Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quantifier elimination by dependency sequents
- Patent Title (中): 依赖顺序消除量词
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Application No.: US13341564Application Date: 2011-12-30
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Publication No.: US08438513B1Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Evgueni I. Goldberg , Panagiotis Manolios
- Applicant: Evgueni I. Goldberg , Panagiotis Manolios
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: Northeastern University
- Current Assignee: Northeastern University
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
A new method is presented for eliminating existential quantifiers from a Boolean CNF (Conjunctive Normal Form) formula. This new method designs circuits by solving a quantifier elimination problem (QEP) by using derivation of dependency sequents (DDS). This new method begins with a first quantified conjunctive normal form formula, determines dependency sequents for the left branch and the right branch of a branching variable, resolves dependency sequents derived in both branches, and designs a circuit using a current formula having less variables than the first quantified conjunctive normal formula. Utility of this method includes verification, in particular, determining reachability of a state of a design.
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