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Developing constraint solvers which are key requisites of constraint programming languages is time consuming and difficult. In this paper, we propose a generic algorithm that symbolically constructs rule-based solvers from the intensional definition of the constraint. Unlike the well-established “generate and test” approach, our symbolic construction approach is capable of generating recursive rules from a recursive constraint definition. Combining the two approaches gives better filtering capabilities than either of the approaches acting alone.
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Sobhi, I., Abdennadher, S., Betz, H. (2008). Constructing Rule-Based Solvers for Intentionally-Defined Constraints. In: Schrijvers, T., Frühwirth, T. (eds) Constraint Handling Rules. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5388. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92243-8_4
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