First six-monthly periodic report
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| Sixth Annual Workshop of
the ERCIM Working Group on Constraints Prague, The Czech Republic, 18-20. June, 18-20, 2001 By József Váncza (MTA SZTAKI) The workshop was organised by the ERCIM Working Group on Constraints, as an annual meeting of the WG members. Its themes centred on constraint solving techniques, as well as modelling and solving real-life problems by using constraint programming technology. The workshop was open; the 25 or so participants represented European research institutes (one participant arrived from Chile). The 3-day- program (see enclosure) consisted of invited and technical talks. Invited talks were delivered by acknowledged experts representing both the theory and application-oriented aspects of constraint solving and programming.
Key issues tackled by the technical papers were efficient constraint propagation techniques, dynamic CSP problems, the decomposition of constraint-based models, hybrid approaches integrating constraint and mathematical programming, and so-called soft constraints. The talks were followed by lively, informal discussions. All save the invited papers have been published in a printed Proceedings. Most of the papers presented at the workshop are available at: http://www.cwi.nl/ERCIM/WG/Constraints/prag-papers.html,, as well as in the Computing Research Repository (CoRR). Just before the workshop, our research group at MTA SZTAKI was elected a member of the ERCIM WG on Constraints. We have developed a generic model and solution techniques for manufacturing process planning by using constraint programming technology. Recently, we have turned our attention also to large-scale scheduling. Our problems are typically over-constrained, with complex systems of constraints and multiple optimization criteria. The WG provided a lot of impetus, new scientific contacts and valuable ideas to continue our research. Herewith, I would like to thank for the support that made my participation at the Sixth Workshop of the ERCIM Working Group on Constraints possible. Budapest, 16. July, 2001 Dr. József Váncza Enlc.: Programme of the Workshop Yüklə 321,38 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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