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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

We introduce a dual-core system with double symmetry, one between the cores, and one along each core, imposed by the spatial modulation of local nonlinearity in the form of two tightly localized spots, which may be approximated by a pair of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-05-15 Krzysztof B. Zegadlo , Nguyen Viet Hung , Aleksandr Ramaniuk , Marek Trippenbach , Boris A. Malomed

We introduce a Bayesian system identification (SysID) framework for jointly estimating robot's state trajectories and physical parameters with high accuracy. It embeds physically consistent inverse dynamics, contact and loop-closure…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Sergi Martinez , Steve Tonneau , Carlos Mastalli

We consider a common type of symmetry where we have a matrix of decision variables with interchangeable rows and columns. A simple and efficient method to deal with such row and column symmetry is to post symmetry breaking constraints like…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-04-18 George Katsirelos , Nina Narodytska , Toby Walsh

Robot design aims at learning to create robots that can be easily controlled and perform tasks efficiently. Previous works on robot design have proven its ability to generate robots for various tasks. However, these works searched the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Heng Dong , Junyu Zhang , Tonghan Wang , Chongjie Zhang

The Sum of Squares (\sos{}) hierarchy gives an automatized technique to create a family of increasingly tight convex relaxations for binary programs. There are several problems for which a constant number of rounds of this hierarchy give…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Victor Verdugo , José Verschae , Andreas Wiese

In Verification and in (optimal) AI Planning, a successful method is to formulate the application as boolean satisfiability (SAT), and solve it with state-of-the-art DPLL-based procedures. There is a lack of understanding of why this works…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-01-11 Joerg Hoffmann , Carla Gomes , Bart Selman

Theorem provers has been used extensively in software engineering for software testing or verification. However, software is now so large and complex that additional architecture is needed to guide theorem provers as they try to generate…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Jianfeng Chen , Xipeng Shen , Tim Menzies

The goal of inductive logic programming is to search for a hypothesis that generalises training data and background knowledge. The challenge is searching vast hypothesis spaces, which is exacerbated because many logically equivalent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Andrew Cropper , David M. Cerna , Matti Järvisalo

We present a new algorithm for determining the satisfiability of conjunctions of non-linear polynomial constraints over the reals, which can be used as a theory solver for satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) solving for non-linear real…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2021-06-17 Erika Ábrahám , James H. Davenport , Matthew England , Gereon Kremer

The Satisfiability (SAT) problem is a core challenge with significant applications in software engineering, including automated testing, configuration management, and program verification. This paper presents SolSearch, a novel framework…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Junjie Sheng , Yanqiu Lin , Jiehao Wu , Yanhong Huang , Jianqi Shi , Min Zhang , Xiangfeng Wang

Efficient omission of symmetric solution candidates is essential for combinatorial problem-solving. Most of the existing approaches are instance-specific and focus on the automatic computation of Symmetry Breaking Constraints (SBCs) for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Alice Tarzariol , Martin Gebser , Konstantin Schekotihin

With the surge of multi- and manycores, much research has focused on algorithms for mapping and scheduling on these complex platforms. Large classes of these algorithms face scalability problems. This is why diverse methods are commonly…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-27 Andrés Goens , Sergio Siccha , Jeronimo Castrillon

Symmetry in combinatorial problems is an extensively studied topic. We continue this research in the context of model expansion problems, with the aim of automating the workflow of detecting and breaking symmetry. We focus on local domain…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Jo Devriendt , Bart Bogaerts , Maurice Bruynooghe , Marc Denecker

Symmetries are ubiquitous across all kinds of objects, whether in nature or in man-made creations. While these symmetries may seem intuitive to the human eye, detecting them with a machine is nontrivial due to the vast search space.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Jihyeon Je , Jiayi Liu , Guandao Yang , Boyang Deng , Shengqu Cai , Gordon Wetzstein , Or Litany , Leonidas Guibas

Solution and analysis of mathematical programming problems may be simplified when these problems are symmetric under appropriate linear transformations. In particular, a knowledge of the symmetries may help reduce the problem dimension, cut…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-13 A. V. Eremeev , A. S. Yurkov

Computer programs, so-called solvers, for solving the well-known Boolean satisfiability problem (Sat) have been improving for decades. Among the reasons, why these solvers are so fast, is the implicit usage of the formula's structural…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Markus Hecher

Contraction analysis is a stability theory for nonlinear systems where stability is defined incrementally between two arbitrary trajectories. It provides an alternative framework in which to study uncertain interconnections or systems with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-02-24 Erin M. Aylward , Pablo A. Parrilo , Jean-Jacques E. Slotine

We propose an approach to describe Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (SSB) that does not rely on the order parameter dependent free energy (Landau theory). We use the Functional Renormalization Group (FRG) evolution of the explicitly broken…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-31 A. Jakovac , P. Mati , P. Posfay

Parallel solving via cube-and-conquer is a key method for scaling SAT solvers to hard instances. While cube-and-conquer has proven successful for pure SAT problems, notably the Pythagorean triples conjecture, its application to SAT solvers…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Markus Kirchweger , Hai Xia , Tomáš Peitl , Stefan Szeider