Reified unit resolution and the failed literal rule

Details Reified unit resolution and the failed literal rule Reified unit resolution and the failed literal rule

2010-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/1011.2898v1

Computer Science

Logic in Computer Science

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Unit resolution can simplify a CNF formula or detect an inconsistency by repeatedly assign the variables occurring in unit clauses. Given any CNF formula sigma, we show that there exists a satisfiable CNF formula psi with size polynomially related to the size of sigma such that applying unit resolution to psi simulates all the effects of applying it to sigma. The formula psi is said to be the reified counterpart of sigma. This approach can be used to prove that the failed literal rule, which is an inference rule used by some SAT solvers, can be entirely simulated by unit resolution. More generally, it sheds new light on the expressive power of unit resolution.

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