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Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs, for short) make up a class of problems with applications in many areas of computer science. The first classification of these problems was given by Schaeffer who showed that every CSP over the domain…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Dejan Delic , John Marcoux

We analyse the complexity of the satisfiability problem, or similarly feasibility problem, (trSAT) for transformer encoders (TE), which naturally occurs in formal verification or interpretation, collectively referred to as formal reasoning.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Marco Sälzer , Eric Alsmann , Martin Lange

In 2006, Biere, Jussila, and Sinz made the key observation that the underlying logic behind algorithms for constructing Reduced, Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) can be encoded as steps in a proof in the extended resolution logical…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-03-29 Randal E. Bryant , Marijn J. H. Heule

Rice's theorem states that no non-trivial semantic property of programs is decidable. Classical proofs proceed by reduction from the halting problem, invoking the law of excluded middle (LEM) twice: once through diagonalization, and once…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Jonathan Brossard

For a first-order theory $T$, the Constraint Satisfaction Problem of $T$ is the computational problem of deciding whether a given conjunction of atomic formulas is satisfiable in some model of $T$. In this article we develop sufficient…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-12-03 Manuel Bodirsky , Johannes Greiner

We study the model-checking problem for recursion schemes: does the tree generated by a given higher-order recursion scheme satisfy a given logical sentence. The problem is known to be decidable for sentences of the MSO logic. We prove…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Paweł Parys

A special case of the satisfiability problem, in which the clauses have a hierarchical structure, is shown to be solvable in linear time, assuming that the clauses have been represented in a convenient way.

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-02-03 Donald E. Knuth

Satisfiability Modulo Counting (SMC) is a recently proposed general language to reason about problems integrating statistical and symbolic Artificial Intelligence. An SMC problem is an extended SAT problem in which the truth values of a few…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Jinzhao Li , Nan Jiang , Yexiang Xue

Boolean satisfiability problem has applications in various fields. An efficient algorithm to solve satisfiability problem can be used to solve many other problems efficiently. The input of satisfiability problem is a finite set of clauses.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Manoj Kumar

In this paper we explore fundamental concepts in computational complexity theory and the boundaries of algorithmic decidability. We examine the relationship between complexity classes \textbf{P} and \textbf{NP}, where $L \in \textbf{P}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Duaa Abdullah , Jasem Hamoud

We are lifting classical problems from single instances to regular sets of instances. The task of finding a positive instance of the combinatorial problem $P$ in a potentially infinite given regular set is equivalent to the so called…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-17 Petra Wolf

Many real applications problems can be encoded easily as quantified formulas in SMT. However, this simplicity comes at the cost of difficulty during solving by SMT solvers. Different strategies and quantifier instantiation techniques have…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Mudathir Mohamed , Nick Feng , Andrew Reynolds , Cesare Tinelli , Clark Barrett , Marsha Chechik

We consider a dynamic assortment selection problem where a seller has a fixed inventory of $N$ substitutable products and faces an unknown demand that arrives sequentially over $T$ periods. In each period, the seller needs to decide on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Abdellah Aznag , Vineet Goyal , Noemie Perivier

This is the second in a series of articles aimed at exploring the relationship between the complexity classes of P and NP. The research in this article aims to find conditions of an algorithmic nature that are necessary and sufficient to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Stepan G. Margaryan

We study a stochastic single-machine scheduling problem, denoted the Unreliable Job Selection and Sequencing Problem (UJSSP). Given a set of jobs, a subset must be selected for processing on a single machine that is subject to failure. Each…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Alessandro Agnetis , Roel Leus , Emmeline Perneel , Ilaria Salvadori

A framework is presented for the verification of Signal Temporal Logic (STL) specifications over continuous-time nonlinear systems under uncertainty. Based on reachability analysis, the proposed method addresses indeterminate satisfaction…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Antoine Besset , Joris Tillet , Julien Alexandre dit Sandretto

Multi-objective unconstrained combinatorial optimization problems (MUCO) are in general hard to solve, i.e., the corresponding decision problem is NP-hard and the outcome set is intractable. In this paper we explore special cases of MUCO…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-12-03 José Rui Figueira , Kathrin Klamroth , Michael Stiglmayr , Julia Sudhoff Santos

We intend to create new concepts aimed at finding necessary and sufficient conditions for Boolean satisfiability so that these conditions can be verified in polynomial time. Based on these conditions it will be possible to create an…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Stepan Margaryan

Motivated by the quest for a logic for PTIME and recent insights that the descriptive complexity of problems from linear algebra is a crucial aspect of this problem, we study the solvability of linear equation systems over finite groups and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Anuj Dawar , Eryk Kopczynski , Bjarki Holm , Erich Grädel , Wied Pakusa

This paper studies the solvability of a class of Dirichlet problem associated with non-linear integro-differential operator. The main ingredient is the probabilistic construction of continuous supersolution via the identification of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-08 Erhan Bayraktar , Qingshuo Song