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.
| ISBN: | 9783540211815 |
| Publication date: | 24th February 2004 |
| Author: | Stefano Bistarelli |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 279 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Genres: |
Algebra Compilers and interpreters Software Engineering Mathematical theory of computation Artificial intelligence Computer programming / software engineering |
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.
Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming features in the following genres: Algebra, Compilers and interpreters, Software Engineering, Mathematical theory of computation, Artificial intelligence, Computer programming / software engineering
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Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming was written by Stefano Bistarelli and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming has 279 pages
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