Approximate quantifier elimination for propositional boolean formulae

  • Authors:
  • Jörg Brauer;Andy King

  • Affiliations:
  • Embedded Software Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University, Germany;Portcullis Computer Security, Pinner, UK

  • Venue:
  • NFM'11 Proceedings of the Third international conference on NASA Formal methods
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper describes an approximate quantifier elimination procedure for propositional Boolean formulae. The method is based on computing prime implicants using SAT and successively refining over-approximations of a given formula. This construction naturally leads to an anytime algorithm, that is, it can be interrupted at anytime without compromising soundness. This contrasts with classical monolithic (all or nothing) approaches based on resolution or model enumeration.