# New Results on Monotone Dualization and Generating Hypergraph Transversals

```@article{Eiter2003NewRO,
title={New Results on Monotone Dualization and Generating Hypergraph Transversals},
author={Thomas Eiter and G. Gottlob and K. Makino},
journal={SIAM J. Comput.},
year={2003},
volume={32},
pages={514-537}
}```
• Published 2003
• Mathematics, Computer Science
• SIAM J. Comput.
We consider the problem of dualizing a monotone CNF (equivalently, computing all minimal transversals of a hypergraph) whose associated decision problem is a prominent open problem in NP-completeness. We present a number of new polynomial time, respectively, output-polynomial time results for significant cases, which largely advance the tractability frontier and improve on previous results. Furthermore, we show that duality of two monotone CNFs can be disproved with limited nondeterminism. More… Expand

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