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4 claims from 4 papers

1. Computer Science › Neural Networks and Applications

   Origin of the computational hardness for learning with binary synapses

   Huang and Kabashima · Physical Review E · 2014

   The authors analytically studied the weight space of a binary perceptron and found its solutions are isolated rather than clustered, which they link to the difficulty of finding them.

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   1. UncheckedIn the binary perceptron, solutions sit as isolated points far apart, which the paper says explains why local search algorithms behave glassily.“The point-like clusters far apart from each other in the weight space explain the previously observed glassy behavior of stochastic local search heuristics.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Locked Constraint Satisfaction Problems

   Zdeborová and Mézard · Physical Review Letters · 2008

   The authors introduce random 'locked' constraint satisfaction problems, show they have a broad clustered phase with isolated solutions, and propose them as benchmarks of really hard optimisation problems.

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   1. UncheckedIn a new family of random 'locked' constraint problems, the best known algorithms all fail to find solutions once the problems reach their clustered phase.“While the phase diagram can be found easily, these problems, in their clustered phase, are extremely hard from the algorithmic point of view: the best known algorithms all fail to find solutions.”

3. Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

   Generic properties of a computational task predict human effort and performance

   Franco, Yadav, Bossaerts and Murawski · Journal of Mathematical Psychology · 2021

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   1. UncheckedParticipants spent longer on task instances with higher TCC and IC, yet made lower-quality decisions on those same instances.“We find that participants spent more time on instances with higher TCC and IC, but that decision quality was lower in those instances.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Optimal testing for planted satisfiability problems

   Berthet · Electronic Journal of Statistics · 2015

   The paper studies detecting planted solutions in random satisfiability formulas, finds the best possible detection rates, and gives an efficient test that achieves them.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper gives a test, quick enough to run in practice, that detects planted solutions in random satisfiability formulas with optimal statistical performance.“We also address algorithmic issues, and give a computationally efficient test with optimal statistical performance.”