Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, which allow for the description of preferences rather than strict requirements. In soft constraints, constraints and...
Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, where constraints and/or partial assignments are associated to preference or importance levels, and constraints are...
Real-life problems present several kinds of preferences. We focus on problems with both positive and negative preferences, that we call bipolar preference problems. Although seemi...
Stefano Bistarelli, Maria Silvia Pini, Francesca R...
A soft global constraint SOFTPREC has been proposed recently for solving optimisation problems involving precedence relations. In this paper we present new pruning rules for this g...
David Lesaint, Deepak Mehta, Barry O'Sullivan, Lui...
Over-constrained problems can be solved with the help of soft constraints. Weighted constraints are a typical representation of soft constraints used to minimize weights of unsati...