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The problem of counting the number of models of a given Boolean formula has numerous applications, including computing the leakage of deterministic programs in Quantitative Information Flow. Model counting is a hard, #P-complete problem.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Michele Boreale , Daniele Gorla

#SMT, or model counting for logical theories, is a well-known hard problem that generalizes such tasks as counting the number of satisfying assignments to a Boolean formula and computing the volume of a polytope. In the realm of…

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Many recent algorithms for approximate model counting are based on a reduction to combinatorial searches over random subsets of the space defined by parity or XOR constraints. Long parity constraints (involving many variables) provide…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Shengjia Zhao , Sorathan Chaturapruek , Ashish Sabharwal , Stefano Ermon

The idea of counting the number of satisfying truth assignments (models) of a formula by adding random parity constraints can be traced back to the seminal work of Valiant and Vazirani, showing that NP is as easy as detecting unique…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Dimitris Achlioptas , Panos Theodoropoulos

Given a CNF formula F on n variables, the problem of model counting or #SAT is to compute the number of satisfying assignments of F . Model counting is a fundamental but hard problem in computer science with varied applications. Recent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-01 Kuldeep S. Meel , S. Akshay

Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT) solvers have advanced automated reasoning, solving complex formulas across discrete and continuous domains. Recent progress in propositional model counting motivates extending SMT capabilities toward model…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Arijit Shaw , Kuldeep S. Meel

The problem of model counting, also known as #SAT, is to compute the number of models or satisfying assignments of a given Boolean formula $F$. Model counting is a fundamental problem in computer science with a wide range of applications.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Jiong Yang , Kuldeep S. Meel

Model counting ($\#\text{SAT}$) is a fundamental yet $\#\text{P}$-complete problem central to probabilistic reasoning. In this work, we address \textit{incremental model counting}, where sequences of structurally similar formulas must be…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Uriya Bartal , Dror Fried , Jean-Marie Lagniez

Propositional model counting} (#SAT), i.e., counting the number of satisfying assignments of a propositional formula, is a problem of significant theoretical and practical interest. Due to the inherent complexity of the problem, approximate…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-07-09 Supratik Chakraborty , Kuldeep S. Meel , Moshe Y. Vardi

Satisfiability Modulo Counting (SMC) encompasses problems that require both symbolic decision-making and statistical reasoning. Its general formulation captures many real-world problems at the intersection of symbolic and statistical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Jinzhao Li , Nan Jiang , Yexiang Xue

In this paper, we propose a constraint-based modeling approach for the problem of discovering frequent gradual patterns in a numerical dataset. This SAT-based declarative approach offers an additional possibility to benefit from the recent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-21 Jerry Lonlac , Saïdd Jabbour , Engelbert Mephu Nguifo , Lakhdar Saïs , Badran Raddaoui

Propositional model counting, or #SAT, is the problem of computing the number of satisfying assignments of a Boolean formula. Many problems from different application areas, including many discrete probabilistic inference problems, can be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Pashootan Vaezipoor , Gil Lederman , Yuhuai Wu , Chris J. Maddison , Roger Grosse , Sanjit A. Seshia , Fahiem Bacchus

Model counting, or counting the satisfying assignments of a Boolean formula, is a fundamental problem with diverse applications. Given #P-hardness of the problem, developing algorithms for approximate counting is an important research area.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Kuldeep S. Meel , Supratik Chakraborty , S. Akshay

Constrained counting is important in domains ranging from artificial intelligence to software analysis. There are already a few approaches for counting models over various types of constraints. Recently, hashing-based approaches achieve…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-06-14 Cunjing Ge , Feifei Ma , Tian Liu , Jian Zhang

We present an improved method for a sound probabilistic estimation of the model count of a boolean formula under projection. The problem solved can be used to encode a variety of quantitative program analyses, such as concerning security of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-10-27 Vladimir Klebanov , Alexander Weigl , Jörg Weisbarth

Boolean satisfiability ({\SAT}) has played a key role in diverse areas spanning testing, formal verification, planning, optimization, inferencing and the like. Apart from the classical problem of checking boolean satisfiability, the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Kuldeep S. Meel

Approximate model counting is the task of approximating the number of solutions to an input Boolean formula. The state-of-the-art approximate model counter for formulas in conjunctive normal form (CNF), ApproxMC, provides a scalable means…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Yong Kiam Tan , Jiong Yang , Mate Soos , Magnus O. Myreen , Kuldeep S. Meel

Max#SAT is an important problem with multiple applications in security and program synthesis that is proven hard to solve. It is defined as: given a parameterized quantifier-free propositional formula compute parameters such that the number…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Thomas Vigouroux , Cristian Ene , David Monniaux , Laurent Mounier , Marie-Laure Potet

We introduce a ``Statistical Query Sampling'' model, in which the goal of an algorithm is to produce an element in a hidden set $Ssubseteqbit^n$ with reasonable probability. The algorithm gains information about $S$ through oracle calls…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-18 Avrim Blum , Ke Yang

Moment closure methods are widely used to analyze mathematical models. They are specifically geared toward derivation of approximations of moments of stochastic models, and of similar quantities in other models. The methods possess several…

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