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MOPTA 05
July 25-27, 2005, Windsor ON Canada
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MOPTA 05 Presentation Information


Title:
Recent Progress in Applying Semidefinite Optimization to Satisfiability Problems
Presenter:
Miguel F. Anjos
Presenter's Affiliation:
Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
Presenter's E-mail address:
anjos@stanfordalumni.org
Authors:
Miguel F. Anjos
Abstract (100 words or less):
The satisfiability (SAT) problem is a well-known NP-complete problem in mathematical logic with applications in many areas, including artificial intelligence, circuit testing, and software verification. An instance of SAT is specified by a set of Boolean variables and a propositional formula in conjunctive normal form. Given such an instance, the SAT problem asks whether there is a truth assignment to the variables such that the formula is satisfied. Recent research has shown the potential of semidefinite optimization-based approaches for complementing existing techniques for SAT. We report the latest progress in the application of semidefinite optimization to SAT, particularly for obtaining proofs of unsatisfiability.



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