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We introduce a novel generalization of Counterexample-Guided Inductive Synthesis (CEGIS) and instantiate it to yield a novel, competitive algorithm for solving Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF). Current QBF solvers based on…

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This paper describes learning in a compiler for algorithms solving classes of the logic minimization problem MINSAT, where the underlying propositional formula is in conjunctive normal form (CNF) and where costs are associated with the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Anja Remshagen , Klaus Truemper

We provide the first fully polynomial-time randomized approximation scheme for the following two counting problems: 1. Given a Context Free Grammar $G$ over alphabet $\Sigma$, count the number of words of length exactly $n$ generated by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Kuldeep S. Meel , Alexis de Colnet

Addressing the interpretability problem of NMF on Boolean data, Boolean Matrix Factorization (BMF) uses Boolean algebra to decompose the input into low-rank Boolean factor matrices. These matrices are highly interpretable and very useful in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Sebastian Dalleiger , Jilles Vreeken

Current algorithms for bounded model checking use SAT methods for checking satisfiability of Boolean formulae. These methods suffer from the potential memory explosion problem. Methods based on the validity of Quantified Boolean Formulae…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-11-09 Jacob Katz , Ziyad Hanna , Nachum Dershowitz

The aim of this PhD project is to develop fast and robust reasoning tools for dependency quantified Boolean formulas (DQBF). In this paper, we outline two properties, autarkies and symmetries, that potentially can be exploited for pre- and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-10-04 Ankit Shukla

We present a quantum algorithm for approximating the linear structures of a Boolean function $f$. Different from previous algorithms (such as Simon's and Shor's algorithms) which rely on restrictions on the Boolean function, our algorithm…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Hong-Wei Li , Li Yang

We consider approximation algorithms for the problem of finding $x$ of minimal norm $\|x\|$ satisfying a linear system $\mathbf{A} x = \mathbf{b}$, where the norm $\|\cdot \|$ is arbitrary and generally non-Euclidean. We show a simple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-28 Jonah Sherman

A novel parallel algorithm for solving the classical Decision Boolean Satisfiability problem with clauses in conjunctive normal form is depicted. My approach for solving SAT is without using algebra or other computational search strategies…

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

Bottom-up knowledge compilation is a paradigm for generating representations of functions by iteratively conjoining constraints using a so-called apply function. When the input is not efficiently compilable into a language - generally a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Alexis de Colnet , Stefan Mengel

In this paper, we address the problem of enumerating all models of a Boolean formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF). We propose an extension of CDCL-based SAT solvers to deal with this fundamental problem. Then, we provide an experimental…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-05-08 Said Jabbour , Lakhdar Sais , Yakoub Salhi

Here, in a series of articles, we show methods for calculating propositional statements using algebraic polynomials as symbols for the connectives, which are named operators. These polynomials originate from the transformation between the…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Pelle Brooke Borgeke

In various applications the search for certificates for certain properties (e.g., stability of dynamical systems, program termination) can be formulated as a quantified constraint solving problem with quantifier prefix exists-forall. In…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-06-26 Milan Hladík , Stefan Ratschan

This paper presents a complete algorithmic study of the decision Boolean Satisfiability Problem under the classical computation and quantum computation theories. The paper depicts deterministic and probabilistic algorithms, propositions of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Carlos Barrón-Romero

In this work we propose and analyze a simple randomized algorithm to find a satisfiable assignment for a Boolean formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF) having at most 3 literals in every clause. Given a k-CNF formula phi on n variables,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Subhas Kumar Ghosh , Janardan Misra

In this paper, we create a systematic and automatic procedure for transforming the integer factorization problem into the problem of solving a system of Boolean equations. Surprisingly, the resulting system of Boolean equations takes on a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-04-09 Samuel J. Lomonaco

A classical question of propositional logic is one of the shortest proof of a tautology. A related fundamental problem is to determine the relative efficiency of standard proof systems, where the relative complexity is measured using the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Olga Tveretina

Exactly solving first-order constraints (i.e., first-order formulas over a certain predefined structure) can be a very hard, or even undecidable problem. In continuous structures like the real numbers it is promising to compute approximate…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Stefan Ratschan

Given a relational specification between inputs and outputs as a logic formula, the problem of functional synthesis is to automatically synthesize a function from inputs to outputs satisfying the relation. Recently, a rich line of work has…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-08-12 S. Akshay , A. R. Balasubramanian , Supratik Chakraborty , Georg Zetzsche

This paper introduces the XOR-OR-AND normal form (XNF) for logical formulas. It is a generalization of the well-known Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF) where literals are replaced by XORs of literals. As a first theoretic result, we show that…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Bernhard Andraschko , Julian Danner , Martin Kreuzer