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Synthesizing programs from examples requires searching over a vast, combinatorial space of possible programs. In this search process, a key challenge is representing the behavior of a partially written program before it can be executed, to…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2021-04-21 Maxwell Nye , Yewen Pu , Matthew Bowers , Jacob Andreas , Joshua B. Tenenbaum , Armando Solar-Lezama

Hardware synthesis from high-level descriptions remains fundamentally limited by the sequential optimization of interdependent design decisions. Current methodologies, including state-of-the-art high-level synthesis (HLS) tools,…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Youwei Xiao , Yuyang Zou , Yun Liang

The \emph{Orbit Problem} consists of determining, given a linear transformation $A$ on $\mathbb{Q}^d$, together with vectors $x$ and $y$, whether the orbit of $x$ under repeated applications of $A$ can ever reach $y$. This problem was…

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Joint logical-numerical reasoning remains a major challenge for language models, yet existing datasets rely on fixed rule sets and offer limited control over task complexity, constraining their generalizability for evaluation and training.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yiwei Liu , Yucheng Li , Xiao Li , Gong Cheng

We study pure exploration problems in which the set of correct answers is possibly infinite. For example, such problems arise when regressing a continuous function on the means of the bandit or when learning Nash equilibria by querying…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Riccardo Poiani , Martino Bernasconi , Andrea Celli

Formal verification using interactive theorem provers ensures high-quality software. However, writing proof scripts for interactive theorem provers is labor-intensive and requires deep expertise. Recent studies have leveraged deep learning…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Manqing Zhang , Yunwei Dong , Lingru Zhou , Bingxu Xiao , Yepang Liu

The recent success of machine learning models, especially large-scale classifiers and language models, relies heavily on training with massive data. These data are often collected from online sources. This raises serious concerns about the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Ruihan Zhang , Jun Sun , Ee-Peng Lim , Peixin Zhang

We present a method for synthesizing recursive functions that satisfy both a functional specification and an asymptotic resource bound. Prior methods for synthesis with a resource metric require the user to specify a concrete expression…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2021-05-27 Qinheping Hu , John Cyphert , Loris D'Antoni , Thomas Reps

In this paper we propose a set of guidelines to select a solver for the solution of nonlinear programming problems. With this in mind, we present a comparison of the convergence performances of commonly used solvers for both unconstrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Giovanni Lavezzi , Kidus Guye , Marco Ciarcià

We initiate the study of algorithms for constraint satisfaction problems with ML oracle advice. We introduce two models of advice and then design approximation algorithms for Max Cut, Max $2$-Lin, and Max $3$-Lin in these models. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Suprovat Ghoshal , Konstantin Makarychev , Yury Makarychev

We address the problem of diagnosing and repairing specifications for hybrid systems formalized in signal temporal logic (STL). Our focus is on the setting of automatic synthesis of controllers in a model predictive control (MPC) framework.…

Motivated by certain applications from physics, biochemistry, economics, and computer science, in which the objects under investigation are not accessible because of various limitations, we propose a trial-and-error model to examine…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-04-19 Xiaohui Bei , Ning Chen , Shengyu Zhang

In the classical synthesis problem, we are given an LTL formula \psi over sets of input and output signals, and we synthesize a system T that realizes \psi: with every input sequences x, the system associates an output sequence T(x) such…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Shaull Almagor , Orna Kupferman

Program synthesis from input-output examples, also called programming by example (PBE), has had tremendous impact on automating end-user tasks. Large language models (LLMs) have the ability to solve PBE tasks by generating code in different…

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Automated synthesis of reactive systems from specifications has been a topic of research for decades. Recently, a variety of approaches have been proposed to extend synthesis of reactive systems from proposi- tional specifications towards…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-03-23 Andreas Katis , Grigory Fedyukovich , Huajun Guo , Andrew Gacek , John Backes , Arie Gurfinkel , Michael W. Whalen

Project Yanasse presents a method for discovering new proofs of theorems in one area of mathematics by transferring proof strategy patterns (e.g., Lean 4 tactic invocation patterns) from a structurally distant area. The system extracts…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Alexandre Linhares

This paper depicts an algorithm for solving the Decision Boolean Satisfiability Problem using the binary numerical properties of a Special Decision Satisfiability Problem, parallel execution, object oriented, and short termination. The two…

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

A first step towards more reliable software is to execute each statement and each control-flow path in a method once. In this paper, we present a formal method to automatically compute test cases for this purpose based on the idea of a…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2012-05-31 Jürgen Christ , Jochen Hoenicke , Martin Schäf

This article proposes a general optimization framework for solving hand-eye calibration problem. Unlike traditional methods, an iterative algorithm based on Lie algebra that achieves approximately global optimal solutions is developed.…

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Data imbalance in training data often leads to biased predictions from trained models, which in turn causes ethical and social issues. A straightforward solution is to carefully curate training data, but given the enormous scale of modern…

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