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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Hiroki Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for solving a MAX SAT instance in provided in which a MAX SAT instance is transformed into a MAX 3SAT instance. The MAX 3SAT instance is transformed into a MAX 2SAT instance which is solved for an optimum solution. A solution to the MAX SAT instance is recovered from the MAX 2SAT optimum solution.