Patents Assigned to Abdus Saleam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
  • Method and apparatus for resolution of problems using constrained discrete variables
    Patent number: 7036720
    Abstract: Calculator based resolution method and device for an optimization problem of the physical real world, the problem being modeled with constrained discrete variables, the variables having a referenced set of possible states. The method comprising, a survey propagation step and a survey induced decimation step to provide a simplified problem, until all variables are either assigned or are unpolarized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Paris Sud (Paris XI), Abdus Saleam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
    Inventors: Marc Mezard, Riccardo Zecchina