The Complexity of Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problems

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作者
Bodirsky, Manuel [1 ]
Kara, Jan [1 ]
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[1] Ecole Polytech, Lab Informat LIX, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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Constraint satisfaction; Temporal reasoning; Complexity;
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TP301 [理论、方法];
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081202 ;
摘要
A temporal constraint language is a set of relations that has a first-order definition in (Q, <), the dense linear order of the rational numbers. We present a complete complexity classification of the constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) for temporal constraint languages: if the constraint language is contained in one out of nine temporal constraint languages, then the CSP can be solved in polynomial time; otherwise, the CSP is NP-complete. Our proof combines model-theoretic concepts with techniques from universal algebra, and also applies the so-called product Ramsey theorem, which we believe will be useful in similar contexts of constraint satisfaction complexity classification.
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页码:29 / 38
页数:10
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