Sorting networks: The end game

Michael Codish, Luís Cruz-Filipe, Peter Schneider-Kamp

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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 languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationLanguage and Automata Theory and Applications - 9th International Conference, LATA 2015, Proceedings
EditorsAdrian-Horia Dediu, Carlos Martín-Vide, Enrico Formenti, Bianca Truthe
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages664-675
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783319155784
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015
Event9th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications, LATA 2015 - Nice, France
Duration: 2 Mar 20156 Mar 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8977

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications, LATA 2015
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period2/03/156/03/15

Keywords

  • SAT solving
  • Sorting networks
  • Symmetry breaking

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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