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11 claims from 5 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   A variational description of the ground state structure in random satisfiability problems

   Biroli, Monasson and Weigt · The European Physical Journal B · 2000

   The authors develop a variational method for spin-glass-like models and use it to describe how optimal solutions are structured in random satisfiability problems, finding two transitions in 3-SAT.

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   1. Unchecked“At the second threshold $α_c \simeq 4.48$, satisfying assignments disappear and a finite fraction $B_0 \simeq 0.13$ of variables are overconstrained and take the same values in all optimal (though unsatisfying) assignments.”
   2. UncheckedIn random 3-SAT, at a clause-to-variable ratio of about 3.96, the solutions are reported to split into geometrically separated clusters.“At the first one $α_s \simeq 3.96$, a non-trivial organization of the solution space in geometrically separated clusters emerges.”
   3. UncheckedFor mixed 2+p-SAT with p below 2/5, the paper reports a single smooth shift from satisfiable to unsatisfiable at a clause ratio of 1/(1-p).“For the mixed $2+p$-SAT with $p<2/5$, the behavior is as expected much simpler: a unique smooth transition from SAT to UNSAT takes place at $α_c=1/(1-p)$.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Reconstruction and Clustering in Random Constraint Satisfaction Problems

   A, Restrepo and Tetali · SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics · 2011

   The paper proves bounds on the satisfiability, clustering and reconstruction thresholds for a broad family of random constraint satisfaction problems, tight when clauses have many degrees of freedom.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper's bounds on three thresholds for random constraint problems become asymptotically tight as the degrees of freedom in each clause grow without limit.“The bounds become asymptoticlally tight as the number of degrees of freedom in each clause diverges.”

3. 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.”

4. 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.”

5. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Belief propagation algorithms for constraint satisfaction problems

   Sinclair and Maneva · 2006

   The thesis applies belief propagation to Boolean constraint problems like random 3-SAT, links it to survey propagation, studies solution-space structure, and applies the method to source coding.

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   1. UncheckedSurvey propagation, a leading method for random 3-SAT near the conjectured satisfiability threshold, is shown to be a form of belief propagation.“In particular, we show that survey propagation, which is the most effective heuristic for random 3-SAT problems with density of clauses close to the conjectured satisfiability threshold, is in fact a belief propagation algorithm.”
   2. UncheckedFor some structural properties of the solution space of Boolean CSPs, there are two kinds of problem, but the split differs markedly from Schaefer's.“We show that with respect to some structural properties such as the diameter of the solutions space and the hardness of deciding its connectivity, there are two kinds of Boolean CSPs, but the boundary of the new dichotomy differs significantly from Schaefer's.”
   3. UncheckedExperiments suggest a belief-propagation compression method using dual low-density parity check codes performs very close to the rate distortion limit.“We give experimental evidence that this method yields performance very close to the rate distortion limit.”