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Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP '95

Author : Ugo Montanari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540602992

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Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP '95 by Ugo Montanari Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, CP '95, held in Cassis near Marseille, France in September 1995. The 33 refereed full papers included were selected out of 108 submissions and constitute the main part of the book; in addition there is a 60-page documentation of the four invited papers and a section presenting industrial reports. Thus besides having a very strong research component, the volume will be attractive for practitioners. The papers are organized in sections on efficient constraint handling, constraint logic programming, concurrent constraint programming, computational logic, applications, and operations research.

Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming

Author : Stefano Bistarelli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783540259251

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Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming by Stefano Bistarelli Pdf

Constraint satisfaction and constraint programming have shown to be very simple but powerful ideas, with applications in various areas. Still, in the last ten years, the simple notion of constraints has shown some deficiencies concerning both theory and practice, typically in the way over-constrained problems and preferences are treated. For this reason, the notion of soft constraints has been introduced with semiring-based soft constraints and valued constraints being the two main general frameworks. This book includes formal definitions and properties of semiring-based soft constraints, as well as their use within constraint logic programming and concurrent constraint programming. Moreover, the author shows how to adapt existing notions and techniques such as abstraction and interchangeability to the soft constraint framework and it is demonstrated how soft constraints can be used in some application areas, such as security. Overall, this book is a great starting point for anyone interested in understanding the basics of semiring-based soft constraints.

Multiparadigm Constraint Programming Languages

Author : Petra Hofstedt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642173301

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Multiparadigm Constraint Programming Languages by Petra Hofstedt Pdf

Programming languages are often classified according to their paradigms, e.g. imperative, functional, logic, constraint-based, object-oriented, or aspect-oriented. A paradigm characterizes the style, concepts, and methods of the language for describing situations and processes and for solving problems, and each paradigm serves best for programming in particular application areas. Real-world problems, however, are often best implemented by a combination of concepts from different paradigms, because they comprise aspects from several realms, and this combination is more comfortably realized using multiparadigm programming languages. This book deals with the theory and practice of multiparadigm constraint programming languages. The author first elaborates on programming paradigms and languages, constraints, and the merging of programming concepts which yields multiparadigm (constraint) programming languages. In the second part the author inspects two concrete approaches on multiparadigm constraint programming – the concurrent constraint functional language CCFL, which combines the functional and the constraint-based paradigms and allows the description of concurrent processes; and a general framework for multiparadigm constraint programming and its implementation, Meta-S. The book is appropriate for researchers and graduate students in the areas of programming and artificial intelligence.

Constraint Processing

Author : Manfred Meyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995-06-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540594795

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This volume contains 15 thoroughly refereed full research papers selected from the presentations given during two workshops on constraint processing; these workshops were held in conjunction with the International Congress on Computer Systems and Applied Mathematics (St. Petersburg, Russia, July 1993) and the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 1994). This volume essentially contributes to integrating the different approaches to the young and very active field of constraint processing by offering papers from logic programming, knowledge representation, expert systems, theoretical computer science, operations research, and other fields. Among contributions are two surveys, by Podelski and van Roy and by Freuder.

Abstract Domains in Constraint Programming

Author : Marie Pelleau
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780081004647

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Abstract Domains in Constraint Programming by Marie Pelleau Pdf

Constraint Programming aims at solving hard combinatorial problems, with a computation time increasing in practice exponentially. The methods are today efficient enough to solve large industrial problems, in a generic framework. However, solvers are dedicated to a single variable type: integer or real. Solving mixed problems relies on ad hoc transformations. In another field, Abstract Interpretation offers tools to prove program properties, by studying an abstraction of their concrete semantics, that is, the set of possible values of the variables during an execution. Various representations for these abstractions have been proposed. They are called abstract domains. Abstract domains can mix any type of variables, and even represent relations between the variables. In this work, we define abstract domains for Constraint Programming, so as to build a generic solving method, dealing with both integer and real variables. We also study the octagons abstract domain, already defined in Abstract Interpretation. Guiding the search by the octagonal relations, we obtain good results on a continuous benchmark. We also define our solving method using Abstract Interpretation techniques, in order to include existing abstract domains. Our solver, AbSolute, is able to solve mixed problems and use relational domains. Exploits the over-approximation methods to integrate AI tools in the methods of CP Exploits the relationships captured to solve continuous problems more effectively Learn from the developers of a solver capable of handling practically all abstract domains

