Reza Rafeh; Roya Rashidi

International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications (IJISA)

IJISA Vol. 5, No. 10, 8 Sep. 2013

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Using Heuristic-based Search for Zinc Models

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Author(s)

Reza Rafeh ^1,* Roya Rashidi ¹

1. Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Arak University, Arak, Iran

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijisa.2013.10.02

Received: 3 Feb. 2013 / Revised: 6 May 2013 / Accepted: 21 Jul. 2013 / Published: 8 Sep. 2013

Index Terms

Zinc, ZLoc, Modelling, Local Search

Abstract

The Zinc modelling language provides a rich set of constraints, data structures and expressions to support high-level modelling. Zinc is the only modelling language that supports all solving techniques: constraint programming, mathematical methods, and local search. By providing search patterns, it allows users to implement their search methods in a declarative way. There are currently three search patterns implemented in Zinc: backtracking search, branch and bound search, and local search. In this paper we explain how Zinc efficiently implements user-defined local search algorithms.

Cite This Paper

Reza Rafeh, Roya Rashidi, "Using Heuristic-based Search for Zinc Models", International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications(IJISA), vol.5, no.10, pp.11-17, 2013. DOI:10.5815/ijisa.2013.10.02

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