Suppose I have a CNF expression with variables (a,b,c,d,e,f,g). How would I go about using a SAT solver to find an assignment for (d,e,f) given that {a,b,c,g} = {1,0,0,1} and {a,b,c,g} = {1,1,1,1}? If it was one assumption, calling a sat solver to find assignments for {d,e,f} would be straight-forward (E.g., by adding unit clauses to the CNF). But what if I have multiple assumptions? Is this possible?
Here are the steps for what (I think) harold was trying to describe to you. You have some CNF formula F over the variables a, b, c, d, e, f and g.
The solver will find a satisfying assignment consistent with both (a,b,c,g)'s and (aa,bb,cc,gg)'s preset values.