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6 claims from 3 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   From one solution of a 3-satisfiability formula to a solution cluster: Frozen variables and entropy

   Li, Ma and Zhou · Physical Review E · 2009

   The paper expands single 3-SAT solutions into clusters, studies frozen variables and entropy using whitening and belief propagation, and infers where algorithmic solutions sit among all clusters.

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   1. Unchecked“While frozen cores are identified by a local whitening algorithm, long-range frustrations are very difficult to trace, and they make an entropic belief-propagation (BP) algorithm fail to converge.”
   2. UncheckedFor large random 3-SAT formulas near the satisfiability threshold, survey-propagation and WALKSAT solutions lie in neither the dominating nor the most abundant clusters.“From the calculated entropy values, we infer that, for a large random 3-SAT formula with constraint density close to the satisfiability threshold, the solutions obtained by the survey-propagation or WALKSAT algorithms belong neither to the most dominating clusters of the formula nor to the most abu…”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   On the empirical time complexity of random 3-SAT at the phase transition

   Mu and Hoos · International Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 2015

   The paper studies how the running time of several high-performance SAT solvers scales on random 3-SAT at the phase transition, finding polynomial scaling for three local-search solvers and exponential for three complete ones.

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   1. UncheckedFor three complete DPLL-based SAT solvers, the median running time on random 3-SAT at the phase transition appears to grow exponentially with instance size.“An analogous analysis of three complete, DPLL-based solvers - kcnfs, march_hi and march_br - clearly indicates exponential scaling of median running time.”
   2. UncheckedFor three DPLL-based SAT solvers on random 3-SAT at the phase transition, running time scales exponentially on satisfiable and unsatisfiable instances alike.“Moreover, exponential scaling is witnessed for these DPLL-based solvers when solving only satisfiable and only unsatisfiable instances, and the respective scaling models for each solver differ mostly by a constant factor.”

3. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Behavior of heuristics on large and hard satisfiability problems

   Ardelius and Aurell · Physical Review E · 2006

   The paper studies ASAT, a simple stochastic local search heuristic for satisfiability problems, and examines how it behaves near the point where problems switch from satisfiable to unsatisfiable.

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   1. UncheckedThe ASAT search heuristic solves random 3SAT instances up to one million variables in linear time on average, up to 4.21 clauses per variable.“We show that ASAT solves instances as large as one million variables in linear time, on average, up to 4.21 clauses per variable for random 3SAT.”
   2. UncheckedFor random satisfiability problems with more than 3 literals per clause, ASAT appears to solve instances at the 'FRSB threshold' in linear time, up to K=7.“For K higher than 3, ASAT appears to solve instances at the ``FRSB threshold'' in linear time, up to K=7.”