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New upper bounds for the problem of maximal satisfiability

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Published/Copyright: May 28, 2009
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Discrete Mathematics and Applications
From the journal Volume 19 Issue 2

Abstract

In this paper we present relatively simple proofs of the following new upper bounds:

cN, where c < 2 is a constant and N is the number of variables, for MAX-SAT for formulas with constant clause density;

2K/6, where K is the number of clauses, for MAX-2-SAT;

2N/6.7 for (n, 3)-MAX-2-SAT.

All bounds are proved by the splitting method. The main two techniques are combined complexity measures and clause learning.

Received: 2008-03-11
Published Online: 2009-05-28
Published in Print: 2009-May

© de Gruyter 2009

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