MUS Extraction Using Clausal Proofs

Abstract Recent work introduced an effective method for extraction of reduced unsatisfiable cores of CNF formulas as a by-product of validation of clausal proofs emitted by conflict-driven clause learning SAT solvers. In this paper, we demonstrate that this method for trimming CNF formulas can also benefit state-of-the-art tools for the computation of a Minimal Unsatisfiable Subformula (MUS). Furthermore, we propose a number of techniques that improve the quality of trimming, and demonstrate a significant positive impact on the performance of MUS extractors from the improved trimming.

Authors

• Anton Belov
• Marijn J. H. Heule
• João Marques-Silva 0001

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