Efficient CNF Simplification Based on Binary Implication Graphs

  • Armin Biere
  • , Marijn Heule
  • , Matti Järvisalo

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Abstract

This paper develops techniques for efficiently detecting redundancies in CNF formulas. We introduce the concept of hidden literals, resulting in the novel technique of hidden literal elimination. We develop a practical simplification algorithm that enables “Unhiding” various redundancies in a unified framework. Based on time stamping literals in the binary implication graph, the algorithm applies various binary clause based simplifications, including techniques that, when run repeatedly until fixpoint, can be too costly. Unhiding can also be applied during search, taking learnt clauses into account. We show that Unhiding gives performance improvements on real-world SAT competition benchmarks.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProc. 14th Intl. Conf. on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT'11)
PublisherSpringer
Pages201-215
Number of pages15
Volume6695
ISBN (Print)9783642215803
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6695 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Fields of science

  • 102011 Formal languages
  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 101 Mathematics

JKU Focus areas

  • Computation in Informatics and Mathematics

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