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SAT

SAT. J. Gonzalez. Summary. Introduction Algorithms for SAT Splitting and Resolution Local Search Integer Programming Method Global Optimization SAT Solvers Features Final Thoughts. SAT. Decission Problem Assing true and false values to make the sentence true NP-Complete. Literal.

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  1. SAT J. Gonzalez

  2. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  3. SAT • Decission Problem • Assing true and false values to make the sentence true • NP-Complete . . . Literal Literal  Clauses Clauses  Sentences In CNF • Literals: An atom or its negation • Clauses: Disjunction of Literals • Sentence in CNF: Conjunction of Clauses

  4. CNF and DNF • CNF: Conjunctive normal form • DNF: Disjunctive normal form

  5. CSP (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) • Variables: WA, NT, Q, NSW, V, SA, T • Domains: Di = {red,green,blue} • Constraints: • WA ≠ NT, • WA ≠ SA • NT ≠ SA • NT ≠ Q • SA ≠ Q • SA ≠ NSW • SA ≠ V • Q ≠ NSW • NSW ≠ V • V ≠ T

  6. CSP (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) • Variables: WA, NT, Q, NSW, V, SA, T • Domains: Di = {red,green,blue} • Constraints: • WA ≠ NT, • NT ≠ SA • NT ≠ Q • SA ≠ Q • SA ≠ NSW • SA ≠ V • Q ≠ NSW • NSW ≠ V • V ≠ T XWA,red XWA,green  XWA,blue XNT,red XNT,green  XNT,blue XWA,red → ¬XNT,red XWA,green → ¬XNT,green XWA,blue → ¬XNT,blue

  7. CSP (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) • Variables: WA, NT, Q, NSW, V, SA, T • Domains: Di = {red,green,blue} • Constraints: • WA ≠ NT, • NT ≠ SA • NT ≠ Q • SA ≠ Q • SA ≠ NSW • SA ≠ V • Q ≠ NSW • NSW ≠ V • V ≠ T XWA,red XWA,green  XWA,blue XNT,red XNT,green  XNT,blue ¬XWA,red  ¬XNT,red ¬XWA,green  ¬XNT,green ¬XWA,blue  ¬XNT,blue

  8. CSP (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) • Variables: WA, NT, Q, NSW, V, SA, T • Domains: Di = {red,green,blue} • Constraints: • WA ≠ NT, • NT ≠ SA • NT ≠ Q • SA ≠ Q • SA ≠ NSW • SA ≠ V • Q ≠ NSW • NSW ≠ V • V ≠ T (XWA,red XWA,green  XWA,blue)  (XNT,red XNT,green  XNT,blue)  (¬XWA,red  ¬XNT,red)  (¬XWA,gree  ¬XNT,gree)  (¬XWA,blue  ¬XNT,blue) …

  9. CSP (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) • SAT is an special case of CSP. • CSP to SAT • CSP • Discrete CSP • N-queen problem • Graph coloring problem • Scheduling problem • Binary CSP • SAT problem • Max-SAT problem

  10. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  11. Algorithms for SAT • Discrete Constrained Algorithms: • Discrete, satisfies all clauses • Goal: satisfy all clauses (constraints ) • Usually uses Splitting (search) and/or Resolution • Discrete Unconstrained Algorithms: • Discrete, minimize a function • Minimize the number of unsatisfied clauses • Usually uses Local Search. • Constrained Programming Algorithms: • Non discrete, satisfies all clauses • From CNF to IP (Integer Programming). • Usually uses Linear Programming relaxations • Unconstrained Global Optimization Algorithms: • Non discrete, minimize a function (constrains included in such function) • From a formula on Boolean Space (a decision problem) to an unconstrained problem on real Space (unconstrained global optimization problem). • Usually uses many global optimization methods.

  12. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  13. Splitting and Resolution • Replace one formula by one or more other equivalent formulas. • Splitting: • A variable v is replaced by True and False. • Two sub-formulas are generated. • The original formula has a satisfying truth assignment iff either sub-formula has one satisfying truth assignment . P=true P=False

  14. Splitting and Resolution • Stop recursion: • Any formula with no variables is True • All subformulas are false and there is no formulas with variables Satisfiable Unsatisfiable

  15. Splitting and Resolution • Resolution: Using a resolvent to create new clauses. • Resolvent: clauses transformation based on a given variable v. Resolvent

  16. Splitting and Resolution • Resolution: Using a resolvent to create new clauses. • Resolvent: clauses transformation based on a given variable v. Resolvent

  17. Splitting and Resolution • Stop recursion: • Formulas with an empty clause have no solution • No more resolvent could be created Unsatisfiable Satisfiable

  18. Splitting and Resolution • First methods: • DP (Davis-Putnam): Resolution • DPL (Davis-Putnam-Loveland): Splitting (+ depth-first search avoids memory explosion)

  19. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  20. Local Search • Begins with an initial vector y0 • F(y0): Number of unsatisfiable formulas • We define neighbourhood function N(yi) • N(y0)=y1 • F(yi+1)>F(y0): strategies are applied to help escape from the local minima.

