The Propositional Formula Checker HeerHugo

  • Authors:
  • Jan Friso Groote;Joost P. Warners

  • Affiliations:
  • SEN2, CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Computing Science Department, Eindhoven University of Technology. e-mail: janfriso.groote@cwi.nl;KPN Research, P.O. Box 421, 2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. e-mail: J.P.Warners@research.kpn.com.

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Automated Reasoning
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

HeerHugo is a propositional formula checker that determines whether a given formula is satisfiable or not. The underlying algorithm is based on a specific breadth-first search procedure, with several enhancements including unit resolution and 2-satisfiability tests. Its main ingredient is the branch/merge rule inspired by an algorithm proposed by Stållmarck, which is protected by a software patent. In this paper, the main elements of the algorithm are discussed, and its remarkable effectiveness is illustrated with some examples and computational results.