Is SP BP?

dc.creatorTu, Ronghui
dc.creatorMao, Yongyi
dc.creatorZhao, Jiying
dc.date2008-01-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:57:15Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:57:15Z
dc.descriptionThe Survey Propagation (SP) algorithm for solving $k$-SAT problems has been shown recently as an instance of the Belief Propagation (BP) algorithm. In this paper, we show that for general constraint-satisfaction problems, SP may not be reducible from BP. We also establish the conditions under which such a reduction is possible. Along our development, we present a unification of the existing SP algorithms in terms of a probabilistically interpretable iterative procedure -- weighted Probabilistic Token Passing.
dc.description77 page double-spaced single-column submitted version to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4571
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4571
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/146892
dc.subjectInformation Theory
dc.titleIs SP BP?
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