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6 claims from 4 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   On the Freezing of Variables in Random Constraint Satisfaction Problems

   Semerjian · Journal of Statistical Physics · 2007

   The paper studies the critical behaviour near the freezing transition in random constraint satisfaction problems, using random trees, links to percolation and reconstruction, and the cavity method.

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   1. UncheckedAt the freezing transition, which usually differs from the clustering one, some variables take the same value in every solution within a given cluster.“At the freezing transition, which is in general distinct from the clustering one, some variables (spins) take the same value in all solutions of a given cluster.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Constraint satisfaction problems with isolated solutions are hard

   Zdeborová and Mézard · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2008

   The paper studies the phase diagram and algorithmic hardness of random 'locked' constraint satisfaction problems, whose solution clusters are isolated points, and compares them with problems like satisfiability and graph colouring.

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   1. UncheckedIn random 'locked' constraint satisfaction problems, the clustered phase is empirically very hard: the best known algorithms all fail to find solutions.“On the other hand we show empirically that the clustered phase of these problems is extremely hard from the algorithmic point of view: the best known algorithms all fail to find solutions.”

3. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Biased landscapes for random constraint satisfaction problems

   Budzynski, Ricci‐Tersenghi and Semerjian · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2019

   The paper studies how a bias on solutions of random constraint problems, applied to bicoloring k-uniform random hypergraphs, shifts the clustering transition, and what that means for Simulated Annealing.

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   1. UncheckedFor small k, biasing solutions in random hypergraph bicoloring delays the clustering transition to higher constraint density and helps Simulated Annealing.“We show that for small k the clustering transition can be delayed in this way to higher density of constraints, and that this strategy has a positive impact on the performances of Simulated Annealing algorithms.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Biased thermodynamics can explain the behaviour of smart optimization algorithms that work above the dynamical threshold

   Cavaliere and Ricci‐Tersenghi · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2025

   The paper argues that algorithmic limits in random constraint problems can be tied to thermodynamics if solutions are sampled with a biased, rather than uniform, probability measure.

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   1. Unchecked“We consider a simple Monte Carlo-based optimization algorithm, which is restricted to the solution space, and we demonstrate that sampling the equilibrium distribution of a biased measure improving on $α_d$ is still possible even beyond the ergodicity breaki…
   2. UncheckedThe authors conjecture that many smart algorithms sample solutions from a biased measure, and their failure point is that measure's ergodicity-breaking transition.“The conjecture we put forward is that many smart algorithms sample the solution space according to a biased measure: once this measure is identified, the algorithmic threshold is given by the corresponding ergodicity-breaking transition.”
   3. UncheckedAlgorithm behaviour and thermodynamic predictions can be reconciled up to a threshold, the highest dynamical threshold over all probability measures on solutions.“Here we show that a reconciliation between algorithmic behaviour and thermodynamic prediction is nonetheless possible at least up to some threshold $α_d^{\rm opt}\geqα_d$, which is defined as the maximum value of the dynamical threshold computed on all possible probability measures over the solutio…”