Principles of Constraint Programming by Krzysztof Apt (PDF)

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Constraints are everywhere: most computational problems can be described in terms of restrictions imposed on the set of possible solutions, and constraint programming is a problem-solving technique that works by incorporating those restrictions in a programming environment. It draws on methods from combinatorial optimisation and artificial intelligence, and has been successfully applied in a number of fields from scheduling, computational biology, finance, electrical engineering and operations research through to numerical analysis. This textbook for upper-division students provides a thorough and structured account of the main aspects of constraint programming. The author provides many worked examples that illustrate the usefulness and versatility of this approach to programming, as well as many exercises throughout the book that illustrate techniques, test skills and extend the text. Pointers to current research, extensive historical and bibliographic notes, and a comprehensive list of references will also be valuable to professionals in computer science and artificial intelligence.

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⭐The book is the outcome of research results by the author. The author’s proof theroetic approach to different concepts and constraint solvers in this field is particular attractive and well presented in the book. This framework unifies a whole lot of concepts and approaches in the field of constraint programming.ALL the materials are well articulated and presented. As a newcomer to the field, I could understand all of the concepts step by step (but in a slow manner because you have to think and digest).Why I did not give 5 stars to the book because there is no practical sessions for me to try out different algorithms. But the same author has written another book on using Eclipse (a freeware) to do the constraint programming. If two books can be integrated togather, this will be the best.

⭐I’d avoid this book. It explains the material poorly and seems largely obsessed with its own notation. If you want to learn about constraint processing, the best books I’ve seen are Dechter’s introduction and the handbook edited by Rossi et. al. Those two will take you all the way to the research literature.

⭐他の著書と違ってLogic Programmingではないですが、Constraint Programmingの世界を堪能できます。論理学の基本が分かっていないと一歩も先へ進む事ができません。決して入門書ではないので注意しましょう。CPの言語処理系を自分で作る人、研究用の本です。

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