One of the critical problems in the call center industries is the staffing problem since they must face variable demands and because staff costs represent a major part of the cost...
A search algorithm based on non-binary forward checking (nFC) is used to solve the car-sequencing problem. The choice of value ordering heuristics having a dramatic effect on solu...
Abstract. Multi-Point Constructive Search maintains a small set of “elite solutions” that are used to heuristically guide constructive search through periodically restarting se...
Classical methods for solving numerical CSPs are based on a branch and prune algorithm, a dichotomic enumeration process interleaved with a consistency filtering algorithm. In man...
Abstract. We present a new generic problem solving approach for overconstrained problems based on Max-SAT. We first define a clausal form formalism that deals with blocks of clau...
This paper presents a technique for learning parameterized implied constraints. They can be added to a model to improve the solving process. Experiments on implied Gcc constraints ...
Abstract. The sub-optimality approximation problem considers an optimization problem O, its optimal solution σ∗ , and a variable x with domain {d1, . . . , dm} and returns appro...