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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Complexity

Background:

  • The Boolean Satisfiability problem (SAT) is a fundamental NP-complete problem with broad theoretical and practical implications.
  • Stochastic Local Search (SLS) algorithms are effective approximate methods for solving SAT instances.
  • The Quantitative Configuration Checking (QCC) heuristic enhances SLS algorithms for SAT, leading to solvers like Swqcc.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel heuristic (QCCA) by combining QCC with an aspiration mechanism.
  • To create an improved SLS solver for SAT, named AspiSAT, incorporating the QCCA heuristic.
  • To enhance existing clause weighting schemes for further performance gains.

Main Methods:

  • Combining the Quantitative Configuration Checking (QCC) heuristic with an aspiration mechanism to create the QCCA heuristic.
  • Developing a new Stochastic Local Search (SLS) solver, AspiSAT, based on the Swqcc framework and the QCCA heuristic.
  • Implementing enhanced clause weighting schemes to create Ptwqcc and AspiPT solvers.

Main Results:

  • AspiSAT demonstrates significantly better performance compared to Swqcc and Sparrow on random 3-SAT instances.
  • Enhanced solvers Ptwqcc and AspiPT outperform Swqcc and AspiSAT on random 5-SAT instances.
  • The QCC and QCCA heuristics show effective cooperation with various clause weighting schemes.

Conclusions:

  • The QCCA heuristic, integrated into AspiSAT, offers a substantial performance improvement for solving SAT instances.
  • Enhanced clause weighting strategies further boost the efficiency of SAT solvers, particularly for larger instances.
  • The developed heuristics and solvers provide valuable advancements in the field of SAT problem-solving.