computational complexity theory, the maximum satisfiability problem (MAX-SAT) is the problem of determining the maximum number of clauses, of a given Boolean...
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science, the Boolean satisfiability problem (sometimes called propositional satisfiability problem and abbreviated SATISFIABILITY, SAT or B-SAT) asks whether...
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more general problems, which are NP-complete, 2-satisfiability can be solved in polynomial time. Instances of the 2-satisfiability problem are typically...
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NP-completeness of the problem can be shown, for example, by a reduction from maximum 2-satisfiability (a restriction of the maximum satisfiability problem). The weighted...
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are incomplete satisfiability algorithms. They may find a solution of a problem, but they may fail even if the problem is satisfiable. They work by iteratively...
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sequence of bits. An instance of the satisfiability problem should have a valid proof if and only if it is satisfiable. The proof is checked by an algorithm...
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NP-completeness (redirect from NP-complete problem)
problems is not obvious. The Cook–Levin theorem states that the Boolean satisfiability problem is NP-complete, thus establishing that such problems do...
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NP-complete by reducing Exact cover to Knapsack. Satisfiability: the boolean satisfiability problem for formulas in conjunctive normal form (often referred...
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NP-hardness (redirect from NP-Hard Problem)
the halting problem is NP-hard but not NP-complete. For example, the Boolean satisfiability problem can be reduced to the halting problem by transforming...
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MAXEkSAT (category NP-hard problems)
MAXEkSAT is a problem in computational complexity theory that is a maximization version of the Boolean satisfiability problem 3SAT. In MAXEkSAT, each...
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NP-hard problems: Integer programming Nonlinear programming Travelling salesman problem (TSP) Quadratic assignment problem (QAP) Maximum satisfiability problem...
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partially filled square can be completed) Maximum 2-satisfiability: LO5 Maximum volume submatrix – Problem of selecting the best conditioned subset of...
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True quantified Boolean formula (redirect from Quantified Boolean formula problem)
theory, the quantified Boolean formula problem (QBF) is a generalization of the Boolean satisfiability problem in which both existential quantifiers and...
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NP-complete problems. They remain NP-complete even for special kinds of graphs, such as: bipartite graphs, undirected planar graphs of maximum degree three...
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Pythagorean Triples Problem via Cube-and-Conquer". In Creignou, N.; Le Berre, D. (eds.). Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing – SAT 2016....
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science, including proof complexity and algorithms for the maximum satisfiability problem. She is a professor of computer science at the Polytechnic University...
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Satisfiability) is a method for automated planning. It converts the planning problem instance into an instance of the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT)...
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Variable neighborhood search (category Travelling salesman problem)
Parreira, A (2000). "Variable neighborhood search for weighted maximum satisfiability problem". Les Cahiers du GERAD G–2000–62, HEC Montréal, Canada. Hansen...
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Boolean satisfiability problem despite there being no known efficient algorithm in the general case. The Boolean satisfiability (or SAT) problem can be...
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Interval scheduling (category NP-complete problems)
shown by a reduction from the following version of the Boolean satisfiability problem, which was shown to be NP-complete likewise to the unrestricted...
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Planar SAT (category Satisfiability problems)
the planar 3-satisfiability problem (abbreviated PLANAR 3SAT or PL3SAT) is an extension of the classical Boolean 3-satisfiability problem to a planar incidence...
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Vertex cover (redirect from Vertex cover problem)
NP-completeness can be proven by reduction from 3-satisfiability or, as Karp did, by reduction from the clique problem. Vertex cover remains NP-complete even in...
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Mastermind (board game) (category NP-complete problems)
previous guesses).[better source needed] The Mastermind satisfiability problem (MSP) is a decision problem that asks, "Given a set of guesses and the number...
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split subsets. Set splitting is special case of the not-all-equal satisfiability problem without negated variables. Additionally, Ek-set splitting equals...
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for satisfiability is to convert it into a DNF, the satisfiability of which can be checked in linear time 1 ≤ m ≤ {\displaystyle 1\leq m\leq } maximum number...
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algorithms for solving instances of the max-SAT (maximum satisfiable problem) and Minimum Multicut problems, together with an overview of the quantum annealing...
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Exponential time hypothesis (section Satisfiability)
The k {\displaystyle k} -SAT problem is a version of the Boolean satisfiability problem in which the input to the problem is a Boolean expression in conjunctive...
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Mathematical optimization (redirect from Numerical optimization problem)
optimization and simulated annealing. The satisfiability problem, also called the feasibility problem, is just the problem of finding any feasible solution at...
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and Gerhard Woeginger. Maximum Satisfiability Archived 2007-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. A compendium of NP optimization problems Archived 2007-04-05 at...
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Cut (graph theory) (redirect from Sparsest cut problem)
D. P. (1995), "Improved approximation algorithms for maximum cut and satisfiability problems using semidefinite programming", Journal of the ACM, 42...
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