Polynomial calculus for optimization

MaxSAT is the problem of finding an assignment satisfying the maximum number of clauses in a CNF formula. We consider a natural generalization of this problem to generic sets of polynomials and propose a weighted version of Polynomial Calculus to address this problem. Weighted Polynomial Calculus is...

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Autores: Bonacina, Ilario, Bonet, María Luisa, Levy, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/378086
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/378086
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85203000186
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algebraic reasoning
MaxSAT
Polynomial calculus
Proof complexity
Proof systems
SAT
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Sumario:MaxSAT is the problem of finding an assignment satisfying the maximum number of clauses in a CNF formula. We consider a natural generalization of this problem to generic sets of polynomials and propose a weighted version of Polynomial Calculus to address this problem. Weighted Polynomial Calculus is a natural generalization of the systems MaxSAT-Resolution and weighted Resolution. Unlike such systems, weighted Polynomial Calculus manipulates polynomials with coefficients in a finite field and either weights in N or Z. We show the soundness and completeness of weighted Polynomial Calculus via an algorithmic procedure. Weighted Polynomial Calculus, with weights in N and coefficients in F2, is able to prove efficiently that Tseitin formulas on a connected graph are minimally unsatisfiable. Using weights in Z, it also proves efficiently that the Pigeonhole Principle is minimally unsatisfiable.