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Record Nr.

UNISA996466051403316

Autore

Bistarelli Stefano

Titolo

Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming [[electronic resource] /] / by Stefano Bistarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-30701-3

9786610307012

3-540-25925-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2004.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 284 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 2962

Disciplina

005.1/1

Soggetti

Algebra

Programming languages (Electronic computers)

Computer programming

Software engineering

Computer logic

Artificial intelligence

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Programming Techniques

Software Engineering

Logics and Meanings of Programs

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Soft Constraint Satisfaction Problems -- 3. Towards SCSPs Solutions -- 4. SCSP Abstraction -- 5. Higher Order Semiring-Based Constraints -- 6. Soft CLP -- 7. SCLP and Generalized Shortest Path Problems -- 8. Soft Concurrent Constraint Programming -- 9. Interchangeability in Soft CSPs -- 10. SCSPs for Modelling Attacks to Security Protocols -- 11. Conclusions and Directions for Future Work.

Sommario/riassunto

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.