Constraint Processing (Hardback)

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LIKE NEW: The book is in like-new condition, meaning that it appears to have never been used: its binding is tight, its covers are straight, and its pages are clean. This book is printed on acid-free paper.

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From the back cover: "Constraint satisfaction is a simple but powerful tool for processing information by computers. By specifying the impossible and letting automatic procedures identify the possible, constraints allow us to express information in its natural conceptual form, free of procedural considerations. The field of constraint reasoning has matured over the last three decades, benefiting from contributions from a diverse community of researchers in artificial intelligence, database and programming languages, operations research, management science, and applied mathematics. Today, constraint programs are used in model cognitive tasks in vision, language comprehension, default reasoning, diagnosis, scheduling, temporal and spacial reasoning.

"In Constraint Processing, Rina Dechter synthesizes these contributions, along with her own, to provide the first comprehensive examination of the theory that underlies constraint processing algorithms. Throughout the book she focuses on fundamental tools and principles, emphasizing the representation and analysis of algorithm.

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BRIEF CONTENTS

Each chapter contains several detailed sections, plus a Summary, Bibliographical Notes, and Exercises.