A SIMPLE PARALLEL ALGORITHM FOR FINDING A SATISFYING TRUTH ASSIGNMENT TO A 2-CNF FORMULA

被引:13
作者
COOK, SA
LUBY, M
机构
[1] Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Can, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Can
关键词
COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIGITAL - Parallel Processing;
D O I
10.1016/0020-0190(88)90069-5
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
We show that the problem of finding a truth assignment which satisfies a 2-CNF formula can be solved in O(log n) time on a concurrent-read concurrent-write parallel random access machine (CRCW PRAM) with O(n**4) processors, where n is the number of variables in the formula.
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页码:141 / 145
页数:5
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