A sharp threshold for the renameable-Horn and the q-Horn properties

  • Authors:
  • Nadia Creignou;Hervé Daudé;John Franco

  • Affiliations:
  • LIF, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France;LATP, Université de Provence, Marseille, France;ECECS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 0H

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics - Special issue: Typical case complexity and phase transitions
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The sharp Satisfiability threshold is well known for random k-SAT formulas and is due to certain minimality and monotonic properties mentioned in this manuscript and reported in Chandru and Hooker [J. Assoc. Comput. Mach. 38 (1991) 205-221]. Whereas the Satisfiability threshold is on the probability that a satisfying assignment exists, we find that sharp thresholds also may be determined for certain formula structures, for example, the probability that a particular kind of cycle exists in a random formula. Such structures often have a direct relationship on the hardness of a formula because it is often the case that the presence of such a structure disallows a formula from a known, easily solved class of Satisfiability problems. We develop tools that should assist in determining threshold sharpness for a variety of applications. We use the tools to show a sharp threshold for the q-Horn and renameable-Horn properties.