ASP modulo CSP: The clingcon system

We present the hybrid ASP solver clingcon, combining the simple modeling language and the high performance Boolean solving capacities of Answer Set Programming (ASP) with techniques for using non-Boolean constraints from the area of Constraint Programming (CP). The new clingcon system features an ex...

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Published in:Theory and practice of logic programming Vol. 12; no. 4-5; pp. 485 - 503
Main Authors: OSTROWSKI, MAX, SCHAUB, TORSTEN
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2012
Subjects:
Boolean algebra
Computer models
Learning
Logic programming
Mathematical models
Programming
Programming languages
Regular Papers
Solvers
Syntax
ISSN:1471-0684, 1475-3081
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Summary:We present the hybrid ASP solver clingcon, combining the simple modeling language and the high performance Boolean solving capacities of Answer Set Programming (ASP) with techniques for using non-Boolean constraints from the area of Constraint Programming (CP). The new clingcon system features an extended syntax supporting global constraints and optimize statements for constraint variables. The major technical innovation improves the interaction between ASP and CP solver through elaborated learning techniques based on irreducible inconsistent sets. A broad empirical evaluation shows that these techniques yield a performance improvement of an order of magnitude.
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ISSN:1471-0684
1475-3081
DOI:10.1017/S1471068412000142