Re: [Caml-list] BDDs in ocaml

["sasha mal" <sasha.mal@excite.com>]

Hi Alain!



Essentially, an intermediate goal is to enhance an existing BDD implementation with several methods (they are needed inside a model-checker). One method should count the exact size of the support of a boolean function. Cudd, for instance, doesn't to this exactly (returns a double). Second, I'd like to implement Cartesian abstraction with respect to blocks of variables. I.e. given a boolean function on variables

x11,...,x1m,x21,...,x2m, ... ,xn1,...,xnm

that represents a subset Y of (2^m)^n

we have to compute the boolean function that represents 

projection_{x11,...,x1m}(Y) x projection_{x21,...,x2m}(Y) x ... x projection_{xn1,...,xnm}(Y). 

A most simple BDD representation with best asymptotic times would be good to start with. Variable reordering, for instance, is of no use; ever sharing among different BDDs on the same computer is an obstacle.





Best regards

Sasha.







 --- On Fri 03/14, Alain Frisch < alain@frisch.fr > wrote:

From: Alain Frisch [mailto: alain@frisch.fr]

To: sasha.mal@excite.com

     Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr

Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:38:41 +0100

Subject: Re: [Caml-list] BDDs in ocaml



sasha mal wrote:> I wonder whether anyone has a BDD (binary decision diagram)> implementation in ocaml. Ocaml interfaces to external BDD> implementations in other languages (like Cudd) are of no use to me.I've seen many implementation of BDDs in OCaml, but none of them implements automatic reordering of variables (which is by far the most complex part of serious BDD packages). For some applications, this is really a must. Why is it impossible for you to use to an external BDD implementation?-- Alain

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