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MinSAT versus MaxSAT for Optimization Problems
Despite their similarities, MaxSAT and MinSAT use different encodings and solving techniques to cope with optimization problems. In this paper we describe a new weighted partial MinSAT solver, define original ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Encoding from MinSAT into MaxSAT
MinSAT is the problem of finding a truth assignment that minimizes the number of satisfied clauses in a CNF formula. When we distinguish between hard and soft clauses, and soft clauses have an associated weigh...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Transforming Inconsistent Subformulas in MaxSAT Lower Bound Computation
We define a new heuristic that guides the application of cycle resolution (CR) in MaxSAT, and show that it produces better lower bounds than those obtained by applying CR exhaustively as in Max-DPLL, and by ap...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Switching among Non-Weighting, Clause Weighting, and Variable Weighting in Local Search for SAT
One way to design a local search algorithm that is effective on many types of instances is allowing this algorithm to switch among heuristics. In this paper, we refer to the way in which non-weighting algorithm a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On Inconsistent Clause-Subsets for Max-SAT Solving
Recent research has focused on using the power of look-ahead to speed up the resolution of the Max-SAT problem. Indeed, look-ahead techniques such as Unit Propagation (UP) allow to find conflicts and to quickl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploiting Unit Propagation to Compute Lower Bounds in Branch and Bound Max-SAT Solvers
One of the main differences between complete SAT solvers and exact Max-SAT solvers is that the former make an intensive use of unit propagation at each node of the proof tree while the latter, in order to ensu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Two-Level Search Strategy for Packing Unequal Circles into a Circle Container
We propose a two-level search strategy to solve a two dimensional circle packing problem. At the first level, a good enough packing algorithm called A1.0 uses a simple heuristic to select the next circle to be pa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characterizing SAT Problems with the Row Convexity Property
Using the literal encoding of the satisfiability problem (SAT) as a binary constraint satisfaction problem (CSP), we relate the path consistency concept and the row convexity of CSPs with the inference rules i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Hybrid Approach for SAT
Exploiting variable dependencies has been shown very useful in local search algorithms for SAT. In this paper, we extend the use of such dependencies by hybridizing a local search algorithm, Walksat, and the D...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Look-ahead versus look-back for satisfiability problems
CNF propositional satisfiability (SAT) is a special kind of the more general Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP). While lookback techniques appear to be of little use to solve hard random SAT problems, it is...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
ProQuery: Logical access to an OODB