Achioptas, D. and Sorkin, Gregory B. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-7820
(2000)
Optimal myopic algorithms for random 3-SAT.
In: 41st Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2000-11-12 - 2000-11-14, Redondo Beach, United States, USA.
Abstract
Let F3(n,m) be a random 3-SAT formula formed by selecting uniformly, independently and with replacement, m clauses among all 8(nC3) possible 3-clauses over n variables. It has been conjectured that there exists a constant r3 such that, for any ε>0, F3[n,(r3-ε)n] is almost surely satisfiable, but F3[n,(r3+ε)n] is almost surely unsatisfiable. The best lower bounds for the potential value of r3 have come form analyzing rather simple extensions of unit-clause propagation. It was shown by D. Achlioptas (2000) that all these extensions can be cast in a common framework and analyzed in a uniform manner by employing differential equations. We determine optimal algorithms that are expressible in that framework, establishing r3 >3.26. We extend the analysis via differential equations, and make extensive use of a new optimization problem that we call the “max-density multiple-choice knapsack” problem. The structure of optimal knapsack solutions elegantly characterizes the choices made by an optimal algorithm.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/abs/procee... |
| Additional Information: | © 2000 IEEE |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2011 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 13:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35848 |
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