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The constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) can be formulated as a homomorphism problem between relational structures: given a structure $\mathcal{A}$, for any structure $\mathcal{X}$, whether there exists a homomorphism from $\mathcal{X}$ to…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Azza Gaysin

The universal-algebraic approach has proved a powerful tool in the study of the complexity of CSPs. This approach has previously been applied to the study of CSPs with finite or (infinite) omega-categorical templates, and relies on two…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Barnaby Martin , Manuel Bodirsky , Martin Hils

Symmetric Datalog, a fragment of the logic programming language Datalog, is conjectured to capture all constraint satisfaction problems (CSP) in L. Therefore developing tools that help us understand whether or not a CSP can be defined in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-12-18 Laszlo Egri

We show that estimating the complexity (mean and distribution) of the instances of a fixed size Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) can be very hard. We deal with the main two aspects of the problem: defining a measure of complexity and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-06-03 Denis Berthier

Schaefer's dichotomy theorem [Schaefer, STOC'78] states that a boolean constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) is polynomial-time solvable if one of six given conditions holds for every type of constraint allowed in its instances. Otherwise,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Patrick Schnider , Simon Weber

Constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) has been actively used for modeling and solving a wide range of complex real-world problems. However, it has been proven that developing efficient methods for solving CSP, especially for large problems,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Zouhayra Ayadi , Wadii Boulila , Imed Riadh Farah

We give a trichotomy theorem for the complexity of approximately counting the number of satisfying assignments of a Boolean CSP instance. Such problems are parameterised by a constraint language specifying the relations that may be used in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-07-23 Martin Dyer , Leslie Ann Goldberg , Mark Jerrum

In pursuit of a deeper understanding of Boolean Promise Constraint Satisfaction Problems (PCSPs), we identify a class of problems with restricted structural complexity, which could serve as a promising candidate for complete…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Katzper Michno

We introduce a methodology for generating random multi-qubit stabilizer codes based on solving a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) on random bipartite graphs. This framework allows us to enforce stabilizer commutation, $X/Z$ balancing,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-26 Maxime Tremblay , Guillaume Duclos-Cianci , Stefanos Kourtis

Valued constraint satisfaction problems (VCSPs) constitute a large class of computational optimization problems. It was shown recently that, over finite domains, every VCSP is in P or NP-complete, depending on the admitted cost functions.…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Manuel Bodirsky , Žaneta Semanišinová , Carsten Lutz

In this work, we focus on the Partial Constraint Satisfaction Problem (PCSP) over control-flow graphs (CFGs) of programs. PCSP serves as a generalization of the well-known Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP). In the CSP framework, we…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Xuran Cai , Amir Goharshady

One of the central problems in the study of parametrized constraint satisfaction problems is the Dichotomy Conjecture by T. Feder and M. Vardi stating that the constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) over a fixed, finite constraint language…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Dejan Delić

We study the complexity of the Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problem (DCSP) on a synchronous, anonymous network from a theoretical standpoint. In this setting, variables and constraints are controlled by agents which communicate with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-25 Silvia Butti , Victor Dalmau

Constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) models many important intractable NP-hard problems such as propositional satisfiability problem (SAT). Algorithms with non-trivial upper bounds on running time for restricted SAT with bounded clause…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-01-22 Liang Li , Xin Li , Tian Liu , Ke Xu

The algebraic dichotomy conjecture for Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) of reducts of (infinite) finitely bounded homogeneous structures states that such CSPs are polynomial-time tractable when the model-complete core of the template…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-07-22 Manuel Bodirsky , Antoine Mottet , Miroslav Olšák , Jakub Opršal , Michael Pinsker , Ross Willard

These are notes from a multi-year learning seminar on the algebraic approach to Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). The main topics covered are the theory of algebraic structures with few subpowers, the theory of absorbing subalgebras…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Zarathustra Brady

Given $k$ collections of 2SAT clauses on the same set of variables $V$, can we find one assignment that satisfies a large fraction of clauses from each collection? We consider such simultaneous constraint satisfaction problems, and design…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-07-30 Amey Bhangale , Swastik Kopparty , Sushant Sachdeva

The purpose of this article is to examine and limit the conditions in which the P complexity class could be equivalent to the NP complexity class. Proof is provided by demonstrating that as the number of clauses in a NP-complete problem…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-09-07 Jerrald Meek

Let $D$, called the domain, be a fixed finite set and let $\Gamma$, called the valued constraint language, be a fixed set of functions of the form $f:D^m\to\mathbb{Q}\cup\{\infty\}$, where different functions might have different arity $m$.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-11-24 Vladimir Kolmogorov , Johan Thapper , Stanislav Zivny

Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) form a broad class of combinatorial problems, which can be formulated as homomorphism problems between relational structures. The CSP dichotomy theorem classifies all such problems over finite domains…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Azza Gaysin