Decomposition of the NVALUE constraint

09/17/2009
by   Christian Bessiere, et al.
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We study decompositions of NVALUE, a global constraint that can be used to model a wide range of problems where values need to be counted. Whilst decomposition typically hinders propagation, we identify one decomposition that maintains a global view as enforcing bound consistency on the decomposition achieves bound consistency on the original global NVALUE constraint. Such decompositions offer the prospect for advanced solving techniques like nogood learning and impact based branching heuristics. They may also help SAT and IP solvers take advantage of the propagation of global constraints.

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