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Title: | Applying Ad-hoc global constraints with the case constraint to still-life | Authors: | Cheng, K.C.K. Yap, R.H.C. |
Keywords: | Ad-hoc constraint Binary decision diagram Modeling Non-binary constraint Still-life problem |
Issue Date: | 2006 | Citation: | Cheng, K.C.K., Yap, R.H.C. (2006). Applying Ad-hoc global constraints with the case constraint to still-life. Constraints 11 (2-3) : 91-114. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10601-006-8058-9 | Abstract: | The Still-Life problem is challenging for CP techniques because the basic constraints of the game of Life are loose and give poor propagation for Still-Life. In this paper, we show how ad hoc global case constraints can be customized to construct various models to provide much stronger propagation with CP solvers. Since we use custom ad hoc constraints of high arity where the number of tuples to define the constraint are large, the actual constraint representation becomes important to avoid excessive space consumption. We demonstrate how to use BDDs to construct good representations for the case constraint which is critical for efficiency. Our results seem comparable to hybrid CP/IP models even though we are only using propagation albeit on ad hoc global constraints. This paper shows an extensive example of how to systematically build models using different kinds of ad hoc constraints. It also demonstrates the solving potential of ad hoc global constraints. © Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2006. | Source Title: | Constraints | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/42197 | ISSN: | 13837133 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10601-006-8058-9 |
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