The expressive power of valued constraints: Hierarchies and collapses

In this paper, we investigate the ways in which a fixed collection of valued constraints can be combined to express other valued constraints. We show that in some cases, a large class of valued constraints, of all possible arities, can be expressed by using valued constraints over the same domain of...

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Autores principales: Cohen, D, Jeavons, P, Živný, S
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2008