Theory of Computing ------------------- Title : Complete Convergence of Message Passing Algorithms for Some Satisfiability Problems Authors : Uriel Feige, Elchanan Mossel, and Dan Vilenchik Volume : 9 Number : 19 Pages : 617-651 URL : https://theoryofcomputing.org/articles/v009a019 Abstract -------- In this paper we analyze the performance of _Warning Propagation_, a popular message passing algorithm. We show that for 3CNF formulas drawn from a certain distribution over random satisfiable 3CNF formulas, commonly referred to as the planted- assignment distribution, running _Warning Propagation_ in the standard way (run message passing until convergence, simplify the formula according to the resulting assignment, and satisfy the remaining subformula, if necessary, using a simple "off the shelf" heuristic) works when the clause-variable ratio is a sufficiently large constant. We are not aware of previous rigorous analysis showing the effectiveness of message passing algorithms for satisfiability instances. An extended abstract of this paper appeared in the Proceedings of RANDOM 2006.