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International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing

SAT 2016: Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing – SAT 2016 pp 302–320Cite as

Synthesis of Domain Specific CNF Encoders for Bit-Vector Solvers

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The theory of bit-vectors in SMT solvers is very important for many applications due to its ability to faithfully model the behavior of machine instructions. A crucial step in solving bit-vector formulas is the translation from high-level bit-vector terms down to low-level boolean formulas that can be efficiently mapped to CNF clauses and fed into a SAT solver. In this paper, we demonstrate how a combination of program synthesis and machine learning technology can be used to automatically generate code to perform this translation in a way that is tailored to particular problem domains. Using this technique, the paper shows that we can improve upon the basic encoding strategy used by CVC4 (a state of the art SMT solver) and automatically generate variants of the solver tailored to different domains of problems represented in the bit-vector benchmark suite from SMT-COMP 2015.

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This research was partially supported by NSF award #1139056 (ExCAPE) and by DARPA MUSE award #FA8750-14-2-0270.

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Inala, J.P., Singh, R., Solar-Lezama, A. (2016). Synthesis of Domain Specific CNF Encoders for Bit-Vector Solvers. In: Creignou, N., Le Berre, D. (eds) Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing – SAT 2016. SAT 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9710. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40970-2_19

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