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6 claims from 5 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Landscape analysis of constraint satisfaction problems

   Krząkała and B · Physical Review E · 2007

   The paper analyses constraint satisfaction problems as energy landscapes, and a benchmark algorithm suggested by this finds solutions in polynomial time beyond the clustering transition, sometimes beyond the thermodynamic one.

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   1. UncheckedThe point up to which a benchmark algorithm finds solutions quickly has a simple geometric meaning and could in principle be found with statistical mechanics methods.“This point has a simple geometric meaning and can be in principle determined with standard Statistical Mechanical methods, thus pushing the analytic bound up to which problems are guaranteed to be easy.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Local entropy as a measure for sampling solutions in constraint satisfaction problems

   Baldassi, Ingrosso, Lucibello, Saglietti and Zecchina · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2016

   The authors introduce an entropy-driven Monte Carlo solver for random constraint satisfaction problems and show numerically that it reaches dense clusters of solutions faster than standard simulated annealing.

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   1. UncheckedRare regions of very densely packed solutions, though sub-dominant, can be found by optimising a local entropy measure, the paper says for the Binary Perceptron problem.“Despite being sub-dominant, these regions can be found by optimizing a local entropy measure.”

3. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Catching the k-NAESAT threshold

   Coja-Oglan and Παναγιώτου · ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) · 2012

   The authors develop a Survey Propagation inspired second moment method that overcomes condensation, and use it to pin down the solvability threshold of random k-NAESAT.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper proves that the solvability threshold of random k-NAESAT is 2^(k-1)ln2 minus a constant, up to an error of at most 2^-(1-o(1))k.“We prove that the threshold for the existence of solutions in random $k$-NAESAT is $2^{k-1}\ln2-(\frac{\ln2}2+\frac14)+\eps_k$, where $|\eps_k| \le 2^{-(1-o_k(1))k}$, thereby verifying the statistical mechanics conjecture for this problem.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   On the Solution-Space Geometry of Random Constraint Satisfaction Problems

   Achlioptas and Ricci‐Tersenghi · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2006

   The paper studies how the set of solutions to random constraint problems changes as constraints are added, to understand why known fast algorithms fail at densities well below where solutions stop existing.

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   1. UncheckedIn random constraint problems, well before solutions vanish, they split into very many small clusters that lie far apart from one another.“In particular, we prove that much before solutions disappear, they organize into an exponential number of clusters, each of which is relatively small and far apart from all other clusters.”
   2. UncheckedIn these random constraint problems, within each cluster of solutions most variables are frozen, meaning they take only one value.“Moreover, inside each cluster most variables are frozen, i.e., take only one value.”

5. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Local geometry of NAE-SAT solutions in the condensation regime

   Sly and Sohn · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

   The paper determines the local weak limit of a random solution in the random regular NAE-SAT model beyond the condensation threshold, a first such description for sparse random CSPs in the 1RSB class.

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   1. UncheckedPast the condensation threshold, a random solution seen locally around a variable has a complicated non-Markovian structure, as a few large clusters dominate.“This limit exhibits a complicated non-Markovian structure arising from the space of solutions being dominated by a small number of large clusters.”