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5 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   A new look at survey propagation and its generalizations

   Maneva, Mossel and Wainwright · Journal of the ACM · 2007

   The paper gives a new view of survey propagation for random k-SAT by linking it to Markov random fields, partial assignments and cores, and to belief propagation on the uniform distribution over solutions.

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   1. UncheckedApplying belief propagation to a new family of Markov random fields recovers known algorithms, from survey propagation (ρ = 1) to standard belief propagation (ρ = 0).“We then show that applying belief propagation---a well-known “message-passing” technique for estimating marginal probabilities---to this family of MRFs recovers a known family of algorithms, ranging from pure survey propagation at one extreme (ρ = 1) to standard belief propagation on the uniform di…”
   2. UncheckedAny of the paper's Markov random fields with ρ above 0 can be seen as a smoothed version of the uniform distribution over satisfying assignments.“To that end, we investigate the associated lattice structure, and prove a weight-preserving identity that shows how any MRF with ρ > 0 can be viewed as a “smoothed” version of the uniform distribution over satisfying assignments (ρ = 0).”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   A New Look at Survey Propagation and its Generalizations

   Maneva, Mossel and Wainwright · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2004

   The paper gives a new view of survey propagation, a SAT-solving algorithm, by linking it to a family of Markov random fields and studying the structure of partial satisfiability assignments.

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   1. UncheckedRunning belief propagation on a new family of Markov random fields recovers known algorithms, from survey propagation (ρ=1) to standard belief propagation (ρ=0).“We then show that applying belief propagation--a well-known ``message-passing'' technique for estimating marginal probabilities--to this family of MRFs recovers a known family of algorithms, ranging from pure survey propagation at one extreme (ρ= 1) to standard belief propagation on the uniform dis…”
   2. Unchecked“We isolate cores as minimal elements in this partial ordering, which are also fixed points of survey propagation and the only assignments with positive probability in the MRF for ρ=1.”
   3. UncheckedIn experiments with 3-SAT, solutions of random formulas typically do not have non-trivial cores, according to the paper.“Our experimental results for k=3 suggest that solutions of random formulas typically do not possess non-trivial cores.”