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LO8 M
AXIMUM
W
EIGHTED
S
ATISFIABILITY
WITH
B
OUND
I
NSTANCE
: Set
U
of variables, boolean expression
F
over
U
, a nonnegative bound
, for each variable
a weight
such that
.
S
OLUTION
: A truth assignment for
U
, i.e., a subset
such that the variables in
U'
are set to true and the variables in
U-U'
are set to false.
M
EASURE
:
if the truth assignment satisfies the boolean expression
F
and
B
otherwise.
Good News:
Approximable within 2 [
86
].
Bad News:
A
PX
-complete [
86
].
Comment:
Variation in which
is PTAS-complete [
86
].
Viggo Kann
Mon Apr 21 13:07:14 MET DST 1997