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21 claims from 12 papers

1. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Sharp thresholds of graph properties, and the $k$-sat problem

   Friedgut and Bourgain · Journal of the American Mathematical Society · 1999

   The paper links the sharpness of thresholds for monotone random graph properties to local structure, and uses this to settle whether random k-CNF satisfiability has a sharp threshold.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper uses its main theorem to settle whether random k-CNF formulas have a sharp threshold for satisfiability.“As an application of the main theorem we settle the question of the existence of a sharp threshold for the satisfiability of a random $k$-CNF formula.”
   2. UncheckedIf a monotone graph property's probability changes only slowly with edge probability, it can be approximated by containing one of a bounded list of small subgraphs.“We show that if $d\mu _p(P)/dp$ is small (corresponding to a non-sharp threshold), then there is a list of graphs of bounded size such that $P$ can be approximated by the property of having one of the graphs as a subgraph.”
   3. UncheckedA random graph property can have a coarse (non-sharp) threshold only if the critical edge probability is a rational power of n.“One striking consequence of this result is that a coarse threshold for a random graph property can only happen when the value of the critical edge probability is a rational power of $n$.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Critical Behavior in the Satisfiability of Random Boolean Expressions

   Kirkpatrick and Selman · Science · 1994

   The paper looks at random Boolean formulas with k variables per clause, describes sharp satisfiability thresholds, and uses finite-size scaling to link them to the difficulty of search algorithms.

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   1. UncheckedRandom Boolean formulas with more than two variables per clause also show a sharp threshold in satisfiability as the clause-to-variable ratio changes.“Similar sharp threshold behavior is observed for higher values of k .”
   2. UncheckedFinite-size scaling, a technique from statistical physics, can describe how the size of a random logic problem affects behaviour near its satisfiability threshold.“Finite-size scaling, a method from statistical physics, can be used to characterize size-dependent effects near the threshold.”

3. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Approximating the unsatisfiability threshold of random formulas

   Kirousis, Kranakis, Kriz̧anc and Stamatiou · Random Structures and Algorithms · 1998

   The paper defines a decreasing sequence of random variables to bound the 3-SAT unsatisfiability threshold, giving upper bounds of 4.667 from the first term and 4.601+ from the second, improving on 4.758.

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   1. UncheckedFor random 3-SAT formulas, the paper derives an upper bound of 4.667 on the clause-to-variable ratio above which formulas are almost certainly unsatisfiable.“By letting the expected value of the first term of the sequence converge to zero, we obtain, by simple and elementary computations, an upper bound for κ equal to 4.667.”
   2. UncheckedThe authors say their method for bounding the unsatisfiability threshold of random 3-SAT extends in a straightforward way to k-SAT with k greater than 3.“This technique generalizes in a straightforward manner to k-SAT for k>3.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Survey propagation: an algorithm for satisfiability

   Braunstein, Mézard and Zecchina · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2002

   The paper presents survey propagation, a message-passing algorithm that passes surveys over clusters of solutions to tackle random satisfiability problems close to the hard threshold.

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   1. UncheckedThe authors present a new message-passing algorithm that can efficiently find a satisfying assignment for random formulas in the hardest region of the problem.“We introduce a new type of message passing algorithm which allows to find efficiently a satisfiable assignment of the variables in the difficult region.”

5. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Instability of one-step replica-symmetry-broken phase in satisfiability problems

   A, Parisi and Ricci‐Tersenghi · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General · 2004

   The authors give a general method for testing whether one-step replica-symmetry-breaking solutions of random k-XORSAT and k-SAT remain stable against further symmetry breaking, and apply it to both problems.

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   1. UncheckedIn two random satisfiability problems, the one-step replica-symmetry-broken solution is unstable when clause density is low enough or energy is high enough.“It turns out that 1RSB is always unstable at sufficiently small clauses density alpha or high energy.”
   2. UncheckedThe paper reports that the switch between satisfiable and unsatisfiable random problems seems to be correctly described by a one-step replica-symmetry-breaking picture.“On the other hand, the SAT-UNSAT phase transition seems to be correctly described within 1RSB.”

6. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Backbone Fragility and the Local Search Cost Peak

   Singer, Gent and Smaill · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 2000

   The paper analyses why the local search algorithm WSat finds some random 3-SAT instances hard, and proposes that large, fragile backbones explain high search costs near the satisfiability threshold.

