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Advanced tools and methods for treewidth-based problem solving

dc.contributor.authorHecher, Markus
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T10:40:14Z
dc.date.available2023-06-06T10:40:14Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractComputer programs, so-called solvers, for solving the well-known Boolean satisfiability problem (Sat) have been improving for decades. Among the reasons, why these solvers are so fast, is the implicit usage of the formula’s structural properties during solving. One of such structural indicators is the so-called treewidth, which tries to measure how close a formula instance is to being easy (tree-like). This work focuses on logic-based problems and treewidth-based methods and tools for solving them. Many of these problems are also relevant for knowledge representation and reasoning (KR) as well as artificial intelligence (AI) in general. We present a new type of problem reduction, which is referred to by decomposition-guided (DG). This reduction type forms the basis to solve a problem for quantified Boolean formulas (QBFs) of bounded treewidth that has been open since 2004. The solution of this problem then gives rise to a new methodology for proving precise lower bounds for a range of further formalisms in logic, KR, and AI. Despite the established lower bounds, we implement an algorithm for solving extensions of Sat efficiently, by directly using treewidth. Our implementation is based on finding abstractions of instances, which are then incrementally refined in the process. Thereby, our observations confirm that treewidth is an important measure that should be considered in the design of modern solvers.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/itit-2023-0004
dc.identifier.pissn2196-7032
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/41706
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDe Gruyter
dc.relation.ispartofit - Information Technology: Vol. 65, No. 1-2
dc.subjectAI; ETH lower bounds; logic; parameterized complexity; quantitative reasoning; treewidth
dc.titleAdvanced tools and methods for treewidth-based problem solvingen
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage75
gi.citation.publisherPlaceBerlin
gi.citation.startPage65
gi.conference.sessiontitleArticle

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