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A new upper bound for Max-2-SAT: A graph-theoretic approach. (English) Zbl 1173.68539
Ochmański, Edward (ed.) et al., Mathematical foundations of computer science 2008. 33rd international symposium, MFCS 2008, Toruń Poland, August 25–29, 2008. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-540-85237-7/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5162, 551-562 (2008).
Summary: In MaxSat, we ask for an assignment which satisfies the maximum number of clauses for a Boolean formula in CNF. We present an algorithm yielding a run-time upper bound of $${\mathcal{O}}^*({2^{\frac{K}{6.2158}}})$$ for Max-2-Sat (each clause contains at most 2 literals), where $$K$$ is the number of clauses. The run-time has been achieved by using heuristic priorities on the choice of the variable on which we branch. The implementation of these heuristic priorities is rather simple, though they have a significant effect on the run-time. Also the analysis uses a nonstandard measure.
For the entire collection see [Zbl 1154.68021].

##### MSC:
 68Q25 Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity 68T20 Problem solving in the context of artificial intelligence (heuristics, search strategies, etc.)
MAX-2-SAT
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