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International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing

SAT 2015: Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing -- SAT 2015 pp 104–120Cite as

Constructing SAT Filters with a Quantum Annealer

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNTCS,volume 9340)

Abstract

SAT filters are a novel and compact data structure that can be used to quickly query a word for membership in a fixed set. They have the potential to store more information in a fixed storage limit than a Bloom filter. Constructing a SAT filter requires sampling diverse solutions to randomly constructed constraint satisfaction instances, but there is flexibility in the choice of constraint satisfaction problem. Presented here is a case study of SAT filter construction with a focus on constraint satisfaction problems based on MAX-CUT clauses (Not-all-equal 3-SAT, 2-in-4-SAT, etc.) and frustrated cycles in the Ising model. Solutions are sampled using a D-Wave quantum annealer, and results are measured against classical approaches. The SAT variants studied are of interest in the context of SAT filters, independent of the solvers used.

Keywords

  • SAT filter
  • Quantum annealing
  • Ising model
  • Maximum cut
  • Sampling
  • Constraint satisfaction problem

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Douglass, A., King, A.D., Raymond, J. (2015). Constructing SAT Filters with a Quantum Annealer. In: Heule, M., Weaver, S. (eds) Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing -- SAT 2015. SAT 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9340. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24318-4_9

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