By Krzysztof R. Apt - Constraint Logic Programming using Eclipse

by Krzysztof R. Apt

Constraint logic programming lies at the intersection of logic programming, optimisation and artificial intelligence. It has proved a successful tool in many areas including production planning, transportation scheduling, numerical analysis and bioinformatics. Eclipse is one of the leading software systems that realise its underlying methodology. Eclipse is exploited commercially by Cisco, and is freely available and used for teaching and research in over 500 universities. This book has a two-fold purpose. It's an introduction to constraint programming, appropriate for one-semester courses for upper undergraduate or graduate students in computer science or for programmers wishing to master the practical aspects of constraint programming. By the end of the book, the reader will be able to understand and write constraint programs that solve complex problems. Second, it provides a systematic introduction to the Eclipse system through carefully-chosen examples that guide the reader through the language and illustrate its power, versatility and utility. This is the first practical introduction to constraint programming; shows how to understand and write constraint programs that solve complex all the code is available via the web Aimed at one-semester courses for upper undergraduate or graduate students, and at programmers wishing to master practical aspects of constraint over 40 exercises with selected answers A systematic introduction to Eclipse, one of the most popular and powerful constraint programming systems available free for educational purposes, it has been licensed to over 500 institutions

Hardcover

First published December 21, 2006

Reviews

[Tom Schulte · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a practical introduction to constraint programming in ECLiPSe. While workong on my MSc at Oakland University, it really got me thinking that even as an exercise moving the programming mind outside OO is good exercise for the programming mind. With this book and the freedownload of ECLiPSe from http://eclipseclp.org/, any programmer serious about their craft can start that exercise.