Heuristics used by search algorithms are usually composed of more primitive functions which we call "features". A method for combining features is presented which is bas...
Potentially, the advantages of marker-passing over local connectionist techniques for associa tive inference are (1) the ability to differen tiate variable bindings, and (2) r...
Abstract Nowadays many real problems can be modelled as Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). A search algorithm for constraint programming requires an order in which variables ...
Covering arrays can be applied to the testing of software, hardware and advanced materials, and to the effects of hormone interaction on gene expression. In this paper we develop c...
Brahim Hnich, Steven David Prestwich, Evgeny Selen...
We study the “inter-distance constraint”, also known as the global minimum distance constraint, that ensures that the distance between any pair of variables is at least equal ...