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   1. UncheckedThe number of solutions predicts WSat's search cost well for small-backbone instances, but much less well for large-backbone ones near and beyond the threshold.“We find that the number of solutions predicts the cost well for small-backbone instances but is much less relevant for the large-backbone instances which appear near the threshold and dominate in the overconstrained region.”
   2. UncheckedBackbone-minimal 3-SAT instances, altered to be more backbone-fragile, are unusually hard for the WSat local search algorithm.“Second, that backbone-minimal instances (which are 3-SAT instances altered so as to be more backbone-fragile) are unusually hard for WSat.”

7. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   A Better Algorithm for Random k -SAT

   Coja‐Oghlan · SIAM Journal on Computing · 2010

   The paper presents an efficient algorithm that solves random k-SAT formulas at higher constraint densities than any earlier algorithm known to succeed with non-vanishing probability.

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   1. UncheckedA polynomial-time algorithm finds a satisfying assignment of a random k-SAT formula with high probability when clauses per variable are below about 2^k ln(k)/k.“We present a polynomial time algorithm that finds a satisfying assignment of F with high probability for constraint densities m/n<(1-eps_k)2^k\ln(k)/k, where eps_k->0.”

8. 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.”

9. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   The probabilistic analysis of a greedy satisfiability algorithm

   Kaporis, Kirousis and Lalas · Random Structures and Algorithms · 2005

   The paper analyses a simple greedy heuristic for satisfying random 3-CNF formulas, proving success below ratio 3.42, then extending this to 3.52 by also using the negated literal's degree.

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   1. UncheckedA refined greedy heuristic that also considers the negated literal's degree is shown to succeed on random 3-CNF formulas up to a clauses-to-variables ratio of 3.52.“We improve up to r 3 < 3.52 by further exploiting the degree of the negation of the evaluated to True literal.”
   2. Unchecked“We prove that for r 3 < 3.42 this heuristic succeeds with probability asymptotically bounded away from zero.”

10. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

    Numerical solution-space analysis of satisfiability problems

    Mann and Hartmann · Physical Review E · 2010

    The paper studies how the solutions of 3-SAT are structured as constraints increase, shows standard samplers are biased, and introduces ballistic networking to obtain unbiased samples and cluster structure.

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    1. UncheckedCommon stochastic local-search algorithms, including ASAT and parallel tempering (MCMCMC), do not sample 3-SAT solutions uniformly, so their samples are biased.“It is shown here that standard stochastic local-search (SLS) algorithms like "ASAT" and "MCMCMC" (also known as "parallel tempering") exhibit a sampling bias.”
    2. UncheckedThe authors say unbiased samples of 3-SAT solutions can be obtained with a new method they call the 'ballistic-networking approach'.“Nevertheless, unbiased samples of solutions can be obtained using the "ballistic-networking approach", which is introduced here.”
    3. UncheckedNear the satisfiable–unsatisfiable transition of 3-SAT, the paper finds that large instances always have solution clusters with no frozen variables.“Furthermore, in the thermodynamic limit there are, for values of alpha close to the SATUNSAT transition alpha_s ~ 4.267, always clusters without any frozen variables.”

11. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

    On Belief Propagation Guided Decimation for Random k -SAT

    Coja‐Oghlan · ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) · 2011

    The paper gives the first rigorous analysis of Belief Propagation Guided Decimation on random k-SAT, showing it fails at clause densities well below the satisfiability threshold.

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    1. UncheckedBelief Propagation Guided Decimation provably fails to find a satisfying assignment of random k-SAT once clauses per variable exceed about c times r(k)/k.“Furnishing the first rigorous analysis of BP decimation, the present paper shows that the algorithm fails to find a satisfying assignment already for m/n>c.r(k)/k, for a constant c>0 (independent of k).”

12. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

    Frozen variables in random boolean constraint satisfaction problems

    Molloy and Ricardo · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2012

    The paper pins down the exact freezing threshold for a family of random boolean constraint problems, including NAE-SAT and hypergraph 2-colouring, when the constraint size is sufficiently large.

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    1. UncheckedBelow a threshold density r^f, almost every solution of these random constraint problems has only o(n) frozen variables, i.e. a vanishing fraction.“If the constraint-density is less than r^f, then almost every solution has o(n) frozen variables.”