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We discuss the topic of unsatisfiability proofs in SMT, particularly with reference to quantifier free non-linear real arithmetic. We outline how the methods here do not admit trivial proofs and how past formalisation attempts are not…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Erika Abraham , James H. Davenport , Matthew England , Gereon Kremer

In many applications, SMT solvers are utilized to solve similar or identical tasks over time. Significant variations in performance due to small changes in the input are not uncommon and lead to frustration for users. This sort of stability…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Daneshvar Amrollahi , Mathias Preiner , Aina Niemetz , Andrew Reynolds , Moses Charikar , Cesare Tinelli , Clark Barrett

We consider problems originating in economics that may be solved automatically using mathematical software. We present and make freely available a new benchmark set of such problems. The problems have been shown to fall within the framework…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2018-11-01 C. Mulligan , R. Bradford , J. H. Davenport , M. England , Z. Tonks

SMT solvers have been used successfully as reasoning engines for automated verification and other applications based on automated reasoning. Current techniques for dealing with quantified formulas in SMT are generally incomplete, forcing…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-06-02 Andrew Reynolds , Cesare Tinelli , Clark Barrett

Many SMT solvers implement efficient SAT-based procedures for solving fixed-size bit-vector formulas. These approaches, however, cannot be used directly to reason about bit-vectors of symbolic bit-width. To address this shortcoming, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Aina Niemetz , Mathias Preiner , Andrew Reynolds , Yoni Zohar , Clark Barrett , Cesare Tinelli

Lean is an increasingly popular proof assistant based on dependent type theory. Despite its success, it still lacks important automation features present in more seasoned proof assistants, such as the Sledgehammer tactic in Isabelle/HOL. A…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Abdalrhman Mohamed , Tomaz Mascarenhas , Harun Khan , Haniel Barbosa , Andrew Reynolds , Yicheng Qian , Cesare Tinelli , Clark Barrett

The combination of uninterpreted function symbols and universal quantification occurs in many applications of automated reasoning, for example, due to their ability to reason about arrays. Yet the satisfiability of such formulas is, in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Stefan Ratschan , Anggha Nugraha , Mikoláš Janota , Marek Dančo

Mathematical optimization is ubiquitous in modern applications. However, in practice, we often need to use nonlinear optimization models, for which the existing optimization tools such as Cplex or Gurobi may not be directly applicable and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Jian Cao , Liyong Lin , Lele Li

In this paper we introduce the Wastewater Treatment Plant Problem, a real-world scheduling problem, and compare the performance of several tools on it. We show that, for a naive modeling, state-of-the-art SMT solvers outperform other tools…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-09-20 Miquel Bofill , Víctor Muñoz , Javier Murillo

In the contexts of automated reasoning (AR) and formal verification (FV), important decision problems are effectively encoded into Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). In the last decade efficient SMT solvers have been developed for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-10-23 Roberto Sebastiani , Silvia Tomasi

Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) has significant application in various domains. In this paper, we focus on quantifier-free Satisfiablity Modulo Real Arithmetic, referred to as SMT(RA), including both linear and non-linear real…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-03 Bohan Li , Shaowei Cai

We present a novel approach for solving quantified bit-vector formulas in Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) based on computing symbolic inverses of bit-vector operators. We derive conditions that precisely characterize when bit-vector…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Aina Niemetz , Mathias Preiner , Andrew Reynolds , Clark Barrett , Cesare Tinelli

Satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) solvers have throughout the years been able to cope with increasingly expressive formulas, from ground logics to full first-order logic modulo theories. Nevertheless, higher-order logic within SMT is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-12-06 Haniel Barbosa , Jasmin Christian Blanchette , Simon Cruanes , Daniel El Ouraoui , Pascal Fontaine

Bit-vector formulas arising from hardware verification problems often contain word-level arithmetic operations. Empirical evidence shows that state-of-the-art SMT solvers are not very efficient at reasoning about bit-vector formulas with…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-12-13 Supratik Chakraborty , Ashutosh Gupta , Rahul Jain

SMT solvers use sophisticated techniques for polynomial (linear or non-linear) integer arithmetic. In contrast, non-polynomial integer arithmetic has mostly been neglected so far. However, in the context of program verification, polynomials…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Florian Frohn , Jürgen Giesl

We consider feasibility of linear integer programs in the context of verification systems such as SMT solvers or theorem provers. Although satisfiability of linear integer programs is decidable, many state-of-the-art solvers neglect…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Martin Bromberger , Thomas Sturm , Christoph Weidenbach

In the contexts of automated reasoning and formal verification, important decision problems are effectively encoded into Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). In the last decade efficient SMT solvers have been developed for several theories…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-02-08 Roberto Sebastiani , Silvia Tomasi

Quantifier-free nonlinear arithmetic (QF_NRA) appears in many applications of satisfiability modulo theories solving (SMT). Accordingly, efficient reasoning for corresponding constraints in SMT theory solvers is highly relevant. We propose…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-04-30 Pascal Fontaine , Mizuhito Ogawa , Thomas Sturm , Xuan Tung Vu

We use SMT technology to address a class of problems involving uninterpreted functions and nonlinear real arithmetic. In particular, we focus on problems commonly found in mathematical competitions, such as the International Mathematical…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Chad E. Brown , Karel Chvalovský , Mikoláš Janota , Mirek Olšák , Stefan Ratschan

This paper introduces the 2019 version of \us{}, a novel Constraint Programming framework for floating point verification problems expressed with the SMT language of SMTLIB. SMT solvers decompose their task by delegating to specific…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Heytem Zitoun , Claude Michel , Laurent Michel , Michel Rueher
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