Product Description

The job of the constraint programmer is to use mathematical constraints to model real world constraints and objects. In this book, Kim Marriott and Peter Stuckey provide the first comprehensive introduction to the discipline of constraint programming and, in particular, constraint logic programming. The book covers the necessary background material from artificial intelligence, logic programming, operations research, and mathematical programming. Topics discussed range from constraint-solving techniques to programming methodologies for constraint programming languages. Because there is not yet a universally used syntax for constraint logic programming languages, the authors present the programs in a way that is independent of any existing programming language. Practical exercises cover how to use the book with a number of existing constraint languages.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #498270 in Books
• Published on: 1998-02-26
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.31" h x 8.27" w x 10.29" l, 2.99 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 483 pages

Jonathan Bowen,The Times Higher Education Supplement, February 5, 1999
"Certainly it is a worthy, comprehensive and scholarly contribution that should help open up the field at advanced undergraduate and taught-postgraduate level."

Book Info
Provides the first comprehensive introduction to the discipline of constraint programming and, in particular, constraint logic programming. Text covers material from artificial intelligence, logic programming, operations research, and mathematical programming. DLC: Logic programming.

About the Author
Kim Marriott is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Monash University, Australia. Peter J. Stuckey is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Melbourne.