arXiv Machine Learning

Accelerating Floating-Point Satisfiability Solving via Gradient Normalization

GradSAT is a new framework that improves satisfiability solving for Quantifier-Free Floating-Point formulas by treating each SMT clause as an independent multi‑task learning problem. It uses dynamic gradient normalization (GradNorm) to balance gradient magnitudes across clauses, preventing a few difficult clauses from dominating the optimization trajectory. The approach combines a GPU‑accelerated PyTorch backend for continuous relaxation with a precise local search engine, yielding a robust, highly parallelizable solver.

arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 8

ORACLE: Optimizer-Relative Alignment for Constrained LEarning

The paper introduces ORACLE, a method for constrained learning that evaluates constraint compatibility after the optimizer has taken a step, rather than before. ORACLE performs a joint endpoint linearization of diverse constraint families, constructs an alignment in the optimizer’s geometry, bounds its authority, and commits the adjustment only after validation. Experiments on eight PDE benchmarks with four different optimizers show that ORACLE matches or improves performance in 94% of configurations, outperforming other constraint-handling approaches.

By Utkarsh Grover, Wyatt Mackey, Kaixun Hua, J. Morris Chang, Xiaomin Lin
arXiv AI
Jun 8

A Study of Parallel Continuous Local Search

arXiv:2606. 06656v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study parallel Continuous Local Search (CLS) as a solution approach for Boolean satisfiability problems with symmetric pseudo-Boolean (PB) constraints.

By Cody J Christopher, Charles Gretton
arXiv AI
3d ago

MPMMine: Better Benchmarks for Constraint Acquisition

MPMMine introduces a comprehensive benchmark suite for Constraint Acquisition (CA) in Mathematical Programming, addressing shortcomings of existing datasets such as inconsistent formats and limited problem classes. The suite offers standardized, extensible artifacts—including multiple model formulations, numerous parameter instantiations, and thousands of solutions and non‑solutions across discrete, continuous, and mixed domains—alongside natural‑language descriptions for text‑to‑model methods. Accompanying tools, the mpmmine‑py API and an interactive leaderboard, enable consistent evaluation of CA algorithms within isolated containers.

By Rafa{\l} Stachowiak, Tomasz P. Pawlak
arXiv AI
Aug 20

SMTrap: Cost-Effective DoS Attacks Against Large Reasoning Models via SMT Conflict Guidance

The paper introduces SMTrap, a cost‑effective denial‑of‑service attack framework for large reasoning models that does not rely on model feedback or GPU resources. It uses conflict counts from an SMT solver to guide the creation of inference‑heavy constraint satisfaction problem queries, exploiting the models’ backtracking search to induce long output trajectories. Experiments on seven state‑of‑the‑art models show SMTrap achieves DoS effects several times stronger than existing methods, and the authors also present a mitigation tool that reduces token usage.

By Jian Yang, Zhenqi Feng, Zhaoyang Yu, Zhaoxin Fan, Kejian Wu, Xiaofeng Wang, Zheng Zhu, Jianjun Huang, Wei You, Bin Liang