Non-Linear Real Arithmetic Benchmarks Derived from Automated Reasoning in Economics

14 Pages Posted: 14 May 2018 Last revised: 21 Sep 2024

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Casey B. Mulligan

University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Russell Bradford

University of Bath

James H. Davenport

University of Bath - School of Mathematical Sciences

Matthew England

Coventry University

Zak Tonks

University of Bath

Date Written: May 2018

Abstract

We consider problems originating in economics that may be solved automatically using mathematical software. We present and make freely available a new benchmark set of such problems. The problems have been shown to fall within the framework of non-linear real arithmetic, and so are in theory soluble via Quantifier Elimination (QE) technology as usually implemented in computer algebra systems. Further, they all can be phrased in prenex normal form with only existential quantifiers and so are also admissible to those Satisfiability Module Theory (SMT) solvers that support the QF_NRA logic. There is a great body of work considering QE and SMT application in science and engineering, but we demonstrate here that there is potential for this technology also in the social sciences.

Suggested Citation

Mulligan, Casey B. and Bradford, Russell and Davenport, James H. and England, Matthew and Tonks, Zak, Non-Linear Real Arithmetic Benchmarks Derived from Automated Reasoning in Economics (May 2018). NBER Working Paper No. w24602, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3177959

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Russell Bradford

University of Bath

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James H. Davenport

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Matthew England

Coventry University

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Zak Tonks

University of Bath

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