[en] A parametric représentation of the solutions to a consistent quadratic boolean equation in n variables is obtained. Each variable (or its complement) is expressed as a product of free boolean parameters or their complements. These expressions provide a complete description of the solution set of the equation. An O (n^3) algorithm is proposed to produce such a representation. An application to the maximization of some classes of pseudoboolean functions is discussed.
Disciplines :
Mathematics
Author, co-author :
Crama, Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > Recherche opérationnelle et gestion de la production
Hammer, Peter L.
Jaumard, Brigitte
Simeone, Bruno
Language :
English
Title :
Product form parametric representation of the solutions to a quadratic boolean equation