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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   A message-passing approach to random constraint satisfaction problems with growing domains

   Zhao, Zhou, Zheng and Xu · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2011

   The paper proposes two belief-propagation-guided message-passing algorithms for model RB, a hard random constraint problem with growing domains, and tests them by simulation against a random-walk search.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations, two message-passing algorithms found solutions to random model RB formulas with constraint tightness just below the satisfiability threshold.“Numerical simulations demonstrate that these algorithms allow us to find a solution for random formulas of model RB with constraint tightness slightly less than p(cr), the threshold value for the satisfiability phase transition.”

2. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Flip Graphs for Matrix Multiplication

   Kauers and Moosbauer · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper introduces a way of finding matrix multiplication schemes by random walks in a 'flip graph', and reports using it to cut the multiplications needed for two matrix formats.

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   1. Supported · 71%Using a random-walk method on a 'flip graph', the authors report fewer multiplications for 4×4 by 4×5 and 5×5 by 5×5 matrix products, including in characteristic two.“Using this method, we were able to reduce the number of multiplications for the matrix formats (4, 4, 5) and (5, 5, 5), both in characteristic two and for arbitrary ground fields.”