List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Contributing Authors. Foreword --;1: Constraint and Integer Programming --;2: Two Generic Schemes for Efficient and Robust Cooperative Algorithms --;3: Branch-and-Infer --;4: Global Constraints and Filtering Algorithms --;5: Exploiting relaxations in CP --;6: Hybrid Problem Solving in ECLiPSe --;7: CP Based Branch-and-Price --;8: Randomized Backtrack Search --;9: Local Search and Constraint Programming: LS and CP illustrated on a transportation Problem --;10: Open Perspectives --;Index.
Constraint and Integer Programming presents some of the basic ideas of constraint programming and mathematical programming, explores approaches to integration, brings us up to date on heuristic methods, and attempts to discern future directions in this fast-moving field.