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4 claims from 2 papers

1. 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.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Trajectories in Phase Diagrams, Growth Processes, and Computational Complexity: How Search Algorithms Solve the 3-Satisfiability Problem

   Cocco and Monasson · Physical Review Letters · 2001

   The paper analyses how search algorithms for the 3-Satisfiability problem move through a phase diagram of easy and hard regions, and says these paths allow resolution times to be predicted.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says that parameters which predict how hard a problem is can be followed during a single run of a search algorithm, tracing a path through parameter space.“Here we show that changes in the values of such parameters can be tracked during a run of the algorithm defining a trajectory through the parameter space.”
   2. UncheckedFor 3-Satisfiability, an algorithm's run traces a path through well-defined easy and hard phases, and the paper says this predicts solving times.“These trajectories can cross well defined phases, corresponding to domains of easy or hard instances, and allow to successfully predict the times of resolution.”