Principles and Practice of Constraint Programing-CP 2013

Author : Christian Schulte
Publisher : Springer
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642406270

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Principles and Practice of Constraint Programing-CP 2013 by Christian Schulte Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2013), held in Uppsala, Sweden, in September 2013. The 61 revised papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully selected from 138 submissions. The scope of the conference is on all aspects of computing with constraints, including: theory, algorithms, environments, languages, models and systems, applications such as decision making, resource allocation, and agreement technologies.

Constraint Programming

Author : Brian Mayoh,Enn Tyugu,Jaan Penjam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642859830

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Constraint Programming by Brian Mayoh,Enn Tyugu,Jaan Penjam Pdf

Constraint programming is like an octopus spreading its tentacles into databases, operations research, artificial intelligence, and many other areas. The concept of constraint programming was introduced in artificial intelligence and graphics in the 1960s and 1970s. Now the related techniques are used and studied in many fields of computing. Different aspects of constraint processing are investigated in theoretical computer science, logic programming, knowledge representation, operations research, and related application domains. Constraint programming has been included in the lists of related topics of many conferences. Nevertheless, only in 1993 were the first forums held, devoted as a whole to this field of knowledge. These were the First Workshop on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (PPCP'93) which was held in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, April 28-30, the International Workshop on Constraint Processing (at CSAM'93) held in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 20-21, and the NATO Advanced Study Institute (NATO AS!) on Constraint Programming held in Parnu, Estonia, August 13-24. NATO A Sis are aimed to be schools bringing together leading researchers and practitioners from industry and academia in some area of knowledge to provide a concise picture of the work done and results obtained by different groups. This is intended for dissemination of advanced knowledge not yet taught regularly in of new topics university. However, ASis must also encourage the introduction into university curricula as well as foster international scientific contacts.

Constraint Databases and Applications

Author : Bart Kuijpers,Peter Revesz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540259541

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Constraint Databases and Applications by Bart Kuijpers,Peter Revesz Pdf

The ?rst International Symposium on the Applications of Constraint Databases (CDB2004) took place in Paris, France, on June 12–13, 2004, just before the ACM SIGMOD and PODS conferences. Since the publication of the paper “Constraint Query Languages” by Kan- lakis, Kuper and Revesz in 1990, the last decade has seen a growing interest in constraint database theory, query evaluation, and applications, re?ected in a variety of conferences, journals, and books. Constraint databases have proven to be extremely ?exible and adoptable in environments that relational database systems cannot serve well, such as geographic information systems and bioinf- matics. This symposium brought together people from several diverse areas all c- tributing to the practice and the application of constraint databases. It was a continuation and extension of previous workshops held in Friedrichshafen, G- many (1995), Cambridge, USA (1996), Delphi, Greece (1997), and Seattle, USA (1998) as well as of the work in the comprehensive volume “Constraint Data- ses” edited by G. Kuper, L. Libkin and J. Paredaens (2000) and the textbook “Introduction to Constraint Databases” by P. Revesz (2002). The aim of the symposium was to open new and future directions in c- straint database research; to address constraints over domains other than the reals; to contribute to a better implementation of constraint database systems, in particular of query evaluation; to address e?cient quanti?er elimination; and to describe applications of constraint databases.

Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming

Author : Vijay Saraswat,Pascal Van Hentenryck
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262193612

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Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming by Vijay Saraswat,Pascal Van Hentenryck Pdf

Constraint programming aims at supporting a wide range of complex applications, which are often modeled naturally in terms of constraints. Early work, in the 1960s and 1970s, made use of constraints in computer graphics, user interfaces, and artificial intelligence. Such work introduced a declarative component in otherwise-procedural systems to reduce the development effort.

Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research

Author : Louis-Martin Rousseau,Kostas Stergiou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030192129

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Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research by Louis-Martin Rousseau,Kostas Stergiou Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research, CPAIOR 2019, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2019. The 34 full papers presented together with 9 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. The conference brings together interested researchers from Constraint Programming (CP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Operations Research (OR) to present new techniques or applications and to provide an opportunity for researchers in one area to learn about techniques in the others. A main objective of this conference series is also to give these researchers the opportunity to show how the integration of techniques from different fields can lead to interesting results on large and complex problems.

Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming

Author : Helmut Simonis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319070469

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Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming by Helmut Simonis Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) Techniques in Constraint Programming, CPAIOR 2014, held in Cork, Ireland, in May 2014. The 33 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The papers focus on constraint programming and global constraints; scheduling modelling; encodings and SAT logistics; MIP; CSP and complexity; parallelism and search; and data mining and machine learning.

Creativity from Constraints

Author : Patricia D. Stokes, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780826197856

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Creativity from Constraints by Patricia D. Stokes, PhD Pdf

In this exciting new contribution to the study of creativity, psychologist, artist, and writer Dr. Patricia Stokes delves into the minds of famous creative artists and discovers the surprising source leading to their creative breakthroughs. From Picasso to Stravinsky, Kundera and Chanel to Frank Lloyd Wright, it is not boundary-less creative freedom that inspires new ideas, but self-imposed, well-considered constraints. Monet forced himself to repeatedly paint the way light broke on, between, and around his subjects, contrasting color instead of light and dark, and softening edges in the process. His constraints catapulted the art world from representational to impressionist art. Whatever your creative field--be you an artist, educator, or psychologist who studies creativity and problem solving--Stokes shows you how to think clearly about your creative development and design the vital constraints that will take you to breakthrough.

Constraint Handling Rules - Compilation, Execution, and Analysis

Author : Thom Frühwirth,Frank Raiser
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783746069050

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Constraint Handling Rules - Compilation, Execution, and Analysis by Thom Frühwirth,Frank Raiser Pdf

Constraint Handling Rules (CHR) is both a theoretical formalism and a practical programming language. This book provides an overview of CHR research based on a reviewed selection of doctoral theses. After a basic introduction to CHR, the book presents results from three different areas of CHR research: compilation and optimization, execution strategies, and program analysis. The chapters offer in-depth treatises of selected subjects, supported by a wealth of examples. The book is ideal for master students, lecturers, and researchers.

Advanced Building Materials and Sustainable Architecture

Author : Yong Bo Shao,Shu Guang Hao,Yu Ping Luo,Ji Bo Xing,Zhi Yong Liu
Publisher : Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Page : 3914 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783038138372

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Advanced Building Materials and Sustainable Architecture by Yong Bo Shao,Shu Guang Hao,Yu Ping Luo,Ji Bo Xing,Zhi Yong Liu Pdf

The present volumes comprise papers which will provide comprehensive information on the topics of Traditional Building Materials; Advanced Building Materials; Architectural Design, Architectural Art and its Theory; Building Technology and Science; Urban Planning and Design; Landscape Planning and Design; Construction Project Management; Architectural Environment and Equipment Engineering; Ecological Architecture; Engineering Management and Engineering Education; Monitoring and Control of Quality Engineering; Sustainable City and Regional Development. The work’s up-to-date and state-of-the art coverage of the worldwide state of these fields make it an invaluable resource.

Functional and Constraint Logic Programming

Author : Santiago Escobar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642119996

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Functional and Constraint Logic Programming by Santiago Escobar Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Functional and Constraint Logic Programming, WFLP 2009, held in Brasilia, Brazil, in June 2009 as part of RDP 2009, the Federated Conference on Rewriting, Deduction, and Programming. The 9 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 initial workshop contributions. The papers cover current research in all areas of functional and constraint logic programming including typical areas of interest, such as foundational issues, language design, implementation, transformation and analysis, software engineering, integration of paradigms, and applications.