Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: First International Conference, CPAIOR 2004, Nice, France, April 20-22, 2004, Proceedings / Edition 1

by Jean-Charles Rïgin, Michel Rueher

Overview

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, CPAIOR 2004, held in Nice, France in April 2004. The 23 revised full papers and 7 revised short papers presented together with an invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. Methodological and foundational issues from AI, OR, and algorithmics are presented as well as applications to the solution of combinatorial optimization problems in various fields via constraint programming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540218364
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	05/27/2004
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #3011
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Invited Paper.- Using MILP and CP for the Scheduling of Batch Chemical Processes.- Technical Papers.- SIMPL: A System for Integrating Optimization Techniques.- A New Exact Solution Algorithm for the Job Shop Problem with Sequence-Dependent Setup Times.- Simple Rules for Low-Knowledge Algorithm Selection.- Filtering Algorithms for the Same Constraint.- Cost Evaluation of Soft Global Constraints.- SAT-Based Branch & Bound and Optimal Control of Hybrid Dynamical Systems.- Solving the Petri Nets Reachability Problem Using the Logical Abstraction Technique and Mathematical Programming.- Generating Benders Cuts for a General Class of Integer Programming Problems.- A Constraint Programming Model for Tail Assignment.- Super Solutions in Constraint Programming.- Local Probing Applied to Network Routing.- Dynamic Heaviest Paths in DAGs with Arbitrary Edge Weights.- Filtering Methods for Symmetric Cardinality Constraint.- Arc-Consistency Filtering Algorithms for Logical Combinations of Constraints.- Combining Forces to Solve the Car Sequencing Problem.- Travelling in the World of Local Searches in the Space of Partial Assignments.- A Global Constraint for Nesting Problems.- Models and Symmetry Breaking for ‘Peaceable Armies of Queens’.- A Global Constraint for Graph Isomorphism Problems.- Echelon Sk Formulation of Arborescent Distribution Systems: An Application to the Wagner-Whitin Problem.- Scheduling Abstractions for Local Search.- O(nlog n) Filtering Algorithms for Unary Resource Constraint.- Problem Decomposition for Traffic Diversions.- Short Papers.- LP Relaxations of Multiple all_different Predicates.- Dispatching and Conflict-Free Routing of Automated Guided Vehicles: A Hybrid Approach Combining Constraint Programming and Mixed Integer Programming.- MakingChoices Using Structure at the Instance Level within a Case Based Reasoning Framework.- The Challenge of Generating Spatially Balanced Scientific Experiment Designs.- Building Models through Formal Specification.- Stabilization Issues for Constraint Programming Based Column Generation.- A Hybrid Branch-And-Cut Algorithm for the One-Machine Scheduling Problem.