Maintaining Generalized Arc Consistency on Ad-hoc n-ary Boolean Constraints

• Binary decision diagrams (BDDs) can compactly represent ad-hoc n-ary Boolean constraints. However, there is no generalized arc consistency (GAC) algorithm which exploit BDDs. For example, the global case constraint by SICStus Prolog for ad-hoc constraints is designed for non-Boolean domains. In this paper, we introduce a new GAC algorithm, bddc, for BDD constraints. Our empirical results demonstrate the advantages of a new BDD-based global constraint -- bddc is more efficient both in terms of memory and time than the case constraint when dealing with ad-hoc Boolean constraints. This becomes important as the size of the ad-hoc constraints becomes large.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

constraint programming

CSP

BDD

generalized arc consistency

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