diff --git a/src/lib/clpb.pl b/src/lib/clpb.pl
index 75a382827..f41e2100b 100644
--- a/src/lib/clpb.pl
+++ b/src/lib/clpb.pl
@@ -1276,13 +1276,18 @@
         maplist(var_with_index, Vars, IVs),
         pairs_keys_values(Pairs0, IVs, Ws),
         keysort(Pairs0, Pairs1),
-        pairs_keys_values(Pairs1, IVs1, WeightsIndexOrder),
+        % sum linear combinations of repeated variables
+        group_pairs_by_key(Pairs1, Groups),
+        maplist(group_sumweights_pair, Groups, Pairs2),
+        pairs_keys_values(Pairs2, IVs1, WeightsIndexOrder),
         pairs_values(IVs1, VarsIndexOrder),
         % Pairs is a list of Var-Weight terms, in index order of Vars
         pairs_keys_values(Pairs, VarsIndexOrder, WeightsIndexOrder),
         bdd_maximum(BDD, Pairs, Max),
         max_labeling(BDD, Pairs).
 
+group_sumweights_pair((I-V)-Ws, (I-V)-W) :- sum_list(Ws, W).
+
 max_labeling(1, Pairs) :- max_upto(Pairs, _, _).
 max_labeling(node(_,Var,Low,High,Aux), Pairs0) :-
         max_upto(Pairs0, Var, Pairs),
@@ -1517,8 +1522,8 @@
 pairs_([B|Bs], A) --> [A-B], pairs_(Bs, A).
 
 /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-   Set the Prolog flag clpb_residuals to bdd to obtain the BDD nodes
-   as residuals. Note that they cannot be used as regular goals.
+   Assert clpb:clpb_residuals(bdd) to obtain the BDD nodes as
+   residuals. Note that they cannot be used as regular goals.
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */
 
 nodes([]) --> [].
diff --git a/src/lib/format.pl b/src/lib/format.pl
index 823c700ca..d873f2cc3 100644
--- a/src/lib/format.pl
+++ b/src/lib/format.pl
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
    available space is distributed.
 
    newline is used if ~n occurs in a format string.
-   It is is used because a newline character does not
+   It is used because a newline character does not
    consume whitespace in the sense of format strings.
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */