SAT-Solving in Practice, with a Tutorial Example from Supervisory Control
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2009

Satisfiability solving, the problem of deciding whether the variables of a propositional formula can be assigned in such a way that the formula evaluates to true, is one of the classic problems in computer science. It is of theoretical interest because it is the canonical NP-complete problem. It is of practical interest because modern SAT-solvers can be used to solve many important and practical problems. In this tutorial paper, we show briefly how such SAT-solvers are implemented, and point to some typical applications of them. Our aim is to provide sufficient information (much of it through the reference list) to kick-start researchers from new fields wishing to apply SAT-solvers to their problems. Supervisory control theory originated within the control community and is a framework for reasoning about a plant to be controlled and a specification that the closed-loop system must fulfil. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the computer science community and the control community by illustrating how SAT-based techniques can be used to solve some supervisory control related problems.

Formal verification

Model checking

Boolean satisfiability problem

Supervisory control

Författare

Koen Lindström Claessen

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Programvaruteknik (Chalmers)

Niklas Een

Cadence Design Systems

Mary Sheeran

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Programvaruteknik (Chalmers)

Niklas Sörensson

Göteborgs universitet

Alexey Voronov

Chalmers, Signaler och system, System- och reglerteknik

Knut Åkesson

Chalmers, Signaler och system, System- och reglerteknik

Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications

0924-6703 (ISSN) 1573-7594 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 4 495-524

Styrkeområden

Informations- och kommunikationsteknik

Produktion

Ämneskategorier

Datavetenskap (datalogi)

DOI

10.1007/s10626-009-0081-8

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2017-10-07