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Specialising finite domain programs with polyhedra

Howe, J. M. & King, A. (2000). Specialising finite domain programs with polyhedra. Paper presented at the Logic Programming Synthesis and Transformation 1999, 22 - 24 September 1999, Venezia, Italy.

Abstract

A procedure is described for tightening domain constraints of finite domain logic programs by applying a static analysis based on convex polyhedra. Individual finite domain constraints are over-approximated by polyhedra to describe the solution space over ninteger variables as an n dimensional polyhedron. This polyhedron is then approximated, using projection, as an n dimensional bounding box that can be used to specialise and improve the domain constraints. The analysis can be implemented straightforwardly and an empirical evaluation of the specialisation technique is given.

Publication Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
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