  21. True(C), False(A,B,D) F=2

  22. True(C), False(A,B,D) F=2 True(A,C), False(B,D) F=1

  23. True(C), False(A,B,D) F=2 True(A,C), False(B,D) F=1 True(A,B,C), False(D) F=1

  24. True(C), False(A,B,D) F=2 True(A,C), False(B,D) F=1 True(A,B,C), False(D) True(A,C,D), False(B) F=1 F=1

  25. True(C), False(A,D,B) F=2 True(C,D), False(A,B) F=1 True(C,D,A), False(B) True(C,D,B), False(A) F=1 F=0

  26. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  27. Integer Programming Method (IP)

  28. Integer Programming Method (IP)

  29. Integer Programming Method (IP)

  30. Integer Programming Method (IP)

  31. Integer Programming Method (IP)

  32. Integer Programming Method (IP) • Solving • Linear Programs (LP): solved by the Simplex • Integer Programs (IP): no fast technique. • Integer Linear Programs (ILP): Is a LP constrained by integrality restrictions • Method: • Solve a LP • If solution is integer => end • If solution is non integer, round off such values • If it is a solution => end • Else adds a new constraint and try again

  33. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  34. Global optimization • Continuous Unconstrained Formulation • From discrete to continuous (UniSAT) • Try to minimize a function instead of trying to verify concrete restrictions.

  35. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  36. Which is the best method? • Local search: • Faster for satisfiable CNF • Can not prove unsatisfiability • DP algorithm (split, resolution): • Slower for satisfiable CNF • Can prove unsatisfiability

  37. Algorithm categories • Complete • Find the unique hard solution • Determine whether or not a solution exits • Give the variable settings for one solution • Find all solutions or an optimal solution • Prove that there is no solution • Incomplete • Verify that there is no solution but could not find one. • Can not optimize solution quality

  38. Performance evaluation • Performance evaluation • Experimentally • Works for random formulas • Does not work for worst-case formulas (too many formulas for every given size) • Sometimes inconclusive • Analytically • Works for random formulas • Works for worst-case formulas • Does not work for typical formulas (which is his mathematical structure) • Need simplified algorithms

  39. P-Subclasses of SAT • Solved in polynomial time • Determine if a formula (or a portion) is polynomial-time solvable • The study of this subclasses reveals the nature of these “easy” SAT formulas • Subclasses: • 2-SAT: CNF formula with clauses of one or two literals only: • Horn Formulas: CNF formula where every formula has at most one positive literal. • Extended Horn Formulas: Rounding the results of a Linear Programming method we obtain the real solutions. • Balanced formulas: When a Linear Programming method can be used to obtain integer solutions.

  40. Applications • Mathematics • Computer Science and AI • Machine Vision • Robotics • Computer-aided manufacturing • Database systems • Text processing • Computer graphics • Integrated circuit design automation • Computer architecture design • High-speed networking • Communications • Security

  41. Summary • Introduction • Algorithms for SAT • Splitting and Resolution • Local Search • Integer Programming Method • Global Optimization • SAT Solvers Features • Final Thoughts

  42. A few names • SatELite: CNF minimizer (+MiniSAT) • MiniSAT: the SAT solver properly • Authors: Niklas Eén and Niklas Sörensson • Vallst byDaniel Vallstrom • Kcnfs: is a generalization of cnfs. Olivier Dubois and Gilles Dequen • Ranov by by L&C Researcher Anbulagan and Nghia Duc Pham • Zchaff: Boolean Satisfiability Research Group at Princeton University

  43. Some last ideas • Produce each solution => exponential in the worst case (whether or not P=NP) • List an exponential number of solutions • Solutions in compressed form • Cylinders of solutions: variables not listed could have any value. • BDD: Binary Decision Diagrams • SAT solvers can be faster than other non-NP systems under some circumstances.

  44. Bibliography • Algorithms for the Satisfiability (SAT) Problem: A Survey. Jun Gu, Paul W. Purdom, John Franco, Benjamin W. Wah • SAT 2004: http://www.satisfiability.org/SAT04/ • SAT 2005: http://www.satisfiability.org/SAT05/ • SAT 2006: http://www.easychair.org/FLoC-06/SAT.html

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