The survey propagation (SP) algorithm has been shown to work well on large instances of the random 3-SAT problem near its phase transition. It was shown that SP estimates marginals over covers that represent clusters of solutions. The SP-y algorithm generalizes SP to work on the maximum satisfiability (Max-SAT) problem, but the cover interpretation of SP does not generalize to SP-y. In this paper, we formulate the relaxed survey propagation (RSP) algorithm, which extends the SP algorithm to apply to the weighted Max-SAT problem. We show that RSP has an interpretation of estimating marginals over covers violating a set of clauses with minimal weight. This naturally generalizes the cover interpretation of SP. Empirically, we show that RSP outperforms SP-y and other state-of-the-art Max-SAT solvers on random Max-SAT instances. RSP also outperforms state-of-the-art weighted Max-SAT solvers on random weighted Max-SAT instances.
Approximating the Backbone in the Weighted Maximum Satisfiability Problem
School of Software, Dalian University of Technology(大连理工大学软件学院);The State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, CAS(中国科学院软件研究所计算机科学国家重点实验室)
加权最大可满足性问题(weighted Maximum Satisfiability problem,简称MAX-SAT)是一个NP难问题,在人工智能中有着广泛的应用。主干作为一种有效的启发式设计工具,已被应用于许多NP难问题的启发式设计中。本文研究了在加权MAX-SAT中检索骨干的计算复杂性,并提出了一种新的算法来解决这个问题。我们证明了在以下假设下检索完整的主干是困难的。此外,它是棘手的,以恢复一个固定的骨干部分,以及。在此基础上,提出了一种基于Walksat算子的骨干引导局部搜索算法(BGLS)。BGLS包括两个阶段:第一阶段从局部最优解中抽取骨干信息,骨干阶段在骨干的指导下进行局部搜索。在基准测试上的大量实验结果表明,BGLS在解的质量和运行时间方面都优于现有的算法。
Scaling up Hybrid Probabilistic Inference with Logical and Arithmetic Constraints via Message Passing
University of California, Los Angeles(加州大学洛杉矶分校);University of Trento(特伦托大学);Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院)
加权模型集成(Weighted Model Integration,简称WIM)是一个非常吸引人的概率推理框架:它允许通过可满足性模理论(Satisfiability Modulo Theories,简称SMT)的语言来表达变量既连续又离散的真实世界问题的复杂依赖关系,以及计算具有复杂逻辑和算术约束的概率查询。然而,现有的非线性规划求解器还没有准备好扩展到这些问题。它们要么完全忽略了问题的内在依赖结构,要么局限于限制性太强的结构。为了缩小这一差距,我们推导出一个因式分解的形式主义,使我们能够设计一个可扩展的基于消息传递,MP-BSSOVER。也就是说,MP-SVM是第一个SVM求解器,它允许:1)对整个树结构的SVM问题进行精确推理; 2)在线性时间内计算所有边缘密度; 3)摊销查询间的推理。实验结果表明,我们的求解器显着优于现有的非线性规划求解器在一个大的基准集。
Enhancing Local Search for MaxSAT with Deep Differentiation Clause Weighting
School of Computer Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China(计算机科学学院,华南师范大学,广州,中国);School of Artificial Intelligence, South China Normal University, Foshan, China(人工智能学院,华南师范大学,佛山,中国)