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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Operations Research

Background:

  • The (weighted) partial maximum satisfiability ((W)PMS) problem is a significant extension of Boolean satisfiability with broad applications.
  • Existing local search methods for (W)PMS can be improved through enhanced initialization and diversification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate novel initialization and diversification strategies for improving local search solvers for the (W)PMS problem.
  • To introduce a new definition of variables' structural entropy for generating high-quality initial solutions.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a novel initialization strategy based on structural entropy to find near-optimal feasible solutions.
  • Developed a diversification strategy with two variable selection approaches: best benefit or probabilistic selection based on clause penalty.
  • Implemented these strategies in a local search solver (ImSATLike) and a hybrid solver (ImSATLike-TT).

Main Results:

  • ImSATLike and ImSATLike-TT demonstrated competitive or superior performance against state-of-the-art solvers on (W)PMS instances in recent MaxSAT Evaluations.
  • Experimental results confirmed the significant individual contributions of the proposed initialization and diversification strategies.
  • The new methods effectively improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local search for (W)PMS.

Conclusions:

  • The novel initialization and diversification strategies significantly enhance local search performance for the (W)PMS problem.
  • The developed solvers ImSATLike and ImSATLike-TT represent advancements in solving complex satisfiability problems.
  • This research offers valuable contributions to the field of automated reasoning and constraint satisfaction.