Thresholds in random constraint satisfaction problems

Thresholds in random constraint satisfaction problems

Neyman Seminar
Oct 7, 2015, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Nike Sun, MIT
In a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP), we are given a set of $n$ variables subject to $m$ constraints. The computational question is to decide whether there exists a variable assignment satisfying all constraints. Motivated by interest in the "typical" behavior of computationally hard problems, there has been extensive research in models of randomized CSPs. In many such models, experimental...