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The problem of deciding satisfiability of Boolean combinations of difference constraints is at the core of many important techniques such as planning, scheduling and bounded model checking of real-time systems. Efficient decision procedures for this class of formulas are, therefore, strongly needed. In this paper we present TSAT++, a system implementing a SAT-based decision procedure for this problem, and the techniques implemented in it; in particular, TSAT++ takes full advantage of recent SAT techniques. Comparative experimental results indicate that TSAT++ outperforms its competitors both on randomly generated, hand-made and real world problems.
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Armando, A., Castellini, C., Giunchiglia, E., Maratea, M. (2005). A SAT-Based Decision Procedure for the Boolean Combination of Difference Constraints. In: Hoos, H.H., Mitchell, D.G. (eds) Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing. SAT 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3542. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11527695_2
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