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QCDCL vs QBF Resolution: Further Insights

Authors Benjamin Böhm , Olaf Beyersdorff

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Benjamin Böhm
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Olaf Beyersdorff
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

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  • Beyersdorff, Olaf: Carl-Zeiss Foundation and DFG grant BE 4209/3-1.

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Benjamin Böhm and Olaf Beyersdorff. QCDCL vs QBF Resolution: Further Insights. In 26th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 271, pp. 4:1-4:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SAT.2023.4

Abstract

We continue the investigation on the relations of QCDCL and QBF resolution systems. In particular, we introduce QCDCL versions that tightly characterise QU-Resolution and (a slight variant of) long-distance Q-Resolution. We show that most QCDCL variants - parameterised by different policies for decisions, unit propagations and reductions - lead to incomparable systems for almost all choices of these policies.

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  • Theory of computation → Proof complexity
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  • QBF
  • CDCL
  • resolution
  • proof complexity
  • simulations
  • lower bounds

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