Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming: 2962 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2962)

Stefano Bistarelli

ISBN 10: 3540211810 / ISBN 13: 9783540211815

Published by Springer, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming: 2962 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2962)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540211810
• ISBN 13: 9783540211815
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2004th.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.49W x 1.7H x 23.5D centimeters 15.49 centimeters width by 1.7 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 476 grams

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Synopsis

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.