Sorting Networks: The End Game

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Abstract

This paper studies properties of the back end of a sorting network and illustrates the utility of these in the search for networks of optimal size or depth. All previous works focus on properties of the front end of networks and on how to apply these to break symmetries in the search. The new properties help shed understanding on how sorting networks sort and speed-up solvers for both optimal size and depth by an order of magnitude.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA 2015)
EditorsAdrian-Horia Dediu, Carlos Martín-Vide, Enrico Formenti, Bianca Truthe
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2015
Pages664-675
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-15578-4
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-15579-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event9th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications - Nice, France
Duration: 2. Mar 20156. Mar 2015

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period02/03/201506/03/2015
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume8977
ISSN0302-9743

Keywords

  • SAT solving
  • Sorting networks
  • Symmetry breaking

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