Dear list members, A new version of the QCA package is now on CRAN. The QCA package implements the Quine-McCluskey algorithm for boolean minimizations, according to the Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Along with the additional improvements in version 0.3-1 (soon to be released on CRAN), this code is about 100 times faster than the previous "major" release (0.2-6). It can now reasonably work with 11 binary variables, finding a complete (and exact) solution in less than 2 minutes. This dramatic increase in speed is due to using a mathematical reduction instead of an algorithmic one. This approach openes the way for _exact_ multi-value minimizations, and an even better (and faster) approach is searched for the future versions. Best, Adrian
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