[gecode-users] Multiple separate searches

[Milton Friedman]

Christian Schulte <cschulte at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think there is an important aspect here: the kind of knowledge here is not
> Gecode-specific but is really about how to use constraint programming in
> general. And we have decided that material such as MPG focuses on what is
> specific to Gecode, and rely on general constraint programming knowledge as
> background.
> 
> So I think you are looking for general resources about constraint
> programming. There are some textbooks, a Constraint journal, conferences,
> and so on. I think I would look into this direction.
> 
> Cheers
> Christian
> 
> --
> Christian Schulte, www.ict.kth.se/~cschulte/
> 

Hi Christian,

Fair enough; good distinction.  There's a lot of Constraint Programming 
literature out there, e.g., on applications and on solver design.  I'll dig 
into the application work that seems relevant to Gecode's constraints (the 
kind of info I'm finding useful so far is documents like your 2007 
presentation on channeling constraints [black-hole patience application], 
because it focuses on different options for thinking about solving a problem, 
and how specific constraint types can be used to enable some of those 
options.  I'll search for more like that.

I'll focus in this forum on Gecode-specific questions.

Thanks,
-Milt