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Let abcda⪯b⪯c⪯d be the variable ordering.
ϕ=ϕ= a&!b&!c&!d|b&!a&!c&!d|c&d|c&!d|d&!a&!c

b) X={c,d} is the set of quantified variables. Compute the ROBDD of the existential quantification formula X.¬ϕ using the Exists algorithm, and convert the result to Shannon normal form

Question: Could you explain how to get the ROBDD for {c,d} ?

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Your question does not make sense. {c,d} is a set of variables, and we can only compute ROBDDs for propositional formulas. The task is to compute the existential quantification over the variables c,d on the formula ¬ϕ. With the variable ordering given, this is straightforward, since the variables c,d appear topmost. Thus, we just have to compute the BDD for ¬ϕ and then make a cut between variables {c,d} and {a,b} which gives us some (at most four) BDDs on variables  {a,b}. We then have to compute the disjunction of these BDDs.

The BDD is as follows: 

The cut mentioned above yields the three formulas false, a, a<->b so that the result would be the disjunction of these formulas. The Shannon normal form would then by (b?a:1). 

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