Search engines
[Programming models]

Classes
class	Gecode::Search::Statistics
	Search engine statistics More...
class	Gecode::Search::Options
	Search engine options More...
class	Gecode::DFS< T >
	Depth-first search engine. More...
class	Gecode::BAB< T >
	Depth-first branch-and-bound search engine. More...
class	Gecode::RBS< E, T >
	Meta-engine performing restart-based search. More...
Namespaces
namespace	Gecode::Search::Config
	Search configuration
Modules
	Stop-objects for stopping search
Functions
template<class T >
T *	Gecode::bab (T *s, const Search::Options &o=Search::Options::def)
	Perform depth-first branch-and-bound search for subclass T of space s and options o.
template<template< class > class E, class T >
T *	Gecode::rbs (T *s, const Search::Options &o)
	Perform restart-based search.

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Detailed Description

Defines search engines. All search engines support recomputation. The behaviour of recomputation is controlled by a passing a search option object (see the class Gecode::Search::Options).

Requires

 #include <gecode/search.hh> 

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Function Documentation

template<class T >

T * Gecode::bab	(	T *	s,
		const Search::Options &	o = Search::Options::def
	)			[inline]

Perform depth-first branch-and-bound search for subclass T of space s and options o.

Additionally, s must implement a member function

 virtual void constrain(const T& t) 

Whenever exploration requires to add a constraint to the space c currently being explored, the engine executes c.constrain(t) where t is the so-far best solution.

template<template< class > class E, class T >

T * Gecode::rbs	(	T *	s,
		const Search::Options &	o
	)			[inline]

Perform restart-based search.

The engine uses the Cutoff sequence supplied in the options o to periodically restart the search of an engine of type E.

The class T can implement member functions

 virtual void master(unsigned long int i, const Space* s) 

and

 virtual void slave(unsigned long int i, const Space* s) 

Whenever exploration restarts or a solution is found, the engine executes the functions on the master and slave space. For more details, consult "Modeling and Programming with Gecode".