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Solution neighbourhoods for constraint-directed local search

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We propose solution neighbourhoods, which contain only solutions to a chosen constraint, as the solutions to a constraint capture the structure of the constraint. We save the time needed for neighbourhood evaluation of that constraint by using a solution neighbourhood. This may be useful especially for constraints for which there exists no known constant-time algorithm for neighbour evaluation. We design a solution neighbourhood for the very useful automaton constraint, and demonstrate the practicality of our approach on a library of nurse scheduling instances. We show the feasibility of designing solution neighbourhoods for other constraints.

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SAC '12: Proceedings of the 27th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
March 2012
2179 pages
ISBN:9781450308571
DOI:10.1145/2245276
  • Conference Chairs:
  • Sascha Ossowski,
  • Paola Lecca
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  • (2019)Generating Local Search Neighborhood with Synthesized Logic ProgramsElectronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science10.4204/EPTCS.306.22306(168-181)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2019
  • (2015)A constraint-based local search backend for MiniZincConstraints10.1007/s10601-015-9184-z20:3(325-345)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2015

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