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    Almost 2-SAT is fixed-parameter tractable

    Razgon, Igor and O'Sullivan, B. (2009) Almost 2-SAT is fixed-parameter tractable. Journal of Computer and System Sciences 75 (8), pp. 435-450. ISSN 0022-0000.

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    Abstract

    We consider the following problem. Given a 2-cnf formula, is it possible to remove at most k clauses so that the resulting 2-cnf formula is satisfiable? This problem is known to different research communities in theoretical computer science under the names Almost 2-SAT, All-but-k 2-SAT, 2-cnf deletion, and 2-SAT deletion. The status of the fixed-parameter tractability of this problem is a long-standing open question in the area of parameterized complexity. We resolve this open question by proposing an algorithm that solves this problem in O(k15×k×m3)O(15k×k×m3) time showing that this problem is fixed-parameter tractable.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Fixed-parameter algorithms, Satisfiability problems, Separation problems
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2013 12:35
    Last Modified: 09 Aug 2023 12:33
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/7445

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