solving has different meanings. In order to…
The logic of equality with uninterpreted functions (EUF) provides a means of abstracting the manipulation of data by a processor when verifying the correctness of its control logic. By reducing formulas in this logic to propositional…
We consider quantum, nondterministic and probabilistic versions of known computational model Ordered Read-$k$-times Branching Programs or Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams with repeated test ($k$-QOBDD, $k$-NOBDD and $k$-POBDD). We show…
Constraints among test parameters often have substantial effects on the performance of test case generation for combinatorial interaction testing. This paper investigates the effectiveness of the use of Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) for…
This paper presents a new data structure, called \emph{Weighted Context-Free-Language Ordered BDDs} (WCFLOBDDs), which are a hierarchically structured decision diagram, akin to Weighted BDDs (WBDDs) enhanced with a procedure-call mechanism.…
This paper proposes an algorithmic framework for various reconfiguration problems using zero-suppressed binary decision diagrams (ZDDs), a data structure for families of sets. In general, a reconfiguration problem checks if there is a…
Bayesian network classifiers are used in many fields, and one common class of classifiers are naive Bayes classifiers. In this paper, we introduce an approach for reasoning about Bayesian network classifiers in which we explicitly convert…
Temporal Logic Model Checking is a verification method in which we describe a system, the model, and then we verify whether some properties, expressed in a temporal logic formula, hold in the system. It has many industrial applications. In…
It is well known that the resolution method (for propositional logic) is complete. However, completeness proofs found in the literature use an argument by contradiction showing that if a set of clauses is unsatisfiable, then it must have a…
A knowledge compilation map analyzes tractable operations in Boolean function representations and compares their succinctness. This enables the selection of appropriate representations for different applications. In the knowledge…
The objective of ordinal embedding is to find a Euclidean representation of a set of abstract items, using only answers to triplet comparisons of the form "Is item $i$ closer to the item $j$ or item $k$?". In recent years, numerous…
The evaluation of a query over a probabilistic database boils down to computing the probability of a suitable Boolean function, the lineage of the query over the database. The method of query compilation approaches the task in two stages:…
The Airborne Collision Avoidance System Xu (ACAS-Xu) relies on large certified Look-Up Tables (LUTs) that encode the exact decision logic used in operation. Neural-network-based approximations have been proposed to reduce memory…
Resolution over linear equations is a natural extension of the popular resolution refutation system, augmented with the ability to carry out basic counting. Denoted Res(lin_R), this refutation system operates with disjunctions of linear…
This paper proposes an algorithm for deciding consistency of systems of Boolean equations in several variables with co-efficients in the two element Boolean algebra $B_{0}=\{0,1\}$ and find all satisfying assignments. The algorithm is based…