The Complexity of Network Satisfaction Problems for Symmetric Relation Algebras with a Flexible Atom

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Abstract

Robin Hirsch posed in 1996 the Really Big Complexity Problem: classify the computational complexity of the network satisfaction problem for all finite relation algebras A. We provide a complete classification for the case that A is symmetric and has a exible atom; in this case, the problem is NP-complete or in P. The classification task can be reduced to the case where A is integral. If a finite integral relation algebra has a exible atom, then it has a normal representation B. We can then study the computational complexity of the network satisfaction problem of A using the universal-algebraic approach, via an analysis of the polymorphisms of B. We also use a Ramsey-type result of Nešetřil and Rödl and a complexity dichotomy result of Bulatov for conservative finite-domain constraint satisfaction problems.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1701-1744
Number of pages44
JournalJ. Artif. Intell. Res.
Volume75
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85148429779
ORCID /0000-0001-8228-3611/work/142241231

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