A Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Extracting Smallest Minimal Unsatisfiable Formulas

A Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Extracting Smallest Minimal Unsatisfiable Formulas

We tackle the problem of finding a smallest-cardinality MUS (SMUS) of a given formula. The SMUS provides a succinct explanation of infeasibility and is valuable for applications that rely on such explanations. We present a branch-and-bound algorithm that utilizes iterative MAXSAT solutions to genera...

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Hauptverfasser: Mneimneh, Maher, Lynce, Inês, Andraus, Zaher, Marques-Silva, João, Sakallah, Karem
Format: Buchkapitel
Sprache:eng
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Applied sciences
Computer science
control theory
systems
Exact sciences and technology
Logical, boolean and switching functions
Theoretical computing
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Zusammenfassung:We tackle the problem of finding a smallest-cardinality MUS (SMUS) of a given formula. The SMUS provides a succinct explanation of infeasibility and is valuable for applications that rely on such explanations. We present a branch-and-bound algorithm that utilizes iterative MAXSAT solutions to generate lower and upper bounds on the size of the SMUS, and branch on specific subformulas to find it. We report experimental results on formulas from DIMACS and DaimlerChrysler product configuration suites.
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/11499107_40