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In many QBF encodings, sequences of Boolean variables stand for binary representations of integer variables. Examples are state labels in bounded model checking or actions in planning problems. Often not the full possible range is used,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Maximilian Heisinger , Irfansha Shaik , Martina Seidl , Jaco van de Pol

We present a novel and well automatable approach to formal verification of programs with underspecified semantics, i.e., a language semantics that leaves open the order of certain evaluations. First, we reduce this problem to…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2022-02-14 Eduard Kamburjan , Nathan Wasser

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

We propose two models of random quantified boolean formulas and their natural random disjunctive logic program counterparts. The models extend the standard models of random k-CNF formulas and the Chen-Interian model of random 2QBFs. The…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Giovanni Amendola , Francesco Ricca , Miroslaw Truszczynski

Quantified Integer Programming (QIP) bridges multiple domains by extending Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF) to incorporate general integer variables and linear constraints while also generalizing Integer Programming through variable…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Michael Hartisch , Leroy Chew

In this paper we show that PSPACE is equal to 4th level in the polynomial hierarchy. We also deduce a lot of important consequences. True quantified Boolean formula is a generalisation of the Boolean Satisfiability Problem, where…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Valerii Sopin

Learning-based methods have gained popularity for training candidate Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) to satisfy the CBF conditions on a finite set of sampled states. However, since the CBF is unknown a priori, it is unclear which sampled…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Erfan Shakhesi , Alexander Katriniok , W. P. M. H. Heemels

This is a brief overview on the background behind the test set formulas generated by the QBM tool. After establishing its application context, its formal approach to the generation of QBF formulas and the concrete test set formulas are…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Thomas B. Preußer

Quantified Answer Set Programming (QASP) extends Answer Set Programming (ASP) by allowing quantification over propositional variables, similar to Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF). In this paper, we interpret models of QASP formulas in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Martín Diéguez , Igor Stéphan

Discrete-time Control Barrier Functions (DTCBFs) have recently attracted interest for guaranteeing safety and synthesizing safe controllers for discrete-time dynamical systems. This paper addresses the open challenges of verifying candidate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Erfan Shakhesi , W. P. M. H. Heemels , Alexander Katriniok

Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) solvers are now routinely used in the verification of large industrial problems. However, their application in safety-critical domains such as the railways, avionics, and automotive industries requires some form…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2009-12-17 Ashish Darbari , Bernd Fischer , Joao Marques-Silva

The alternation of existential and universal quantifiers in a quantified boolean formula (QBF) generates dependencies among variables that must be respected when evaluating the formula. Dependency schemes provide a general framework for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-08 Friedrich Slivovsky , Stefan Szeider

The realizability problem in requirements engineering is to determine the existence of an implementation that meets the given formal requirements. A step forward after realizability is proven, is to construct such an implementation…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-06-16 Andreas Katis , Grigory Fedyukovich , Andrew Gacek , John Backes , Arie Gurfinkel , Michael W. Whalen

Boolean function bi-decomposition is ubiquitous in logic synthesis. It entails the decomposition of a Boolean function using two-input simple logic gates. Existing solutions for bi-decomposition are often based on BDDs and, more recently,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-12-15 Huan Chen , Mikolas Janota , Joao Marques-Silva

In sharp contrast to classical proof complexity we are currently short of lower bound techniques for QBF proof systems. In this paper we establish the feasible interpolation technique for all resolution-based QBF systems, whether modelling…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Olaf Beyersdorff , Leroy Chew , Meena Mahajan , Anil Shukla

Reactive synthesis supports designers by automatically constructing correct hardware from declarative specifications. Synthesis algorithms usually compute a strategy, and then construct a circuit that implements it. In this work, we study…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-08-26 Roderick Bloem , Uwe Egly , Patrick Klampfl , Robert Koenighofer , Florian Lonsing

We give a poly$(s,1/\epsilon)$-query algorithm for testing whether an unknown and arbitrary function $f: \{0,1\}^n \to \{0,1\}$ is an $s$-term DNF, in the challenging relative-error framework for Boolean function property testing that was…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Xi Chen , William Pires , Toniann Pitassi , Rocco A. Servedio

We propose to use a DPLL+restart to solve SAT instances by successive simplifications based on the production of clauses that subsume the initial clauses. We show that this approach allows the refutation of pebbling formulae in polynomial…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-06-19 Olivier Bailleux

Diffusion probabilistic models (DPMs) are widely adopted for their outstanding generative fidelity, yet their sampling is computationally demanding. Polynomial-based multistep samplers mitigate this cost by accelerating inference; however,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Soochul Park , Yeon Ju Lee , SeongJin Yoon , Jiyub Shin , Juhee Lee , Seongwoon Jo

The theory of quantifier-free bit-vectors (QF_BV) is of paramount importance in software verification. The standard approach for satisfiability checking reduces the bit-vector problem to a Boolean problem, leveraging the powerful SAT…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-06-29 Zakaria Chihani , François Bobot , Sébastien Bardin